9th Annual CE You!

Summer Conference!

 

July 28 - 29, 2026

2 Days, 18 CE Credits!

Join us for our 9th Annual CE You!

Summer Conference!

This Conference will take place completely online.

To register for Day 1 or Day 2 only, please use the link provided below.

9th Annual Summer Conference! Day 1 Only

9th Annual Summer Conference! Day 2 Only

 

This 2-day program is jam-packed with training and will provide you with up to 18 Live Interactive CE Credits

The full conference includes 6 Ethics Credits!

You can attend the full conference or select specific classes to attend.

 

Summer Conference Schedule 2026

 

Day 1, July 28, 2026

10:00 am to 1:00 pm EST

Select one of the following classes 

 

Class A 

Understanding Uncoupling: Supporting Clients Through Relationship Endings

Adolescent mental health is often approached through symptom management and behavior correction, yet adolescence is a period of profound neurodevelopment, identity formation, and relational reorganization. When clinicians interpret youth behavior outside this developmental context, common adolescent experiences—such as withdrawal, emotional intensity, or defiance—can be misread as pathology rather than communication of developmental tension. This training introduces a developmentally, neurobiologically, and relationally attuned framework for understanding adolescent behavior. Drawing from developmental psychology, adolescent brain science, relational psychodynamic practice, and social determinants of health, the presentation reframes internalizing and externalizing behaviors as expressions of identity formation, shame protection, belonging needs, and autonomy negotiation.

Through case examples, clinical frameworks, and supervision tools, participants will learn practical strategies to interpret youth behavior developmentally, regulate relational dynamics during high-intensity moments, and protect dignity while maintaining therapeutic boundaries. The training also explores how cultural context, systemic pressures, and identity development shape adolescent mental health and treatment engagement. Participants will leave with concrete clinical and supervision tools that support reflective, developmentally attuned practice with adolescents in outpatient therapy, school settings, community mental health, and family systems work.

(Trainer - Dionne Aldridge is a LCSW-C in the state of Maryland. She is the owner of Inspiring, LLC. She has 22 years of dedicated experience in the field of Social Work. In 2000, Ms. Aldridge graduated from UMAB with a Master’s in Social Work. She has private practice in Baltimore, Maryland offering mental health services and professional development trainings. Since 2013, she has been a Board Approved Social Work Supervisor offering clinical guidance to interns, LMSW’s, and LCSW’s. For 12 years, she has assisted Social Workers in preparing for all Social Work Licensing Exam levels.)

3 Hours

 

Class B

From Disclosure to Documentation: Treating Suicidal Ideation and Self-Injury

Supporting a client through suicidal thoughts or self-harm requires balancing structured assessment with attuned, validating communication, yet many providers report feeling underprepared to respond with both confidence and precision. This training provides a clear, practical approach to assessing suicide risk, responding effectively to disclosures, and conducting both immediate and ongoing risk evaluations. Participants will learn how to strengthen therapeutic alliance during high-risk conversations, gather deliberation data, implement means-restriction counseling, and collaborate with caregivers while preserving the client’s trust and autonomy. The training also reviews interventions that reduce self-harm urges, increase emotion regulation, and support clients through safety planning.

Participants will leave with scripting tools, assessment frameworks, and concrete clinical skills they can apply immediately when working with youth and adults at risk. As demand for responsive, evidence-based suicide intervention increases, this workshop equips clinicians with practical methods that enhance safety, reduce liability, and foster therapeutic effectiveness.

(Trainer - Neerja Singh, PhD, LICSW, LADC, is a behavioral health leader, clinician, educator, and 2023 Bush Fellow whose work focuses on rehumanizing mental health systems through developmentally informed, relational, and culturally responsive care. She serves as Area Manager for Children’s Mental Health in Hennepin County, Minnesota, where she leads system initiatives that strengthen youth and family mental health services across community and public systems. Dr. Singh teaches graduate social work courses and provides clinical training nationally on adolescent development, trauma-responsive practice, and reflective supervision.)

3 Hours

 

Afternoon Session

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST

Select one of the following classes 

 

Class A

From Behavior to Meaning: Developmentally, Neurobiologically, and Socially Attuned Care for Adolescents

Adolescent mental health is often approached through symptom management and behavior correction, yet adolescence is a period of profound neurodevelopment, identity formation, and relational reorganization. When clinicians interpret youth behavior outside this developmental context, common adolescent experiences—such as withdrawal, emotional intensity, or defiance—can be misread as pathology rather than communication of developmental tension. This training introduces a developmentally, neurobiologically, and relationally attuned framework for understanding adolescent behavior. Drawing from developmental psychology, adolescent brain science, relational psychodynamic practice, and social determinants of health, the presentation reframes internalizing and externalizing behaviors as expressions of identity formation, shame protection, belonging needs, and autonomy negotiation.

