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Lighthouse Counseling & Sand Play Training Center, LLC

Sand Play Therapy

Female Archetypes in Sand Play training

The Theraplay Institute

Theraplay Attachment Focused Therapy

 Institute of Child Psychology

Childhood Anxiety:Helping Children Heal

Helping Children Through Grief & Loss

Helping Children Through Divorce & Separation

Depression in Children & Youth

Understanding The Highly Sensitive Child

A Roadmap to Achieving Optimal Holistic Well-Being for Your Family

The Beauty of Coping Strategies for Managing Stress

The Making of a Resilient Child

Living Your Best Parent Life

Childhood Trauma: Finding a Way Through

The Impact of Technology on Children and Youth

Building Emotional Regulation Skills

Childhood ADHD: From Struggling to Thriving

Structured Play Techniques: Fun, Therapeutic Ways to Engage Children (Part I & II)

Simplifying: The Creation of Calm

The Ins and Outs of Bullying 

Substance Use: Prevention and Intervention 

The Power of Play: A Key Tool in Fostering Resilience

Parenting Through the Teenage Years: All You Need to Know

Parenting with the Brain in Mind

Parenting Through Healthy Boundaries

The Dance of Attachment

Strategies helping a child after a traumatic event 

Managing Parental Stress

Professional Education Systems Institute

Play Therapy Interventions for Dysregulated Clients

Complex Trauma and Shame: Somatic Interventions Drs. John and Julie Gottman on the 10 Core Principles for Effective Couples Therapy Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider (CMHIMP);

Training Course: Nutritional and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Professionals

 The New Exposure Therapy: How Inhibitory Learning Can Improve Outcomes for OCD and Anxiety Disorders

Working with Somatic Components to Overcome Trauma Related Fears of Feeling Good

Anxiety in the Wake of Loss: Strategies for Working with The Missing Stage of Grief 

Shattered Assumptions: Treat Grieving Clients Whose Work Has Been Turned Upside Down 

Anticipatory Grief: Helping Clients Face Impending Loss and Uncertain Futures 

Kids and Loss: How to Work with the Uniqueness of a Child's Grief 

Grief Work in Virtual Settings: New Tools to Create Support and Connection

Unattended Grief: Interventions to Facilitate Healthy Grieving 

Compassion Fatigue: Prevention for Professionals Who Work with Grief and Trauma 

Traumatic Grief: Cognitive, Behavioral and Somatic Approaches 

Reach Across Divides: Cultural & Difference Focused Practices in Grief Work 

Grief After Suicide: Transition Survivors from "Why?" to "What's Next?" 

Steps Toward Healing Traumatic Attachment & Borderline Personality Disorder 

A DBT Skills Approach to Suicidality

 Why People Die by Suicide: What the Last 20 Years of Research Has Shown Us

Losing a Loved One to Suicide: Interventions to Move Survivors Beyond the Ruins

Suicide in Historically Marginalized Communities: Perception versus Reality

 What to Do with Suicidal Thoughts That Just Won’t Go Away

Reduce Suicide, Liability, and Workload in Healthcare with the Columbia Protocol

Lessons from Treating Suicidal Veterans: The Latest Interventions

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Suicidality: Overcoming Stuck Points and Creating Mental Flexibility

Crisis Safety Planning with Youth & Teens: New Insights & Strategies 

 A Reason to Live: Clinical Tools to Help Suicidal Clients Find Meaning

 Embracing Suicidal Parts: Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) to Heal Traumatic Wounds

Rapid Recovery from Depression: New Treatment Strategies for Feeling Great

EMDR: A Rapid, Safe, and Proven Treatment for Trauma 

Defeating Habits and Addictions: New Life-Changing Treatment Strategies for You and Your Clients

EMDR Step by Step: New in Session Demonstrations

Nutritional and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Professionals

Nutrition Essentials for Clinicians: Culinary Medicine to Improve Mood, Sleep, Attention and Focus

Creating Secure Attachment in Teens: Balancing Interdependence & Autonomy

3­Day: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification Training

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training: Master the Core Skills and Competencies of CBT

Creating Secure Attachment in Teens: Balancing Interdependence & Autonomy

Social-Emotional Learning from the Inside Out: Teaching Kids Interoceptive Awareness Skills to Build Insight, Empathy, and Compassion

Bergen Regional Medical Center - Advance Clinical Seminars 

Adolescent Mental Health Assessment and Treatment

Borderline Personality Disorder

Clinical Focus on Shame, Anger, and Aggression

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Depression and Anxiety

Clinical Focus on Dual Diagnosis

Clinical Focus on Suicidal Ideation and Behavior

Group Therapy

Psychotherapy Change Process

Psychosocial Assessment Skills

The Defense Mechanisms

Therapeutic Use of Pets

Family Therapy: Skills and Techniques   

Conferences

Childhood Anxiety Network Annual Conference 2015 

Psychotherapy Networker Conference 2018

Psychotherapy Networker Conference 2019

Virtual Children’s Mental Health Conference 2020

The Grief Summit: Grief Counseling and Treatment in a Pandemic of Loss  

Continuing  Education Units

The Gift of Storytelling

The Dos and Don’ts of Working with Children

Couples Therapy for Treating Trauma

Complex Trauma and Shame: Somatic Interventions

Trauma and Attachment

A Day of Qigong

The Body Keeps the Score

Relational EMDR as a Transformational Journey

Becoming Solution Focused in Therapy

Accessing Your Body’s “Yes” as a Path to Healing 

National Association of Social Worker

Protective Duties for California Licensed Clinical Social Workers

Legal and Ethical Standard of Care for LCSWs and LMFTs

Overview of the LCSW License and Unprofessional Conduct

Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in Social Work Practice

NASW Social Justice Brief: Migrant and Asylum-Seeking Families Policies NOVA Documentary: Addiction

Child Abuse Intervention and Treatment

Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention

Telehealth: California Social Work Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

National Council For Behavioral Health 

Mental Health First Aid USA

The University of Edinburgh

The Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People 

New York University

Child Abuse Identification Certification

Stanford University

Child Nutrition and Cooking 2.0

University at Buffalo & The State University of New York

ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students

International Open Academy

Dyslexia Awareness

Special Educational Needs

Peer Institute 

Alcohol and Drug Education Program

Selahfreedom

How to talk about body safety with children

Sex Lies and Media

 ADDITUDE Strategies and Support for ADHD & LD

Why Women with ADHD are Struggling 

“Why Am I Always So Tired?” The Latest Science on Improving Sleep in Children and Teens with ADHD

The Healthy Habits Playbook: How to Make Meaningful Changes Actually Stick

The Whole-Person Treatment Approach to ADHD

ADHD Ages & Stages Part 1: Common Challenges and Practical Strategies for Children with ADHD.

ADHD Ages & Stages Part 2: Common Challenges and Practical Strategies for Teens and Young Adults with ADHD.

ADHD Ages & Stages Part 3: Common Challenges and Practical Strategies for Adults with ADHD.

ADHD and Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Oaklander Training: Healing Through Play

Sand Tray: Using the Oaklander Model

Coping with Stress Prof. Gavin Andrews

Crisis Intervention Seminar, Dr Paul R. King

Baglanma Therapy Institute

 Psychodrama

Attachment Focused Therapy