Ethics in the Client-Counselor Relationship (Day 2/2 Must attend both days)

Day 2: This training will educate attendees about how to navigate in the counseling relationship which can, by nature, be fraught with ethical dilemmas.  Topics to be covered will include ethical principles, ethical dilemmas, ethical dilemma problem solving, ethical codes, confidentiality, and relationships with clients, competence, technology and informed consent.  There will be a discussion of case studies during the […]

Beyond Prevention: A Look at Adolescent Substance Use and Mental Health

Live / Zoom

This course provides an overview of treatment considerations in adolescent substance use and mental health, specifically complex trauma. Throughout this course providers will: gain insight into the incidence of adolescent substance use and comorbidity; develop understanding of the impact of adolescent substance use on clinical care, especially with respect to ambivalence; and receive an overview of treatment considerations and interventions […]

NEW TRAINING! Complex Comorbidities: Borderline Personality Disorder and PTSD

Participants will explore the characteristics and connections surrounding Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Attending this workshop will allow participants to gain at least three insights around the intersectionality of PTS and BPD and explore at least three action steps to help mitigate the stigma of BPD in clinical work. Lastly, treatment options for co-occurring BPD and trauma […]

NEW TRAINING! Nutrition and Brain Health

Live / Zoom

Join us for a morning with Stefania Medvedik, RD, RN, CDCES, CDN as she helps participants identify evidence based dietary approaches for brain health and understand the link between inflammation/diet and mental health conditions (including dementia, depression/anxiety) and how this can be acknowledged /included in a more comprehensive assessment of patients with mental health needs /diagnoses

Healing Through Humor

Live / Zoom

We are living in a time of uncertainty and unrelenting change and disruption. Whether it be the impact of COVID 19, racism and civil unrest or just the challenges of living in the 21st Century, there appears to be an overwhelming sense of dismay and apprehension. The science of laughter has been shown to be effective on our overall health […]

Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clients: Cultural Competence and Ethics

Live / Zoom

This training will promote an increased understanding of the Deaf Community as a cultural and linguistic minority, focusing on clients within the Deaf community who use American Sign Language as their primary mode of communication. By understanding the historical and current values of these clients, including family dynamics, school dynamics, and language, you will be less likely to misunderstand and […]

EVENING TRAINING All Mixed Up: Motivating Interviewing & Resolving Ambivalence

Live / Zoom

Participants will receive an in-depth overview into Motivational Interviewing (MI).The tenants and theory behind MI, ambivalence and its impact on clinical care will be discussed. Lastly, the main interventions of MI including: open ended questions, affirmations, reflections and summaries will be discussed in context of clinical care.

The 2023 Multicultural Conference: Transforming Cultural and Cultivating Change

NYIT de Seversky Center 1 Northern Boulevard, Glen Head, NY, United States

The Multicultural conference will raise awareness and effectually provide culturally informed assessments and intervention education that acknowledges, respects, and integrates patients’ and families’ cultural values, beliefs, and practices that ultimately lead to recovery.

$25

CORE 2023: QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention

Live / Zoom

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and […]

$5