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Play and Educational Readiness: How Supporting Play in Children Can Promote Educational Readiness in Young Children
Presented by Katie Fries, MSW, LCSW
Live WebinarFri, Mar 21, 2025 at 3:00 pm EDT
Course: #2311Level: Intermediate1.03 Hours
Clients who are parents often express concerns about how to help their child be prepared to enter Kindergarten. This is often done by focusing on teaching children how to read or count. This course explores why and how allowing children to engage in play, especially child-centered play, is a critical component of fostering educational readiness in children. This course will also teach participants how to teach basic filial play therapy skills to parents/caregivers to promote therapeutic play between parents and children.

Ethical Practices in Polyvagal Theory and Expressive Arts Therapy
Presented by Gabrielle Juliano-Villani, MSW, LCSW
Live WebinarWed, Apr 9, 2025 at 11:00 am EDT
Course: #2441Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course explores the integration of polyvagal theory with expressive arts techniques in mental health therapy. Participants will learn how to use drawing, journaling, and other creative modalities to support nervous system regulation and promote healing. The course offers a blend of theoretical understanding, ethical considerations, and practical, hands-on strategies for immediate application in clinical practice.

The Power of Poetry to Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy: Creating and Conveying Meaning Through the Magic of Rhyming Words
Presented by Phillip Tietbohl, PhD, MEd, BS, LP
Video
Course: #2484Level: Intermediate2 Hours
Words have the power to improve the quality of life of those we work with and rhyming lines are particularly impactful. Discover the history and mystery of rhyme as a therapeutic tool and how sharing and creating poetry builds the therapeutic alliance and conveys understanding in long-lasting ways. This course will culminate with audience input to create a group poem for a sample of how rhymes produce meaningful messages and build cohesion and collaboration in the doing.

The Mind-Gut Connection: Providing Integrated Psychological Care for Individuals Impacted by Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Presented by Hannah Halbreich, MSW, LICSW
Video
Course: #2338Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course explores the impact of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) on individuals’ mental health, including anxiety and depression. Participants will learn about how an integrated care model using CBT and mindfulness can assist with symptom management and improving clients’ quality of life.

Sand Tray Therapy with Young Children
Presented by Katie Fries, MSW, LCSW
Video
Course: #2225Level: Introductory1.02 Hours
Sand Tray therapy with young children frequently looks different than it does with older clients. In this course, participants will learn how to utilize sand tray and child-centered play therapy as well as directive techniques to support children in building emotional regulation and coping skills through the use of play.

Introduction to Sand Tray Therapy
Presented by Katie Fries, MSW, LCSW
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Course: #2223Level: Introductory1.02 Hours
Sand tray therapy is a form of expressive therapy that supports clients of all ages in expressing their feelings and experiences without requiring verbal language. In this course, participants will learn about the benefits of this form of therapy for clients of all ages and how the use of metaphor can support deeper, limbic-level processing of emotions and experiences. Participants will also learn the basic components and logistics of utilizing sand tray therapy in clinical practice.

Burnout and Proactive Self-care: Safeguarding Well-being in Helping Professionals
Presented by Stephanie Carnes, PhD, MSW, LCSW, LL.M
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Course: #2127Level: Intermediate1.03 Hours
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new era of challenges for helping professionals, including burgeoning caseloads, more significant mental health concerns, and fewer and fewer resources allocated. As a result of these dynamics, the risk of burnout looms large, with significant negative implications for clinician and client well-being and the field at large. This webinar allows participants to explore contributors to burnout and identify opportunities for actionable change at the individual and systemic levels.

Decreasing Professional Burnout
Presented by Mira Rollins, OTR/L
Video
Course: #2295Level: Introductory1 Hour
While improving and advocating for patients' emotional and physical well-being, healthcare workers frequently neglect their own. Specific symptoms of professional burnout, practical techniques for decreasing burnout, and helpful resources for healthcare providers are described in this course.

Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a Therapeutic Modality in Supporting Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Presented by Christina Marsack-Topolewski, PhD, MSW, LMSW
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Course: #2119Level: Intermediate1.02 Hours
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder may commonly experience anxiety, depression, and/or a host of other mental health conditions. Due to the complexity and co-morbidity often associated with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive-behavioral therapy may be an effective therapeutic modality for some individuals with autism. This webinar explores cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques and strategies to consider when working with people with autism.

Expressive Writing to Manage Complex Emotions
Presented by Stephanie Carnes, PhD, MSW, LCSW, LL.M
Video
Course: #2118Level: Intermediate1.02 Hours
Expressive writing has been found to be a cost-effective and culturally appropriate intervention with utility across many demographic groups and clinical concerns. This webinar explores expressive writing as a tool for clinical work and how clinicians can utilize this technique in practice.

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