Through case examples, clinical frameworks, and supervision tools, participants will learn practical strategies to interpret youth behavior developmentally, regulate relational dynamics during high-intensity moments, and protect dignity while maintaining therapeutic boundaries. The training also explores how cultural context, systemic pressures, and identity development shape adolescent mental health and treatment engagement. Participants will leave with concrete clinical and supervision tools that support reflective, developmentally attuned practice with adolescents in outpatient therapy, school settings, community mental health, and family systems work.

(Trainer - Jaimee Arnoff, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience assessing and treating high-risk clients across outpatient clinics, residential programs, and private practice. She also serves as the psychologist for a nonprofit dedicated to youth suicide prevention and has delivered presentations on the topic throughout high schools in New York state)

3 Hours

 

Class B

From Insight to Action: CBT Strategies for Habit Tracking and Change, Positive Self-Care, and Behavioral Activation

Adolescent mental health is often approached through symptom management and behavior correction, yet adolescence is a period of profound neurodevelopment, identity formation, and relational reorganization. When clinicians interpret youth behavior outside this developmental context, common adolescent experiences—such as withdrawal, emotional intensity, or defiance—can be misread as pathology rather than communication of developmental tension. This training introduces a developmentally, neurobiologically, and relationally attuned framework for understanding adolescent behavior. Drawing from developmental psychology, adolescent brain science, relational psychodynamic practice, and social determinants of health, the presentation reframes internalizing and externalizing behaviors as expressions of identity formation, shame protection, belonging needs, and autonomy negotiation.

Through case examples, clinical frameworks, and supervision tools, participants will learn practical strategies to interpret youth behavior developmentally, regulate relational dynamics during high-intensity moments, and protect dignity while maintaining therapeutic boundaries. The training also explores how cultural context, systemic pressures, and identity development shape adolescent mental health and treatment engagement. Participants will leave with concrete clinical and supervision tools that support reflective, developmentally attuned practice with adolescents in outpatient therapy, school settings, community mental health, and family systems work.

(Trainer - Krista is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker dedicated to meeting clients where they are at and utilizing strengths-based practices in treatment. She has been in practice since 2014 and is driven by the passion she feels as a therapist. She has worked a great amount on her own growth and self-awareness while striving to help clients find their ways to effectively grow and become more internally aware in the work they do together. Krista recently expanded her private practice to a group practice and is looking forward to inspiring other therapists in the social work field.)

3 Hours

 

Evening Sessions 

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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Class A

Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Considerations

They say that Artificial Intelligence (AI) won’t replace you in the workplace, but someone who knows how to use AI will. This is particularly true for social workers, counselors, and psychologists because we were not trained in AI, but AI is transforming our work. It is becoming harder to avoid AI, yet it remains critical that we understand how AI works so that we can make informed, ethical decisions that protect both our clients and the public. We are mandated by our professional codes to do this. The widespread use of AI is recent, and it is not easy to learn all about AI and how it is being used in our professions. At the end of this course, you will understand how AI works, the different types of AI, and how it is being used in our work. You will better understand all the ethical considerations and current research findings about AI in the social work/counseling/psychology space, and walk away with frameworks on how to mitigate risk. 

(Trainer - Susanna Sung, LCSW-C, is a psychotherapist and founder of Thrive Fully. She is a national keynote speaker and trainer, a consultant for critical incident responses to organizations affected by disruptive workplace events and foreign press correspondents, and a consultant for national social work licensing board examinations. She recently retired from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, advancing our understanding and treatments for mental illnesses.)

3 Hours

 

Class B

When Clients Know Better but Can’t Do Better: Treating Self-Silencing and Protective Parts in Trauma Therapy

Many trauma clients demonstrate high levels of insight and self-awareness yet continue to self-silence, overfunction, or disengage from their needs. These patterns are often misunderstood as resistance or lack of motivation, rather than recognized as trauma-driven protective strategies shaped by attachment injury, chronic stress, and systemic pressures.

This 3-hour clinical training offers a trauma-focused, somatic, and parts-based framework for understanding and treating self-silencing in therapy. Participants will learn how protective parts develop, how they show up in clinical work, and how to intervene in ways that build internal safety and capacity before expecting behavioral change. Through case examples, experiential demonstrations, guided reflection, and practical tools, clinicians will gain immediately applicable strategies to reduce therapeutic impasses and support sustainable client change.

(Trainer - America Allen, MSW, LCSW, is a trauma-focused somatic and parts-based therapist and the founder of suNu Healing Collectively, PLLC where she provides trauma-responsive care and clinician education. She has experience across community mental health, nonprofit, and government-adjacent settings, specializing in trauma-driven patterns such as self-silencing, overfunctioning, and emotional shutdown. America facilitates trainings that translate complex trauma theory into practical, real-world clinical interventions. Her work has been featured in Women’s Health Magazine, PopSugar, and Bustle.)

