Upcoming Trainings
CEUs available: LPC | SW | RN
(Attendees are responsible to check with their licensing board for approval for interactive web based training)
Heroin or Heroine? The Interplay Between Trauma and Substance Use Disorder
July 24, 2024 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm | Live Synchronous Webinar
Presenters: Jessica Dodson, MS, NCC, Provisionally Licensed Counselor and Rhonda Satterfield, MA
This training will focus on examining the relationship between childhood trauma and substance use disorders. We will examine risk and resiliency factors for substance abuse, explore commonly used assessments for trauma and SUD, and briefly discuss treatment methods and modalities for trauma and SUD.
A Different Kind of Trauma: How Brain injuries Impact Veteran Mood Disorders
August 21, 2024 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm | In-Person (Morgantown, WV)
Presenter: Jeremy Dixon, MS, AT-Ret | TBI Outreach Coordinator | West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities
This training focuses on increasing knowledge of traumatic brain injuries and how TBI impacts the Veteran/Military community.
Social Work Ethics
September 25, 2024 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm | In-Person (Morgantown, WV)
Presenters: Kristin Snyder, MSW, LGSW & Savannah Zink, MSW, LCISW
This training for ethics will specifically address ethical concerns and issues that may arise when working with youth within the state of West Virginia. The training will take a deep dive into state code and the NASW Code of Ethics in order to explore the guidance given on how to navigate topics such as confidentiality, multiple party-involvement, and telehealth. The training will also consider ethical issues that may arise when providing services to youth in the foster care system.
Our Friend the Personality Disorder: Clinical Implications
July 24, 2024 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm | Live Synchronous Webinar
Presenter: David Sacks, MA
This training is designed as a clinical refresher dealing with the implications of personality disorders in treatment. Etiology and longer term prognosis in psychotherapy will be addresses as well as use of trauma in the development of cluster B personality disorders with emphasis of cross-over between Bipolar Effective Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Grief & Loss and the Impact on Mental Health
November 13, 2024 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm | Live Synchronous Webinar
Presenters: Mallorie Dazen, MSCP, LPC & Donna White, MA, LPC
This training will explore various forms of grief and loss and the impact they have on mental health as well as cultural impacts. We will also explore the impact grief and loss have on mental health and approaches that can be utilized in counseling.