Second Saturday Seminars

If you are working with a couple considering divorce, or family members who are going through a divorce, it is helpful to understand the effect of divorce on families and how the court process operates.

In this workshop, you will learn ways to support and educate your clients involved in the divorce process. In addition, you will learn what courts expect should you be called on to release records, be deposed, or testify.

Welcome to Intimate Partner Violence 101 where we will explore the dynamics of intimate partner violence (IPV) including types of violence, vulnerable populations, warning signs of abuse, and the impact of COVID-19. We will delve further into the intersection of IPV and mental health care and how IPV might present in a counseling setting. Then we’ll apply the knowledge you’ve learned to hypothetical scenarios so you can practice your skills!

Whether you are just starting out or you’ve been in private practice for years, having a strong financial foundation within your business can pay dividends. By having a financial foundation in place you will have a practice that lasts long term, peace of mind on the wealth side, and confidence in your post-practice retirement.

Join us as we discuss what goes into developing a financial foundation for your practice. We will discuss many of the financial aspects of running a practice. From banking, tax, bookkeeping, retirement planning, to setting up business entities, we will cover what is structurally necessary to set the foundation for financial success.

Infidelity is one of the hardest issues to help couples work through. In this seminar, Angela Skurtu will offer various tools and strategies for dealing with couples in high stress and high conflict. She will address trust-building, reconnection, and teaching couples how to move through the crisis.

Succession planning is an important, often neglected, and sometimes unexpected element in many therapist’s practices. Attorney Bryan LeMoine of Beckemeier Lemoine Law will join us to educate and lead discussions related to succession and emergency planning for your practice. This will include scenarios such as planning for reducing hours, retirement, and sudden emergencies where you cannot perform counseling services for the foreseeable future.

Our trauma is stored in the right side of our brain, which additionally is the visual processing side of our brain. This pairing creates the perfect dynamic for visual re-processing of traumatic experiences. In this interactive presentation, you will begin to understand how art therapy can help teens with healing from trauma. You will be able to experience creating an art piece of your own as a small glimpse into your client’s experience.

Are you looking to learn about counseling LGBTQ+ clients? Or, do you need to refresh your multicultural competence and humility in working with this community as a counselor? This workshop is for you!

Those who attend this workshop will leave with awareness, knowledge, and skills to provide affirming care to, and advocate for, LGBTQ+ clients. To scaffold learning, current, appropriate terminology and language related to affectional/sexual orientation and attraction and internal gender will be described. As you become more familiar with this knowledge, a better awareness of the intersection of LGBTQ+ status in relation to other socially constructed identities will be acquired and your understanding of systemic barriers faced by this community will develop. The workshop will also review local, national, and global resources to improve counselors’ multicultural competency and skills when working with LGBTQ+ clients.