The intersection of learning and practice

Professional Development Seminars

Believing that sharing knowledge freely advances our profession and improves mental health care for all, Turning Point Academy serves as a hub of thought leadership and professional development for students and practitioners from within and outside our organization.

As one of the very few community mental health centers in our region to offer continuing education so broadly, we’re gratified that these engaging and practical experiences can help our colleagues fulfill their professional development goals and continuing education requirements.

Academy Programs 2023

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You may also find the following examples of our thought leadership inspiring, educational, and insightful.

Finding Grace in Hospitality.

A Recovery-Oriented Alternative to Hospital Emergency Departments for Persons in Emotional Distress: “The Living Room.”

Using Yoga Interventions to Enhance Clinical Social Work Practices with Young Women with Cancer.

Agility in Adversity: Integrating Mindfulness and Principles of Adaptive Leadership in the Administration of a Community Mental Health Center.

What to expect

Intelligent and Relevant

Turning Point Academy’s guest faculty are well known for their clinical excellence and thoughtful attention to critical issues in their fields. We’re pleased to bring them and their expertise to you through our diverse and carefully curated curriculum.

Comfortable and Conducive

Our Skokie facility offers a welcoming, comfortable environment conducive to learning in the fields of social work, counseling, clinical psychology, and marriage and family therapy. We limit seminar size to give you ample opportunity to interact with speakers and network with colleagues. Turning Point is an accessible building and a nonsmoking facility.

A Great Value

Turning Point Academy’s reasonably priced seminars take place at Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center, a licensed State of Illinois provider of continuing education for social workers (LSW/LCSW), clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors (LPC/LCPC). License #’s 159.000226, 168.000209, and 268.000028. For the confidentiality of our clients and participants, photography and videotaping are not permitted.

Past Academy Programs

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