Upcoming CE Events
Asynchronous Workshops
Autism: De-Escalate Meltdowns and Diffuse Explosive Behaviors in Children
Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S.
Sponsor: Pesi, Inc.
Fee: $219.99
Contact: Bre Schultz, 715-855-5269
6.25 core hours for LMFT’s
August 2020
August 12
The Science Behind the Adverse Childhood Experiences Score
Dr. Yared Alemu
Sponsor: TQIntelligence, Inc
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9 am – 11 am
Fee: Free
Contact: Dr. Yared Alemu, 678-770-9343
2 core hours for LMFT’s
August 14
Clinical Techniques for Working with Adolescents and Adults on the Autism Spectrum
Thomas Walsh, MSW, LISW-CP
Sponsor: Laurel Heights Hospital
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 2 pm – 4:15 pm
Fee: Free
Contact: Jay Desselle, 229-921-2071
2 core hours for LMFT’s
August 15
Trauma, A Growing Epidemic in Families: The Need for Treatment and Healing
Dr. Lucy Cannon, LCSW, CCDP-D, MATS
Sponsor: Laurel Heights Hospital
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9 am – 3:30 pm
Fee: Free
Contact: Jay Desselle, 229-921-2071
5 core hours for LMFT’s
August 14-16 & 28-30
Hypnotherapy Certification Program (Levels 2 & 3)
Dr. Beaton-York
Sponsor: The Knowledge Tree
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 7:45 am – 5:00 pm each day
Fee: $1499 before 3/13, $1599 after
Contact: Jordan Barbeau, 404-913-2005
53 core hours for LMFT’s
August 20
Ethical Practice in Juvenile Justice Settings
Lainey Richardson, Psy.D. and Christine Doyle, LCSW
Sponsor: Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9 am – 3 pm
Fee: Free
Contact: Ron Koon, Ph.D., 404-478-4522
5 ethics hours approved
August 21
Listening Well: Enhancing Client Engagement, Self-Efficacy and Promoting Positive Change
Denice Crowe Clark, Ph.D., LMFT
Sponsor: The Training and Counseling Center at St. Luke’s
Location: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 435 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
Time: 9 am – 12:15 pm
Fee: $50
Contact: Nineshia Mont-Reynaud, 404-876-6266, ext. 2003
3 core hours for LMFT’s
August 21
Remembering Why We Do What We Do: Exploring the Realms of Post Traumatic Growth and Human Resilience
Bethany Blanco Booth, LPC
Sponsor: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna
Location: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna/Pro North Auditorium, 3995 South Cobb Dr., Smyrna, Ga 30080
Time: 9:30 am – 12:15 pm
Fee: $50
Contact: Latosha Lawler, 770-434-4568, ext. 3001
3 core hours approved for LMFT’s
August 21
Anxiety Treatment During Times of Uncertainty
Patrick McGrath, Ph.D.
Sponsor: The Knowledge Tree
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 3:45 pm
Fee: $115 before August 7, $130 after
Contact: Jordan Barbeau, 404-913-2005
5 core hours for LMFT’s
August 21
Social (In)justice, Racism and Healthy Conversations: Ethical Implications for Clinical Practice
Michael Chafin, M.Div., M.Ed. and Cecil Walker, MFT
Sponsor: The Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9 am – 3 pm
Fee: $100
Contact: Michael Chafin, 404-872-8065
5 ethics hours approved
August 21
Telehealth: Moving Forward
Lois Fenner, RN, MS, Attorney at Law
Sponsor: UiTrainings
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8 am – 4 pm
Fee: $200
Contact: Chris Boggs, 770-391-1099
6.25 ethics hours approved
August 22
Telemental Health: Breaking Geographical Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $80-110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 Telemental Health hours for LMFT’s
August 26-27
System of Care Academy (SOCA) Virtual 2020 Theme: Anchoring During the Storm
Sponsor: Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 10 am -2:30 pm on the 26th, 10 am – 1 pm on the 27th
Fee: Free
Contact: Regina Ginyard, 404-232-1175
6 core hours and 1 ethics hour for LMFT’s
August 28
Legislative Town Hall
Sponsor: GAMFT
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Fee: Free to GAMFT members
Register at gamft.org
1 hour of core approved
September 2020
September 1
Bottom Up Approaches to Healing Trauma and Eating Disorders
Tara Arnold, Ph.D., LCSW
Sponsor: The Knowledge Tree
Location: TBD
Time: 9 am – 3:30 pm
Fee: $115 before 4/17, $130 after
Contact: Jordan Barbeau, 404-913-2005
5 Core Hours for LMFT’s
September 11
When Marital Intimacy Protects: Chronic Female Sexual Problems
Michael Sytsma, Ph.D. and Marti Witherow, LPC, LMFT
Sponsor: Building Intimate Marriages, Inc.