3 Hours

 

Day 2 – July 16, 2025

 

10:00 am – 1:00 pm 

Select one of the following classes 

 

Class A 

The Burnout Cycle: Understand It. Interrupt It. Change Your Life

Burnout among helping professionals has reached critical levels, affecting ethical decision-making, emotional regulation, and overall clinical effectiveness. This webinar introduces the BREATHE™ Framework, a clinically grounded, trauma-informed model designed to help professionals identify burnout patterns, restore nervous system regulation, and build sustainable practices that support long-term professional capacity.

Participants will examine the psychological, emotional, and systemic contributors to burnout, differentiate burnout from stress and compassion fatigue, and explore the ethical implications of untreated burnout in clinical practice. Through a combination of didactic instruction, guided discussion, experiential activities, and case application, participants will gain practical tools to prevent professional impairment, enhance self-regulation, and align personal well-being with ethical and effective service delivery.

This training is appropriate for licensed mental health professionals seeking evidence-informed strategies to reduce burnout while maintaining clinical competence and professional sustainability.

(Trainer - Dr. Ana Daniels-Omomarho, PhD, LMSW is a therapist, educator, and emotional wellness expert specializing in burnout prevention and recovery. She is the creator of the BREATHE™ Framework and has extensive experience supporting helping professionals in clinical, hospice, and educational settings through evidence-informed training and practice.)

3 Hours

 

Class B

Are You A Developing Leader or a Draining Manager? Transitioning through Trauma- Informed and Resilience Based Supervision

In high-pressure social work environments, the line between effective leadership and "draining" management often blurs. This 3-hour CEU course provides supervisors with a scholarly foundation for shifting from compliance-based oversight to resilience-based leadership. Grounded in Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) and Psychological Safety frameworks, participants will analyze how their leadership patterns impact team functioning and secondary traumatic stress. Through a "Belief Audit" and interactive case studies, attendees will move beyond theory to practice, leaving with at least three immediate resilience-building micro-habits and a personalized leadership action plan. Management (The "Draining" Pattern): Often characterized by compliance, monitoring, and power-over dynamics. In a high-stress environment, this can inadvertently mimic traumatic patterns (unpredictability, lack of voice).

Leadership (The "Developing" Pattern): Grounded in collaboration, empowerment, and power-with. It utilizes the SAMHSA 6 Principles (Safety, Trustworthiness, Peer Support, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Cultural Humility) as a supervisory map.

(Trainer - Michelle Brown)

3 Hours

 

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm 

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Class A 

Whose Motivation Is it Anyway? Using Motivational Interviewing to Guide, Not Control

Participants will examine the spirit of MI—collaboration, acceptance, evocation, and compassion—and explore how practitioner communication styles, assumptions, and the “righting reflex” can either support or impede client engagement. Grounded in evidence‑informed theories and frameworks, the training emphasizes practical strategies for engaging clients, rolling with resistance, eliciting change talk, and supporting readiness for change across stages.

Through applied examples, reflective exercises, and structured practice, participants will strengthen their ability to guide conversations that honor autonomy, reduce resistance, and promote sustainable, client‑driven change in diverse practice settings.

(Trainer - Crystal is an educator, an advocate, a survivor, and a self-proclaimed thriver! For the past 25 years she has been driven by her personal experiences of trauma to elevate and amplify the voices of individuals and communities, to promote healing and opportunities to move from surviving to thriving. Crystal has worked alongside professionals to create trauma informed, culturally inclusive and person-centered spaces. Her work experiences include advocacy within the child welfare system, oversight of child and youth programs, crisis hotline response, delivery of community based mental health services and implementing trauma informed strategies and programs for school districts. Throughout these experiences she has had the opportunity to gain essential knowledge and skills related to individual, community and collective trauma. She has been called upon to provide training, coaching, consultation and keynote presentations across the nation in the subject areas of Human Trafficking, Suicide Prevention, Motivational Interviewing, Community and Collective Care, Anti-oppressive and Culturally Responsive Service Provision, Child Trauma & Maltreatment and Racial Trauma)

3 Hours

 

Class B 

Maintaining Hope and Balance During Periods of Heightened Stress and Uncertainty: A DBT‑Aligned Framework for Clinicians and Clinical Practice

Mental health clinicians are increasingly practicing in contexts marked by chronic stress, systemic strain, and pervasive uncertainty, placing them at elevated risk for emotional exhaustion, moral distress, and erosion of hope. These conditions affect not only clinician wellbeing but also therapeutic presence, judgment, and effectiveness. This presentation offers a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)–aligned framework for understanding and responding to uncertainty, framing hope not as optimism or certainty but as sustained engagement in building a “life worth living” despite ambiguity. Balance is conceptualized as a dynamic process requiring ongoing attention to emotional vulnerability, boundaries, and effectiveness. The presentation normalizes clinician stress responses to uncertainty and introduces DBT‑consistent strategies—such as Wise Mind decision‑making, radical genuineness, micro‑win tracking, and emotion regulation principles (e.g., PLEASE skills)—to support clinician sustainability and ethical practice.

