The Ethics Of Counselor's Self-care May 5, 2023 LPCA GA Con

 REGISTRATION CLOSES two days before workshop

Payments are non-refundable but can be applied to other trainings. 

As a society, we do not do grief well. We think grief should look and play out in certain ways. This workshop will look at the grieving process from the perspective of different cultures and subcultures. Expressions of grief vary in different cultures. Some cultures display grief in a stately manner while in other cultures grief is expressed openly showing passionate emotions. We will identify the ethics involved in identifying the culture of grief in working with those in the therapy room.

Participants will be able to:  

• Recognize the necessity of incorporating culture when addressing grief
• Identify the process of grieving in various cultures
• Identify ethics related to addressing culture in the therapy room
  
• 3 Core CE  pending by LPCAGA

Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings. 

First In-Person Training for 2023

Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and a resource bag

Visit with the Massage Therapist or a chiropractor or get a mini moment of calm on your own!

• Bring your laptop!

Love what you do, but looking for other revenue streams? If you became ill today, how would you continue to make money? Ask yourself where you would be financially if your current income stream were to stop. Having one source of income and "putting all your eggs in one basket" is often why many people MUST continue working after retirement. 

Participate in our one-day workshop and learn how to use your experience and talents to diversify your income and complement your current business model. Learn the difference between passive and leverage income. Learn simple strategies to recession proof your practice. 

Learn how to use yoga in managing self and trauma. Learn how to incorporate book writing to build your brand and complement your practice. 

Gain strategies from an IRS Enrolled Agent to manage your business finances and  get in-depth answers about your business from start to finish. 

You will leave with practical steps to be used immediately to expand your business.  Each Speaker is an expert in their field.

You will learn how to create additional income using current  skills. This one day workshop  is engaging and interactive.   

Speakers:   

Kimberly Snell, Teacher & Yoga Instructor is the author of Amazon’s #1download One Minute to Amazen: A Christian Guide to Yoga, is dedicated to introducing the Christian community to the physical and spiritual benefits of incorporating yoga into their daily routine. She has utilized her many roles to create yoga experiences allowing participants to calm the mind and find peace. She is a certified instructor of Hatha,Yin, Pre-Natal, and Kundalini yoga, and an author of two books offering words of wisdom to encourage and empower people on their spiritual journey.  To experience the gifts of Kimberly, book a class at her virtual studio, https://www.kreneestudios.com. You can also subscribe to her YouTube channel, AmaZen Yoga; and join her social media page, Divinely Inspired Yoga on Facebook.

Lawrey L. Francis, EMBA, IRS EA - Your Taxes and You 

holds a Master’s degree in Management Information System and an EMBA in Technology Management. He is an IRS Enrolled Agent with extensive experience in planning, managing, and implementing technology and infrastructure to support the strategic initiative of a number of organizations. He has had various managerial and operational roles, planning, budgeting, and leveraging available personnel and technical resources.  As a business owner, he formulated and implemented annual budget for planning and evaluating business operations to ensure profitability and minimize expenses. He also formulated effective marketing strategies to generate and use planning and tracking Liberty Tax Franchise revenue. Lawrey has garnered financial and business management experience working on various projects: ROI analysis; vendor selection and management; system implementation; conducted presentations, developed project documents including charter, implementation plans, project accountability worksheets, budget documents to name a few. Feel free to contact Lawrey at 770-926-3532 or at libertytax.com (Woodstock) for additional information.

Cheryl A. Francis, LPC, CPCS, CGP -Using Passive & Leveraged Income to Increase Bottom Line 

• Learn how to self-publish on a budget
• Strategies to creating additional income in your business

Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings. 

6 Core CE's approved by LPCAGA

Training Presented in association with Fulton County Board of Health.  

THE WORKSHOP  IS CLOSED - NOT ACCEPTING NEW PARTICIPANTS

Since the start of the pandemic, 84% of adults reported feeling at  least one emotion associated with prolonged stress, according to the  American Psychological Association. The pandemic has forced us to pay  attention to how we have been living our lives.  It also forced us to look at something we have been avoiding - prolonged stress.   If unmanaged, stress will be felt not only by you but also by those in your  sphere of influence. Stress produces visible and invisible by-products,  of which many of us are unaware.  We know we are not our usual selves,  but we cannot put our “finger on it”.   Unless we begin to address the  “elephant in the room”, many more will become more ill. For clinicians,  this training will identify the use of the various discipline’s codes of  ethics to support the importance of managing stressors. 

