Cascadia Training for Professional Development

🆕BRAND-NEW! Lunch & Learn: The Art of Building Rapport: Ethical Considerations in Constructing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Alliance🆕
2025-09-22 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
🆕Brand-New Lunch & Learn Series!🆕
Law & Ethics CEs!
The Art of Building Rapport: Ethical Considerations in Constructing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Alliance
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Monday, September 22nd, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific Time
Where:Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 1.5 CEs Meets Criteria for Law & Ethics CEs | $35.00
A strong therapeutic alliance is one of the most powerful predictors of positive client outcomes—but what does it take to build and sustain genuine rapport? This training explores the art and ethics of establishing trust, attunement, and collaboration in psychotherapy. We will examine the key components of a strong therapeutic alliance, including active listening, cultural humility, and the balance between authenticity and professional boundaries. Through experiential exercises, real-world case discussions, and practical strategies, you will refine your ability to create a safe, supportive, and ethical space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered in their healing journey.
OBJECTIVES:

Develop an understanding of the core elements of therapeutic rapport and their impact on client outcomes.
Learn ethical considerations in building and maintaining the therapeutic alliance, including boundaries, dual relationships, and cultural competence.
Identify common challenges that can weaken the therapeutic relationship and explore strategies for repairing ruptures.

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🆕 BRAND-NEW! After Hours with Cascadia: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Grief: Supporting Clients in Coping with Climate Distress 🆕
2025-09-23 18:00 - 20:00
🆕 Brand-New “After Hours with Cascadia” Series!🆕
Law & Ethics CEs!
Eco-Anxiety and Climate Grief: Supporting Clients in Coping with Climate Distress
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 2 Law & Ethics CEs | $75.00
As the realities of climate change grow more urgent, many clients are experiencing eco-anxiety, climate grief, and existential distress that can deeply impact their mental health. This training will provide you with a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing the emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of climate-related distress. Together, we will explore how to differentiate eco-anxiety from clinical anxiety, recognize common manifestations of climate grief, and learn therapeutic approaches that validate, contextualize, and help clients transform their distress into meaningful engagement.
This training combines theory, practical tools, and experiential exercises to build confidence in supporting clients facing climate-related emotions. Through case examples and reflective practices, you will develop strategies for helping clients move from overwhelm to agency, integrate eco-emotions into a broader healing process, and cultivate resilience, community connection, and hope even in the face of environmental uncertainty.
This training is ideal for clinicians, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other helping professionals seeking to better understand and treat clients struggling with climate-related emotional distress. No prior experience with climate-focused therapy required.
OBJECTIVES:

Identify the emotional and psychological manifestations of eco-anxiety and climate grief and their impact on client well-being.
Describe therapeutic frameworks and interventions to help clients process and manage climate-related distress.
Implement strategies that foster resilience, empowerment, and emotional regulation in clients coping with environmental concerns.

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🆕BRAND-NEW! Meets Health Equity Requirements | Enhancing Therapeutic Competence in Religious and Spiritual Sensitivity: An Implicit Bias Training 🆕
2025-09-24 09:00 - 12:00
🆕BRAND-NEW!🆕
Meets New Health Equity or Cultural Competence CE Requirements!
Enhancing Therapeutic Competence in Religious and Spiritual Sensitivity: An Implicit Bias Training
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours: 3 Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00
In psychotherapy, a client’s religious and spiritual beliefs can profoundly shape their worldview, coping mechanisms, and sense of identity. However, therapists—regardless of their own faith background or secular perspective—may hold implicit biases that unconsciously influence clinical interactions. This interactive training will help psychotherapists recognize and address implicit biases related to religion and spirituality, fostering greater cultural humility and therapeutic competence. Through guided self-reflection and experiential exercises, participants will explore how implicit assumptions about faith and spirituality can affect assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
This workshop will provide practical strategies for creating an open, affirming therapeutic space that respects diverse religious and spiritual expressions. Participants will learn techniques to uncover their own biases, navigate religious differences ethically, and engage with clients’ beliefs in ways that enhance—not hinder—therapeutic outcomes. Whether working with devout clients, spiritual seekers, or those who have experienced religious trauma, therapists will leave with an expanded capacity to offer culturally responsive care that aligns with their clients’ values and healing processes.
OBJECTIVES:

Define implicit bias
Identify the impact of implicit bias on matters related to religion and spirituality
Recognize how implicit bias surrounding religion and spirituality can impact clinical work
Use strategies to become aware of their own implicit biases in order to avoid them becoming detrimental in the therapeutic relationship

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