CLINICAL TRAININGS

Suicide Risk: How We Can Make a Difference – Overview of suicide as a public health crisis, identifying risk and protective factors, and how to intervene effectively.
Developing a Crisis Plan: Turning Crisis into Opportunity – Identifying crisis triggers and creating a usable document of coping skills for intervention.
Crisis Management during the Pandemic – Best practices for managing the mental health impacts during a stressful time.
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury – Understanding self-harm and strategies for intervention.
How to Survive Doing Therapeutic Work: Helping Yourself Help Others – A trauma-informed approach to managing compassion fatigue.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Trauma-Informed Treatment Approach – Recognizing and treating PTSD effectively.
PTSD 2.0: Furthering the Conversation – Adding more clarity to the approach for students with trauma histories.
Therapy 101: The Role of the CMHC – Overview of the role of a CMHC and the therapeutic approach used in treatment.
Revisiting Trauma-Informed Care – Applying a trauma-informed approach across disciplines.

Understanding and Navigating Adolescence – Overview of developmental milestones and the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Emotional Intelligence and Adolescence – Defining and discussing the importance of emotional intelligence in adolescent development.
The Intersection of Poverty and Mental Health – Exploring how social determinants of poverty affect mental health.
Understanding and Recognizing Thought Disorders – An overview of psychotic processes and thought disorder diagnoses.
OCD and Related Disorders – Understanding lesser-known mental health disorders seen in students.

Improving Communication and Facilitating Positive Change – Best practices for communication, including motivational interviewing techniques.
Effective Communication – Managing verbal and non-verbal conversations for better outcomes.
Challenges of Working with Difficult People – Strategies for working with challenging clients and understanding the psychological underpinnings.
Diversity and Bias – Confronting bias and supporting diversity within the workplace and community.
Cultural Competence – Recognizing and respecting cultural differences to improve relationships and effectiveness.

When Stress Interferes with Work and Life – Discussing the impact of stress on personal and professional life and how to navigate it.
Managing Stress in the Workplace – Helping students identify and address mental health issues in the workplace.
Navigating the New Normal: Managing Self-Care (Yours and Others) – Practical strategies for managing self-care in challenging times.
The Human Cost of the Pandemic – Understanding psychological constructs of control, isolation, and loneliness and their impacts during the pandemic.

Working with Transgender Youth – Addressing unique needs and providing effective support for transgender youth.
See Something, Say Something – Prevention and intervention strategies for addressing intimate partner and teen dating violence.
Developing a GRIT Group for Young Men – Fundamentals of running a self-care and self-compassion group for young men.

Introduction to Common Psychiatric Disorders – Overview of common depressive and anxiety disorders.
Personality Disorders – Part One – Introduction to common personality disorders and their treatment.
Borderline Personality Disorder – Part Two: Understanding a Difficult Diagnosis – An overview of this misunderstood diagnosis and how to treat it.

Developing a Skills Group for Students – Identifying and implementing viable skills-building groups to support student retention and success.

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