Cascadia Training for Professional Development

BRAND-NEW! Practical Skills-Based Training for Clinicians 🧠✨

Join B Lourenco, MA, LMHC, for a full-day, skills-focused training grounded in years of supervision experience and real clinical patterns seen in emerging therapists. This workshop is also perfect for seasoned clinicians wanting a refresh, reset, or reconnection with core clinical tools.

The Practical Skills Training for Clinicians is designed to bridge the gap between “book smarts” and clinical confidence—offering practical, usable tools you can bring into session immediately. 🌈🧠

Come ready to build confidence, sharpen your skills, and leave with tools you can actually use in practice. 🌟

🗓 Thursday, June 25th, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM PT
💻 Live on Zoom
🎓 Earn 6 CEs (Law & Ethics, Health Equity, or Cultural Competence — NBCC & NASW-WA Approved)

👉 Register now to save your spot! https://cascadiatraining.com/clinician-practical-skills

Cascadia Training now offers "LAST-MINUTE DEALS" on several workshops in June!

We have several Last-Minute Deals for June with several workshops $50 off!

Register for these amazing workshops at a steeply discounted rate! 👉 https://cascadia-training.com/courses/category/last-minute-deals/

Foundations of Couples Counseling
Presented by Dreya Blume, LCSW

📅 When: Monday, June 22, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific
💻 Where: Live on Zoom
🎓 CEs: 1.5 CEs

Strengthen your foundation in couples counseling with this practical, introductory workshop. 💞

✨ In this training, you’ll learn to:
• Understand relational dynamics, communication styles, and attachment needs
• Assess relationship challenges and navigate conflict effectively
• Explore emotional bids, relational patterns, and resilience factors
• Apply strategies to enhance connection, intimacy, and collaboration

Therapists will leave with actionable tools to guide couples toward healthier interactions, emotional attunement, and stronger partnerships.

👉 Register now to earn 1.5 CEs and build your skills in couples counseling! https://cascadiatraining.com/foundations-of-couples-counseling

Menopause and Mental Health: Navigating the Challenges from Perimenopause to Post-Menopause
Presented by Rebecca Bloom, LMHC

📅 When: Friday, June 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Pacific
📍 Where: Live, in-person at the Shoreline Center
🎓 CEs: 6 CEs – Meets Health Equity or Cultural Competence Requirements

Menopause, perimenopause, and post-menopause bring unique physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual challenges—and yet, these experiences are often under-recognized in clinical settings. 🌿

This workshop equips clinicians to recognize, understand, and support clients navigating these transitions, while addressing systemic biases and inequities that impact care.

👉 Register now to earn 6 CEs while deepening your expertise in menopause, mental health, and equitable care! https://cascadia-training.com/course/menopause-and-mental-health-june-2026/

Ethical Assessment in Early Childhood Mental Health and Development
Presented by Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP

📅 When: Thursday, June 18, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Pacific
💻 Where: Live on Zoom
🎓 CEs: 6 Law & Ethics CEs

This workshop provides clinicians with the skills and tools to ethically assess mental health and development in young children (0–5 years old). 🍼✨

Participants will explore questions such as:
• What does depression look like in an infant?
• How do environmental factors influence developmental delays?
• When is an attachment pattern a typical developmental stage versus pathology?

💡 Did you know? This training also aligns with Washington State HB 1325, requiring clinicians to use DC:0-5 for diagnosing children 0–5, ensuring developmentally appropriate and legally compliant assessments.

✨ In this workshop, you’ll learn:
• How to ethically use diagnostic and standardized tools for early childhood
• Methods for assessing at-risk populations, including impacts of abuse, neglect, and transgenerational trauma
• Practical strategies through case examples, videos, group exercises, and discussion
• How to integrate attachment theory, developmental science, and mental health assessment into clinical practice

This session is ideal for clinicians seeking to enhance their competence and confidence in early childhood assessment while meeting ethical and legal standards.

