Clinical Lectures

Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 Programs

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.

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Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 Past Programs:

September 30, 2024 – Politics stay outside of the therapy space, or do they? A panel on ethics, perspectives, and models

Panelist: Asia Tonja Marie Amos, Ph.D.                     Panelist: Tasha Hunter, MSW, LCSW                        Panelist: Jennifer Plumb Vilardaga, Ph.D.

October 14, 2024 – Case conceptualization: Weaving together a trauma-informed lens and DBT principles to increase intentionality in therapy

Trainer: Jennifer Cobb, LCSW, DBTC

November 4, 2024 – Getting unstuck: Navigating therapy impasses to foster client growth

Trainer: Katherine Schulz, LCSW

November 8, 2024 – Essential Skills for Disaster Mental Health and Crisis Response

Trainer: Tab Ballis, LCSW, LCAS, CCS

January 27, 2025 – Trauma: The haystack, not the needle! How to contextualize, assess, and treat trauma-related behaviors in young people

Trainer: Donna Newberne, LCMHCS

February 17, 2025 – Befriending bodily sensations: A practical introduction to interoceptive exposure in clinical practice

Trainer: Clair Robbins, Ph.D.

March 3, 2025 – POSTPONED – Undoing aloneness in the face of overwhelming trauma: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy

Trainer: Sonya Parker, LCSW, RYT-200

Most all previous events are available as self-paced CE courses here.