These workshops offer 5 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

Full Day Webinar

September 5th, 2025

10:00 AM - 03:45 PM EST

The cost of one day is $89.99, an individual class is $39.99 and $59.99

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Class 1

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Therapy by Design: Using the Physical Environment to Support Your Work

Researchers have speculated that the physical environment in which therapy takes place plays a vital role in determining whether or not a client stays in therapy.  Have you ever wondered how you can best utilize your office environment to compliment your work? In this workshop we will explore relevant research on therapeutic office spaces, reflect on our own spaces, and discuss a variety of ways we can utilize our office spaces to complement and enhance our work as clinicians in daily clinical work. Attendees will walk away with ideas for creating intentional spaces for treatment that both themselves and their clients will find useful.  This presentation is relevant for clinicians who work in office spaces with a variety of client populations.

(Trainer - Jamie Keaton Jones, LICSW, LCSW, PhD, is an adjunct instructor in the graduate social work programs at Fordham University and West Virginia University. Jamie trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy and has a private practice in Washington D.C. She has previously published articles and presented on the meaning of the therapist office.) 

2 Hours

Class 2

12:45 PM - 3:45 PM EST

Cracking the Code: Building Powerful Therapeutic Alliances with Challenging Clients

Mental health clinicians routinely encounter individuals with challenging personalities and behaviors. With these clients, we can become stuck in patterns of interaction that are not therapeutic, leave us feeling frustrated, and block us from engaging in healing relationships with our clients. This workshop will offer a deeper understanding of personality functioning and provide insights into improved working relationships with challenging individuals. In this workshop we will move toward a deeper understanding of the concept of personality and learn how to form therapeutic alliances in challenging professional relationships. Initially, the workshop will cover DSM-5’s alternative model for personality disorders with a focus on the elements of identity, self-direction, empathy, and intimacy and how individuals exist along a continuum for each of these elements.

The workshop will examine how these elements manifest for clients along the spectrum, from little to no impairment through severe impairment. With insight into these personality elements, practical case examples will be reviewed along with exploration of how to form alliances with individuals who fall on the far ends of the spectrum. The outcome of the workshop will be a deeper understanding of personality more generally as well as some take-home tools for creating stronger therapeutic alliances with challenging clients.

(Trainer - Dr. Sharen Barboza is a licensed clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in suicide prevention, crisis management, self-injury reduction, and self-care in institution settings. She holds a master’s degree in psychology from Tufts University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and is certified in Wholebeing Positive Psychology.)

3 Hours

This One Day Seminar includes two excellent classes, a total of 5 CEs. You may attend an individual class for $39.99 and $59.99