Training Information
By prioritizing experiential engagement and reflective practice, I strive to empower my supervisees to build the critical self-awareness necessary to mitigate compassion fatigue and deliver equitable care. Ultimately, my goal as a mentor is to foster a learning environment that cultivates a new generation of highly competent, resilient, and advocacy-driven clinical leaders.
Suicide Assessment and Prevention: Evidence-Based Risk Management
Description: Execute comprehensive suicide risk assessments, develop acute safety plans, and implement evidence-based crisis interventions for vulnerable populations. This critical training empowers clinicians to confidently recognize warning signs, navigate legal and ethical obligations, and provide immediate, life-saving support.
Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma: Mitigating Burnout
Description: Identify the psychological and physical indicators of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and professional burnout among addiction professionals. Develop targeted, actionable strategies to build clinical resilience, maintain healthy boundaries, and sustain empathetic engagement in high-stress environments.
Professional Self-Care Retreat
Description: Engage in restorative wellness practices designed to actively rejuvenate practitioners and clinical supervisors. This immersive experience emphasizes proactive self-care planning, mindfulness techniques, and peer connection to ensure sustainable practice and maintain the highest standards of care for both clients and supervisees.
Grief, Loss, and Bereavement: Clinical Approaches to Healing
Description: Implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions to support clients navigating complex grief, ambiguous loss, and bereavement. This training explores the varied stages of mourning and equips practitioners with the clinical tools necessary to foster long-term resilience and facilitate the healing process safely.
Nicotine Use Disorder and Dependence
Description: This module examines the physiological and psychological impacts of nicotine addiction. Counselors will learn evidence-based cessation strategies, treatment protocols, and how to integrate nicotine recovery into broader substance use disorder treatment plans.
Clinical Ethics: Ethics, Legal, and Professional Practice
- Description: This module examines the physiological and psychological impacts of nicotine addiction. Counselors will learn evidence-based cessation strategies, treatment protocols, and how to integrate nicotine recovery into broader substance use disorder treatment plans.
12 Core Functions of Addiction Counseling (SUD Specific Training)
Description: A comprehensive overview of the essential skills required for addiction professionals. This training covers the entire client lifecycle, including screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, referral, report and record keeping, and consultation
Description: A comprehensive overview of the essential skills required for addiction professionals. This training covers the entire client lifecycle, including screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, referral, report and record keeping, and consultation
Substance Use and Domestic Violence
Description: This training explores the complex and sensitive dynamics between substance use and intimate partner violence. Participants will learn how to conduct safe assessments, develop safety plans, utilize intervention strategies, and understand the cyclical nature of abuse and addiction.
Substance Use Disorders Among Veterans
Description: Focused on the specific needs of military service members, this training explores the factors contributing to substance use and suicide risk among veterans. Counselors will learn about trauma-informed care, PTSD, and culturally competent treatment approaches for those who have served.
Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
Description: This course addresses the unique challenges of treating substance use disorders among the aging population. Topics include generational factors, the physiological impact of aging on substance processing, prescription medication misuse, and tailored intervention strategies for elderly clients.
Evidence-Based Treatment (EBT) Practices
Description: This training reviews scientifically validated counseling methodologies proven to support recovery and reduce relapse. Participants will explore current, data-driven therapeutic interventions and learn how to practically apply them in everyday addiction counseling.
Psychopathology and Co-Occurring Disorders
Description: Focusing on the intersection of mental health and addiction, this course equips counselors with the skills to effectively identify, assess, and treat clients with dual diagnoses. Participants will explore common psychiatric disorders and the best practices for integrated care.
Upcoming Trainings
March 27: Suicide in NC
May 12: Substance Use in Older Adults (12-1:30 PM)
June 12: Understanding Self Care (9 AM – 1 PM
July 28: Issues in supervision: (10 – 12:30 PM)
Most classes cost $35 each and include 3.0 CEUs
(Continuing Eduction Units)
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Email For More Information
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