Location: Synchronous Online Workshop
9am-1:15 pm
Fee: $159
Contact: Michael Sytsma, PhD, 770-822-4505
4 core hours for LMFT’s
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September 11
Telemental Health Supervision: Crossing Cultural & Geographic Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 11:45 am
Fee: $75
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
3 hours of Telemental Health Supervision for LMFT’s
September 11
Becoming One Treatment Team: Involving the Family in Your Work with Teens and Young Adults
Ashley Lanier-Pszczola, LMFT
Sponsor: Skyland Trail
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Fee: $80
Contact: Dawn Collinge, 404-709-3171
5 core hours for LMFT’s
September 12
Becoming a Black Therapist: Exploring Lived Experiences and What it Means to be an Ally
Erlese Caruth, LPC
Sponsor: The Knowledge Tree
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $135 before August 29, $155 after
Contact: Jordan Barbeau, 404-913-2005
6 core hours for LMFT’s
September 14-16
26th Annual Statewide Family Violence Conference
Sponsor: Georgia Commission on Family Violence
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9/14: 9 am -2 pm, 9/15: 9 am – 2 pm, 9/16: 9:30 am – 11:15 am
Fee: $260 early registration, $285 late registration, $175 for students
Contact: Jameelah Ferrell, 404-657-3412
12 core hours for LMFT’s
September 15 and 23
Behavioral Health Provider Town Hall
Dr. Candace Body-Williams, Bhavini Solanki-Vasan, LaKeisha Williams and Siyama Drake
Sponsor: Amerigroup
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Fee: Free
Contact: Bhavini Solanki-Vasan, 404-384-0443
2.9 core hours approved for LMFT’s
September 18
Life and Death, In Between is only Death: Existential Psychotherapy Approaches to Working with Youth
Weston Robins, LPC
Sponsor: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna
Location: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna/Pro North Auditorium, 3995 South Cobb Dr., Smyrna, Ga 30080
Time: 9:30 am – 12:15 pm
Fee: $50
Contact: Latosha Lawler, 770-434-4568, ext. 3001
3 core hours approved for LMFT’s
September 18
Family Law and Mental Health Forum
Sponsor: Center for Navigating Family Change & Gwinnett County ADR Department
Location: Gwinnett Justice and Admin Center
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $175 until 6/1, $195 after 6/1
Contact: Diane Dierks, LMFT, 404-218-1739
6.5 core hours for LMFT’s
September 19
Racial & Cultural Diversity: Approaching Ethical and Culturally-Informed Intervention in Counseling and Supervision
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $98 – 110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 ethics hours approved
September 19
What Clinicians Need to Know About Telemental Health from a Treatment and Ethical Perspective
Lucy Cannon, Ed.D., LCSW, CCDP-D, MATS
Sponsor: Skyland Trail
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Fee: $80
Contact: Dawn Collinge, 404-709-3171
6 ethics hours approved
September 21
Boundaries in Clinical Practice: Top Ethical Challenges
Latasha Matthews, MA, LPC, CPCS, CPLC
Sponsor: Pesi, Inc.