The second half of the presentation focuses on DBT‑informed clinical interventions clinicians can use with clients during periods of heightened stress. Emphasis is placed on sequencing skills based on clinical need, beginning with distress tolerance for crisis stabilization, followed by mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness strategies. Core DBT skills—including TIPP, STOP, Check the Facts, Opposite Action, and DEAR MAN—are presented as practical tools to reduce suffering, increase effectiveness, and foster hope through agency, connection, and values‑based action. A brief DBT‑informed “Hope Plan” is introduced to support skill generalization and short‑term goal setting. This presentation provides an evidence‑informed, clinically practical approach for supporting both clinician resilience and client coping in uncertain and demanding practice environments.

(Trainer - Ms. Bundick is the co-owner/co-director of Falls Neuropsychology and Psychotherapy Associates, PLLC located in Raleigh, NC. She has over 30 years of experience providing psychotherapy services to a diverse client population in a variety of treatment settings. She is the author of “On The Spot Resilience Skills” and provides training in these skills to her clients and community, as well as to other professionals through Continuing Education Courses.)

3 Hours

 

Evening Sessions

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm 

Select one of the following classes 

 

Class A 

From Awareness to Action: The Ethics of Trauma-Informed Care

Trauma is ubiquitous, with far-reaching negative impacts on individuals and communities. Mental health providers need to be competent in bringing a trauma-informed ethical decision-making framework into their clinical practice, agencies, and systems, in order to actively counter the effects of trauma while promoting healing, resilience, and recovery. This foundational training offers clinicians a comprehensive introduction to the core tenets of trauma-informed care (TIC), while integrating the ethical principles guiding our profession, and highlighting cultural awareness and cultural humility as essential cornerstones of our work. Professional challenges like burnout, vicarious trauma, and boundaries will be examined through an ethical, trauma-informed lens, and strategies for how to mitigate such challenges will be addressed. In addition to didactic and reflective elements, the TIC principles and ethical codes of conduct will be brought to life through thought-provoking case scenarios - so participants can move from awareness to application to action.

(Trainer - Lindsay Murn, PhD, CCTP is a Licensed Psychologist in Minnesota with over 17 years of clinical, assessment, and consulting experience spanning multiple settings. Her clinical specialties include trauma-informed psychotherapy and assessments for adults looking to deepen their self-understanding and foster resilience. In addition, Dr. Murn is dedicated to training the next generation of professionals as a clinical supervisor, consultant, and professional development trainer.)

3 Hours

 

Class B

Supporting Job Seekers: empowerment, meaning, and practical skills

At this time there are many unemployed in the united states. Being unemployed results  in major life stressors and a loss of identity. As a clinician we cannot solve a clients problems but there are ways therapy can support someone in the process of job search. This training reviews the current context, therapeutic strategies for support and basic overview of best practice for job readyness skills.  

(Trainer - Kalliroi Matsakis is a licensed clinical social worker in DC and Maryland. She has worked in community mental health with as well as maintained a private practice. She has worked as a therapist at a community clinic, in crisis care and in transitional housing. Kalliroi is licensed to provide supervision towards licensure. She has certifications in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, trauma informed therapy and vicarious trauma prevention.)

3 Hours

Webinars included in this package:

Understanding Uncoupling: Supporting Clients Through Relationship Endings

From Behavior to Meaning: Developmentally, Neurobiologically, and Socially Attuned Care for Adolescents

From Disclosure to Documentation: Treating Suicidal Ideation and Self-Injury

From Insight to Action: CBT Strategies for Habit Tracking and Change, Positive Self-Care, and Behavioral Activation

Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Considerations

When Clients Know Better but Can’t Do Better: Treating Self-Silencing and Protective Parts in Trauma Therapy

The Burnout Cycle: Understand It. Interrupt It. Change Your Life

Are You A Developing Leader or a Draining Manager? Transitioning through Trauma- Informed and Resilience Based Supervision

Whose Motivation Is it Anyway? Using Motivational Interviewing to Guide, Not Control

Maintaining Hope and Balance During Periods of Heightened Stress and Uncertainty: A DBT‑Aligned Framework for Clinicians and Clinical Practice

From Awareness to Action: The Ethics of Trauma-Informed Care

Supporting Job Seekers: empowerment, meaning, and practical skills