Participants will:  

· Understand the impact of stress on our bodies based on life-roles 

· Develop appropriate responses to change 

· Learn and develop effective strategies to minimize stress 

Presenter: Cheryl Francis, LPC, CPCS, CGCS is the owner of The Heart Matters Wellness Services LLC, a full-service counseling agency.  Professional Development is one of her passions and any given month you may find her providing trainings or motivating an organization's employees to the greatness within them. She offers therapeutic services to individuals and families desiring to live emotionally healthy and well-balanced lives. Her primary goal is to assist individuals in obtaining their goals and regain the peace once maintained. She is a published Author of "Journaling the Journey". She has presented locally for agencies such as Ridgeview Institute, and Oakhill C & A and Family Center.  She also presented and trained internationally. Cheryl hosts a monthly consultation group for those in the healing and helping profession where she offers an accountable kindred spirit to peers and colleagues. 

3 Ethics CE's approved by LPCAGA

Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings. 

Meet standards for Ethics  & Supervision Hours for all disciplines including Social Workers  

Why change a good thing? Maybe because it needed to be changed! As gatekeepers of the profession, it is essential that we understand the reason we do what we do and garner tools to support trainees to do no harm to clients. Clinical supervision is a space to explore the effects of our work and make sense of the feelings our work evokes. It provides the opportunity to replenish reserves and bolster resilience by considering new strategies. If supervision is done correctly, everyone in the room can consolidate learning and celebrate achievements. If you are a new or seasoned Clinical Supervisors or is curious about the role of a Clinical Supervisor, this training is for you. We will utilize the ACA code of ethics, to focus on central principles of clinical supervision and guidelines for new and seasoned supervisors to help outline the varied functions of a supervisor. Because someone is a great therapist, does not mean that they are fit to be a supervisor. We will discuss prominent models of supervision and the benefits of using a model in the supervisory room. Understanding the developmental levels of counselors and clinical supervisors, within a cultural context is important for both the supervisor and trainee. All this will unfold in the Clinical Supervision and Professional Development Of The Counselor training.

Participants will gain insights into :

• Guidelines and rationale for supervision
• Understanding legal and ethical issues faced in supervision (boundaries; confidentiality, etc.*
• Central principles of clinical supervision
• Cultural Awareness and Cross-cultural Supervision Social Workers & Professional Counselors
• Various models for clinical supervision
• Monitoring Development stages of Supervisors and supervises  
• Brief overview of Rule 135-11.01
   

3 Ethics  & 3 Supervision CE pending through LPCAGA - applicable to all disciplines

Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings.

 REGISTRATION CLOSES two days before workshop

Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings. 

There has always been some type of mental illness diagnosis. Substance use disorders (SUDs) however, begun to be classified as a primary diagnosis in the DSM-III. Then,  and even now, treatment for drug or alcohol use disorder was done  separately from mental illness disorders, often at separate facilities,  using entirely different approaches.  The  disorders were treated individually, or one missed altogether.  Consequently, many people who suffered from mental illnesses like  Anxiety, Depression and Bipolar disorders never received treatment for  Substance Use disorders, or vice versa. This  created crucial gaps in treating the needs of those with the two  categories of disorders and the actual care received. Clinicians  continue to treat one disorder at a time as they do not feel equipped;  they are not trained to manage or treat a substance use disorder and out  of fear do not address this issue at all, or if they had some training,  they do not feel adequately or appropriately trained. There continues to be a perception that substance use disorder is difficult to treat due to relapse rate.  

Participants will be able to: 

• Identify terminology surrounding Co-Occurring Disorder (COD)
• Learn risk Factors of COD
• Understand underlying factors regarding treatment
• Understand the importance of treating disorders (mental/substance) simultaneously in counseling
• Identify interaction between substance misuse and psychosis
• Learn how to help clients discuss solutions
  
• 3 Core CE  pending  LPCAGA

Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings. 

 Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings. 

Grief is as unique as each of us in our family experiences.  The subject of grief and loss has transformed from what many of us understood and learned grief to be.  We are now viewing grief through the lenses of the human experience and are suggesting moving away from the medical model of grief and loss.   Understanding our response to grief developmentally will better equip clinicians to support grievers in a way to help them move through grief instead of the medical model of getting over grief. This workshop will be experiential. Applicable developmental interventions will be provided to use immediately in the therapy room.  

Objectives: 

•  Examine grief response across lifespan and gain understanding of death and other types of losses  
• Discuss the evolution of the treatment of grief Examine grief response across developmental lifespan
• Examine and utilize interventions applicable for each developmental stage

3 Core CE  APPROVED by LPCAGA - Applicable to all disciplines

• Payments are non-refundable, but can be applied to other trainings.