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SUMMARY:🆕 BRAND-NEW! Exploring the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling 🆕
DESCRIPTION:Brand-New!\nHealth Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!\nExploring the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling\nPresented by: Dreya Blume\, LCSW\nWhen: Monday\, July 6th\, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time\nWhere: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.\nContinuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $99.00\nReligion and spirituality can be central sources of meaning\, coping\, and identity for many clients\, yet they are often overlooked or sidelined in therapy. This introductory continuing education workshop helps psychotherapists understand how to ethically and effectively engage with clients’ spiritual and religious experiences in a client-centered way. Participants will explore the ways spirituality can influence mental health\, resilience\, and relational dynamics\, as well as how to navigate personal biases and maintain professional boundaries. \nAttendees will learn strategies to integrate clients’ spiritual and religious perspectives into therapy\, enhancing therapeutic alliance and promoting holistic well-being. Therapists will leave with practical tools to respectfully explore spirituality in assessment\, treatment planning\, and interventions\, supporting clients in aligning their values\, meaning\, and growth. \nWorkshop Objectives:\n\nDevelop an understanding of the influence of religion and spirituality on clients’ mental health\, coping\, and identity.\nLearn strategies to ethically and effectively explore clients’ spiritual and religious experiences in therapy.\nIdentify ways to integrate spiritual and religious perspectives into assessment\, treatment planning\, and interventions to support holistic well-being.\n\nREGISTER HERE\n  \n 
URL:https://cascadia-training.com/course/exploring-the-role-of-religion-and-spirituality-in-counseling-july-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cultural Competence,Health Equity
ORGANIZER;CN="Dreya Blume%2C LCSW (she/her)":MAILTO:dreyablume@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:🆕 BRAND-NEW! Gratitude as a Healing Tool: How to Ethically Incorporate Gratitude Practices into Therapy 🆕
DESCRIPTION:Brand-New!\nLaw & Ethics CEs!\nGratitude as a Healing Tool: How to Ethically Incorporate Gratitude Practices into Therapy\nPresented by: Dreya Blume\, LCSW\nWhen: Wednesday\, July 8th\, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time\nWhere: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.\nContinuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 Law & Ethics CEs | $99.00\nGratitude is more than a feel-good concept – it can be a powerful therapeutic tool to enhance resilience\, well-being\, and relational connection. This continuing education workshop helps psychotherapists understand the research and practical applications of gratitude in clinical practice\, while maintaining ethical boundaries and cultural sensitivity. Participants will explore how gratitude practices can complement therapy\, support client insight\, and foster positive emotion without invalidating clients’ struggles or minimizing distress. \nThrough discussion and experiential exercises\, attendees will learn concrete strategies for integrating gratitude into sessions\, including journaling\, reflective prompts\, and strength-focused interventions. Therapists will leave with tools to ethically and effectively help clients cultivate appreciation\, meaning\, and emotional balance in ways that enhance therapeutic outcomes. \nWorkshop Objectives:\n\nDevelop an understanding of the evidence and theory supporting gratitude practices as a therapeutic tool.\nLearn strategies for ethically incorporating gratitude exercises into therapy while respecting clients’ experiences and cultural contexts.\nIdentify ways to use gratitude to support client resilience\, insight\, and emotional well-being.\n\nREGISTER HERE\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://cascadia-training.com/course/gratitude-as-a-healing-tool-how-to-ethically-incorporate-gratitude-practices-into-therapy-july-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Ethics
ORGANIZER;CN="Dreya Blume%2C LCSW (she/her)":MAILTO:dreyablume@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260709T090000
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SUMMARY:Implicit Bias: Implications for Gender Diversity
DESCRIPTION:Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs!\nImplicit Bias: Implications for Gender Diversity\nPresented by: Dreya Blume\, LCSW\nWhen: Thursday\, July 9th\, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time\nWhere: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.\nContinuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs – Meets Criteria for Health Equity or Cultural Competence CEs | $95.00\nIn this experiential and interactive continuing education workshop\, we will discuss the nature of implicit bias against people who are gender non-conforming. We will explore why it is important to recognize negative attitudes we might hold toward this group and how to best address hurtful and limiting beliefs that we might initially be unaware of. \nWe will also examine the inequities and disparities experienced by those who are gender non-conforming. This knowledge will help participants understand how to better support and respect their gender-diverse clients. \nWorkshop Objectives:\nParticipants in this workshop will be able to: \n\nUnderstand the definition of implicit bias\nDiscuss how to become aware of our own implicit biases towards people who are gender non-conforming\nIdentify ways in which the gender-diverse community is discriminated against\nPractice ways to combat our implicit biases towards people who are gender non-conforming\nExplore ways to provide a more welcoming clinical environment to the gender diverse community\n\nREGISTER HERE\n  \n 
URL:https://cascadia-training.com/course/implicit-bias-implications-for-gender-diversity-july-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Cultural Competence,Health Equity
ORGANIZER;CN="Dreya Blume%2C LCSW (she/her)":MAILTO:dreyablume@gmail.com
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