Academy January - February 2022

"Gender and Sexual Orientation Diversity in Clinical Work: Perspectives on Identity across the Lifespan"

A two-part webinar training presented by Braden Berkey, Psy.D., CSE

Part 1 – January 28, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT  

Fee: $75. Includes 3 CEU’s.

The first part of this training will familiarize clinicians with the development, construction, and enactment of gender. We will explore how gender factors into clinical presentations, focusing on the navigation of therapeutic relationships with transgender and gender expansive individuals. This session will also include discussion of a case vignette.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will gain an appreciation of the biological and social contributors to gender diversity.
2. Participants will gain a basic understanding of gender inclusive clinical practice.

REGISTER for Part One HERE!

Part 2 – February 11, 2022  from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT

Fee: $75. Includes 3 CEU’s.

We will build on the first session, examining the intersections of gender with sexual orientation. The evolution and expansion of sexual orientations will be presented. Using case vignettes, participants will explore personal reactions and clinical approaches to work with sexual and gender minority clients.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will understand the how gender and sexuality are conflated.
2. Participants will gain insight into the impact of personal and cultural perspectives on their work with gender and sexual minority clients.

REGISTER for Part Two HERE!

About Braden Berkey:

Braden Berkey, Psy.D., CSE completed his doctoral work in clinical psychology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who has held positions in private practice, university counseling, managed care and community health care settings. His professional practice has focused on sexual minority and sexual health issues. Dr. Berkey served as the Director of Behavioral Health & Social Services at Howard Brown Health and he created the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Institute (SOGI) at Center on Halsted to expand access to LGBTQ culturally competent mental health clinicians. He has been a core faculty member at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology since 2008 and he is a recipient of the university’s Distinguished Teaching for Excellence in Multicultural Teaching Award. Braden is a member of the American Association of Sex Educator, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), and he holds a certification as a sexuality educator. He is also the executive director of Projects Advancing Sexual Diversity (PASD) and a director of the Multiplicity of the Erotic (MOTE) Conference.

Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center is 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. IAODAPCA CEU's are not available for this webinar.

REFUND & CREDIT POLICY: As of September, 2020: Participants who cancel their registrations at least one week (five business days) before the start of the session can receive a credit or refund minus a processing fee equal to 20% of the payment. No credits or refunds will be given for cancellations received less than one week before the start of the workshop. Please contact our office at (847)933-0051 x 455 to make a refund or credit request.

** PLEASE NOTE that in order to receive CEU's for this webinar, attendees must join the Zoom webinar with video enabled. Attendees joining by phone will not be eligible for CEU's.  This webinar will NOT be recorded and available to participants afterwards.**

For further information about the Turning Point Academy, please call (847)933-0051 x 455.

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"Beginning Family Therapy"

A webinar training presented by Abigail Hoffmann, MS, LMFT and Julianne Rooney, MS, LCPC

Friday, February 4, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT 

Fee: $75. (Includes 3 CEU's)

This webinar training is meant to educate attendees on the basic skills and information needed to start working with family therapy cases. Ideally, participants will leave feeling more confident and competent to begin working with families.  Attendees will learn how to prepare for the initial contact and first session with a family as well as ways to assess, create goals, and begin to implement interventions. Practical application examples will be provided to illustrate concepts discussed.

Objectives:

Attendees will: 

• Learn stages of therapy unique to working with families
• Learn assessment and intervention techniques unique to working systemically with families
• Apply concepts to case examples
• Feel prepared and capable to begin working with family cases

REGISTER for Beginning Family Therapy HERE!

Mrs. Hoffmann works as Turning Point's Director of Counseling Services, and oversees the outpatient therapy program and all outpatient clinicians. She is trained in marriage and family therapy from Northwestern University, which has provided her with an integrative and systemic orientation to treatment with individuals, couples, families, and children. Some of her clinical interests include working with couples, providing assistance with parenting issues, and improving the quality of parent-child relationships.

Ms. Rooney is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with over 18 years of experience treating couples, families, and individuals. She is trained as a Marriage and Family therapist by Arizona State University, which provided her with a systemic and integrative approach to psychotherapy. Since 2015, Ms. Rooney has worked in management roles at Turning Point and has been the Director of Groups Programming and Clinical Support Services since 2021. In addition to her clinical and management roles, Ms. Rooney has provided clinical supervision to interns as well as clinical staff and is passionate about providing the highest quality supervision to her supervisees. In her clinical work, Ms. Rooney utilizes a strengths-based, client-centered approach to support her clients in achieving their individual goals, fueled by a belief that we all possess the ability to change our stories and live the lives we desire. Ms. Rooney’s clinical interests include women’s issues, parenting, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, trauma recovery, and couples and family therapy.

Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center is 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. IAODAPCA CEU's are not available for this webinar.

REFUND & CREDIT POLICY: As of September, 2020: Participants who cancel their registrations at least one week (five business days) before the start of the session can receive a credit or refund minus a processing fee equal to 20% of the payment. No credits or refunds will be given for cancellations received less than one week before the start of the workshop. Please contact our office at (847)933-0051 x 455 to make a refund or credit request.

** PLEASE NOTE that in order to receive CEU's for this webinar, attendees must join the Zoom webinar with video enabled. Attendees joining by phone will not be eligible for CEU's.  This webinar will NOT be recorded and available to participants afterwards.**

For further information about the Turning Point Academy, please call (847)933-0051 x 455.

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