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8 am – 4 pm
Fee: $219
Contact: Abby Klingenberg, 715-855-8107
6.25 ethics hours approved
September 25
Ethics in Today’s Political Climate
Lakeeya Thornton, LCSW
Sponsor: Within Your Reach Consulting Services, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 9 am – 1 pm
Fee: $109
Contact: Wydia Houston, 267-322-9816
4 ethics hours approved
October 2020
October 1-5
Rapid Resolution Therapy Fundamentals, Intensive 40 hour Course
Jon Connelly, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW
Location: Courtyard Atlanta Perimeter Center, 6250 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30328
Times: 9:00 am – 6:30 pm each day
Fee: $1850
Contact: Teri Bowers, 800-587-2623, ext 4002
40 core hours for LMFT’s
October 2
Internal Family Systems Therapy: Step by Step Procedures for Healing Traumatic Wounds and Alleviating Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Addiction and More
Alexia Rothman, Ph.D.
Sponsor: UiTrainings
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Times: 8 am – 4 pm
Fee: $200
Contact: Chris Boggs, 770-391-1099
6.25 core hours for LMFT’s
October 9
Domestic Violence Training/What Do I Need to Know?
Davine S. Ricks, Ph. D.
Sponsor: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna
Location: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna/Pro North Auditorium, 3995 South Cobb Dr., Smyrna, Ga 30080
Time: 9:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $100
Contact: Latosha Lawler, 770-434-4568, ext. 3001
5 core hours approved for LMFT’s
October 30
COVID-19 Grief and Loss in Mass Proportions, A Clinician’s Guide: Helping Your Clients Process Their Grief and Loss While You Navigate Your Own
Terri Daniel, DMin., DT, CCTD and Debi Frankle, LMFT
Sponsor: Within Your Reach Consulting Services, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 12 pm – 4:05 pm
Fee: $109
Contact: Wydia Houston, 267-322-9816
2.5 core and 1.5 ethics hours for LMFT’s
October 31
Telemental Health: Breaking Geographical Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $80-110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 Telemental Health hours for LMFT’s
November, 2020
November 6
Mental health Ethics and Provision of Telemental Services: A Detailed Overview for Mental Health Clinicians
Charlie Safford, LCSW
Sponsor: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna
Location: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna/Pro North Auditorium, 3995 South Cobb Dr., Smyrna, Ga 30080
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $100
Contact: Latosha Lawler, 770-434-4568, ext. 3001
6 ethics hours approved
November 6
Telemental Health Supervision: Crossing Cultural & Geographic Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 11:45 am
Fee: $75
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
3 hours of Telemental Health Supervision for LMFT’s
November 7
Racial & Cultural Diversity: Approaching Ethical and Culturally-Informed Intervention in Counseling and Supervision
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $98 – 110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 ethics hours approved
December, 2020
December 4
Know Thyself: How Self-Awareness and Diversity Experiences Inform Our Cultural Competence with Clients
Shatavia Alexander Thomas, DMFT, MFT, LMFT
Sponsor: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna
Location: Ridgeview Institute Smyrna/Pro North Auditorium, 3995 South Cobb Dr., Smyrna, Ga 30080
Time: 9:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $100
Contact: Latosha Lawler, 770-434-4568, ext. 3001
5 core hours approved for LMFT’s
December 12
Racial & Cultural Diversity: Approaching Ethical and Culturally-Informed Intervention in Counseling and Supervision
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $98 – 110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 ethics hours approved
2021
January
January 30
Racial & Cultural Diversity: Approaching Ethical and Culturally-Informed Intervention in Counseling and Supervision
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $98 – 110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 ethics hours approved
February
February 12
Telemental Health Supervision: Crossing Cultural & Geographic Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 11:45 am
Fee: $75
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
3 hours of Telemental Health Supervision for LMFT’s
March
March 13
Telemental Health: Breaking Geographical Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $80-110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 Telemental Health hours for LMFT’s
April
April 10
Racial & Cultural Diversity: Approaching Ethical and Culturally-Informed Intervention in Counseling and Supervision
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $98 – 110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 ethics hours approved
May
May 7
Telemental Health Supervision: Crossing Cultural & Geographic Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 11:45 am
Fee: $75
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
3 hours of Telemental Health Supervision for LMFT’s
June
June 12
Telemental Health: Breaking Geographical Boundaries
Dr. Sonja Sutherland
Sponsor: Legacy Progressional Development & Training, LLC
Location: Live synchronous webinar
Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm
Fee: $80-110
Contact: Dr. Sonja Sutherland, 404-835-6119
6 Telemental Health hours for LMFT’s
