Professional Events

Continuing Education

By participating, you not only enhance your skills but also join a community committed to providing the best care possible. Elevate your treatment techniques, meet licensure requirements, & stay abreast of industry advancements.

Upcoming Events

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Raising the Bar on Treatment Outcomes

Integrating Measurement-Based Care, Tracking Progress, and Utilizing Patient Data for Successful Outcomes

Learning objectives:

  • To understand MBC and its benefits therein for therapeutic integration.
  • To consider the multifaceted approaches in tracking client progress to improve outcomes.
  • To identify processes and procedures toward implementing practices of MBC and ethical outcomes.
  • To consider the importance of MBC in assessment of risk and higher level of care referrals.
  • Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/MBCoutcomes2

Past Events

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Raising the Bar on Treatment Outcomes

Learning objectives:

  • Explain measurement-based care and its benefits for therapeutic integration.
  • Compare multifaceted approaches in tracking client progress to improve outcomes.
  • Identify and describe processes and procedures for implementing measurement-based care practices and ethical outcomes reporting into their own practice or facility.
  • Summarize the importance of MBC in assessment of risk and higher level of care referrals.

Raising the Bar on Treatment Outcomes

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain measurement-based care and its benefits for therapeutic integration.
  • Compare multifaceted approaches in tracking client progress to improve outcomes.
  • Identify and describe processes and procedures for implementing measurement-based care practices and ethical outcomes reporting into their own practice or facility.
  • Summarize the importance of MBC in assessment of risk and higher level of care referrals.
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Navigating the Battlefield at Home: Specialized Strategies for Supporting Military Families

Learning Objectives

  • Gain critical knowledge and skills needed to support military families effectively.
  • Get a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by spouses, children, and extended family members of active-duty service members and veterans.
  • Become equipped with practical tools to enhance your clinical approach, build trust with military families, and provide culturally competent mental health support.
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Working With LGBTQ+ Clients 101

Learning Objectives

  • Describe one or more risk and protective factors for LGBTQ+ adolescents, adults, and their families for mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
  • Utilize one or more strategies to integrate LGBTQ+-affirming care in their clinical practice.
  • Utilize one or more strategies to support LGBTQ+ adolescents, adults, and/or their families in their cultural context.

“Treatment Resistant Neuropsychiatric Illness”

Please join Dr. Steve Best of the Neuroscience Center and Sandstone Care for an engaging presentation about the nuances of treatment-resistant neuropsychiatric illness. Dr. Best will discuss the extent, causes, evaluation, and treatment approaches for this complex condition. Complimentary lunch provided by Sandstone Care.

RSVP to Phil Marcantelli by April 28th: PhilipMarcantelli@SandstoneCare.com

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Legal & Ethical Considerations with Children Adolescents, & Emerging Adults

Learning Objectives

  • Apply the six common ethical principles identified by Beauchamp and Childress to dilemmas encountered by therapists working with children, adolescents and emerging adults
  • Explain how the developmental readiness of children, adolescents, emerging adults and their parents influence each of the three elements of validly consenting or assenting to treatment
  • Explain how the way a therapist handles LGBTQ+ and other sensitive issues might affect the therapeutic relationship, even with youth to whom those issues do not seem to apply
  • And more!

Unpacking Unknown Bias

Learning Objectives

  • Define various types of bias.
  • Recognize when their own bias shows up and articulate how this may impact the therapeutic relationship.
  • Discuss strategies for navigating any bias once they become aware.
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Emerging Substances of Abuse

Learning Objectives

  • Identify emerging substances of abuse (i.e. tianeptine, xylazine, delta-8 THC)
  • Discuss complications related to emerging substances
  • Discuss treatment options for emerging substances

Is it Maladaptive?

Learning Objectives
  • Define and identify maladaptive coping.
  • List at least 2 alternative ways to manage self-harm and suicidal ideations with clients.
  • Assess how the clinician’s reaction impacts client responses.
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Is it Maladaptive? Webinar
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Current State of Fentanyl Use & Treatment

Understanding The Current State of Fentanyl Use and Treatment

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss how Fentanyl differs from other opioids, and what makes it so dangerous.
  • Identify the present epidemiological trends concerning Fentanyl use.
  • List potential treatment and recovery options associated with Fentanyl abuse.

LGBTQ+ Issues in Counseling

Learning Objectives

  • Verbalize the differences between sexuality and gender and common terms associated and used in each area.
  • Recognize barriers to care for LGBTQ+ community members and how to overcome some of these issues.
  • Identify at least two ways to create safer spaces for both patients and staff for those within the community.
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