👉 Register now to earn 6 Law & Ethics CEs and advance your expertise in early childhood mental health! https://cascadiatraining.com/early-childhood-mental-health-ethics

Introduction to Schema Therapy
Presented by Dreya Blume, LCSW

📅 When: Monday, June 15, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
💻 Where: Live on Zoom
🎓 CEs: 3 CEs

Unlock the power of Schema Therapy to help clients identify and transform deeply ingrained patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior. 🧠✨

Schemas shape how clients interpret themselves, others, and the world. This training introduces the foundational concepts of schema therapy, including early maladaptive schemas, schema modes, and their influence on emotional and relational challenges.

💡 Did you know? Understanding schemas can improve assessment, intervention, and client outcomes, helping therapists address core patterns rather than just surface-level symptoms.

✨ In this workshop, you’ll learn to:
• Identify and understand early maladaptive schemas
• Recognize schema modes in the therapy room
• Explore how schemas develop and influence client behavior
• Apply strategies to help clients shift maladaptive patterns
• Integrate schema-focused approaches into everyday clinical practice

This interactive training will leave you equipped to enhance your therapeutic interventions and support clients in building healthier coping mechanisms.

👉 Register now to earn 3 CEs and start integrating schema therapy into your practice! https://cascadiatraining.com/schema-therapy

Cultural Humility in Working with Immigrant Clients
Presented by Dr. Gitika Talwar

📅 When: Friday, June 12, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Pacific
💻 Where: Live via Zoom
🎓 CEs: 3 CEs – Law & Ethics, Health Equity, and/or Cultural Competence

Deepen your understanding of cultural humility and its impact in therapy with immigrant clients. 🌍✨

This workshop explores how therapy can be a site of acculturation for the therapeutic dyad—therapist and client, couple, or family—and how values alignment and misalignment can create opportunities for meaningful, culturally attuned work. Cultural humility emphasizes continuous self-reflection, openness, and respectful engagement with clients’ lived experiences.

💡 Did you know? Research shows that cultural humility is linked to stronger therapeutic alliances, improved client outcomes, and the repair of cultural mistakes—making it a critical practice for culturally responsive care.

✨ In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
• Engage in lifelong self-exploration and learning
• Recognize power dynamics and personal biases within therapy
• Respect and leverage clients’ diverse identities and cultural capital
• Build trust by honoring client experiences and perspectives
• Practice openness, curiosity, and flexibility in cross-cultural encounters
• Advocate to dismantle systemic barriers impacting clients

This training is experiential and reflective, offering practical strategies to integrate cultural humility into everyday clinical practice, enhancing both your effectiveness and your clients’ sense of safety and empowerment.

👉 Register now to expand your skills and provide culturally attuned care for immigrant clients! https://cascadiatraining.com/cultural-humility

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): Tapping for Clinicians
Presented by Shelley White, MA, LMHC

📅 When: Friday, June 12, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Pacific
💻 Where: Live on Zoom
🎓 CEs: 3 Law & Ethics CEs

Learn to harness the power of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/Tapping)—an evidence-based tool to reduce emotional distress and enhance physical well-being. 🌿✨

Used by leading trauma experts like Bessel van der Kolk, EFT Tapping works on the same principles as acupuncture and is backed by over 200 research studies. It can reduce amygdala activity, regulate immune and inflammation genes, boost endorphins, and lower cortisol—helping clients release trauma, manage fear, and quiet shame.

💡 Did you know? Tapping can be used not only to support clients but also as a self-care tool for clinicians, helping you stay calm, centered, and present after intense sessions.

✨ In this workshop, you’ll:
• Learn the history, science, and psychology behind EFT
• Practice the basic Tapping protocol to use with clients immediately
• Explore how to integrate EFT into your self-care toolkit
• Understand how tapping helps with trauma, anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation

This interactive, hands-on workshop will leave you equipped to offer clients an effective, evidence-based intervention while also enhancing your own well-being.

👉 Register now to earn 3 Law & Ethics CEs and start tapping for transformation—for you and your clients! https://cascadiatraining.com/eft-tapping-for-clinicians