Clinical Lectures
As the Spring 2026 semester is wrapping up, we’re already dreaming about the fabulous programs that will be part of Continuing Education at UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work in the coming 2026-2027 academic year. This is the key time we turn to you: What would like to learn about and experience?
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The Clinical Lecture Series aims to provide best practices for students, professionals, community members, and all who are caring for individuals and families in ways that are therapeutic, anti-oppressive, intersectional, and centered on self-determination. These meet on at the UNC School of Social Work on Mondays at 12 noon with a catered meet-and-greet reception that opens at 11:30am. Livestream is also offered via Zoom.
Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Past Programs:
September 8, 2025 – A Shaman’s Perspective on Consciousness, Psychedelics, and Healing w/ Vonetta Taylor
Trainer: Vonetta E. Taylor
September 29, 2025 –Navigating Tough Conversations
Trainer: Melissa Segal, LCSW
October 27, 2025 – Change for the better: How to Undo Aloneness and Transform Trauma
Trainer: Sonya Parker, LCSW, RYT Trainer: Ben Medley, LCSW
November 10, 2025 – Ethical and Responsible Use of AI for Therapeutic Practice
Trainer: Marina Badillo-Diaz, DSW, LCSW
January 26, 2026 – Political Grief and Restoration (Event is being Postponed TBD).
We will send out a notification once we have a new date scheduled.
Trainer: Peggy P. Whiting, LCMHCS, FT
February 23, 2026 – Living Amid Fear: Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees
Panelists:
Ch
eryl Chew, Esq. 
Edith Galvan Lopez 
Elizabeth Godown, MSW
Rachel Mack, LCSW Maria Peralta Porra
March 30, 2026 – Making Life Worth Living: Culturally Inclusive Suicide Prevention for Black Youth
Trainer: Sonyia Richardson, Ph.D., LCSW
April 13, 2026 – Ethical Life in Unethical Times: Moral Injury, Complicity, and Repair
Trainer: Jason Nieuwsma, PhD Trainer: Warren Kinghorn, ThD, MD
Most all previous events are available as self-paced CE courses here.