14 JAN 2021/ 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Human Trafficking CEU: Identification and Advocacy
Presented by Bridgette Carr
University of Michigan Human Trafficking Clinic
University of Michigan Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives University of Michigan Clinical Professor of Law
Social Workers in attendance earn 2 CEUs. This course is approved
by the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative. Approval #: 121120-02
As the founding director of the University of Michigan Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic, the first clinical law program solely devoted to addressing this issue comprehensively, Professor Carr, her colleagues, and a new generation of trainees have provided free legal services to victims since 2009, supporting the
wide-ranging needs of men, women, and children, both foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, who have been victimized by a range of trafficking crimes.
This training will teach what, precisely, human trafficking is and how to identify it. Discussion will include the overlaps between human trafficking and domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking; the scope and diversity of human trafficking in Michigan; and the myths surrounding human trafficking.
25 AUG 2020/ 4:00pm-6:00pm
Strategies for Engaging Resistant Clients in Therapy
Presented by Joshua Ehrlich, Ph.D
Social Workers in attendance earn 2 CEUs. This course is approved by the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative Approval # 073020-00.
While people who are suffering emotionally are eager for help, they inevitably bring strong resistances to the consulting room, which they express in various ways, including missing sessions, holding back important thoughts, and stopping therapy prematurely.
This course will offer a frame for understanding why our clients are resistant to engaging more fully in therapy. It will then offer strategies for addressing resistances, which will include detailed clinical examples.
Participants are encouraged to bring vignettes from their own practices.
Weekly on Tuesday starting August 18/ 5:00-6:45pm
COPING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES: VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR YOUNG ADULTS
CoHosted with Garrett’s Space
A brief phone screening is required to enroll. Thrive Counseling and Garrett’s Space are partnering to offer a weekly peer support group for adults ages 18-28 years old. The group’s focus is to encourage connection and promote healthy coping during these uncertain times. Co-facilitated by two licensed mental health professionals, this virtual group is
designed to provide a safe and supportive environment to share and connect.
Group size is limited to 12 participants.
Please understand this is a peer support (not treatment) group.
SELF-CARE & SELF-GROWTH FOR THERAPISTS SUPERVISION GROUP
Facilitated by Shadin Atiyeh PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS, CCC
A 10 week (20 hour) course guiding clinical therapists in promoting self-care, resiliency to vicarious trauma and burnout, and development of professional identity and self growth.
Monthly starting June 17/ 7:00-8:30pm
VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUP for HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Facilitated by Roberta Hirshon MA, LMSW
Please join us for connection, sharing and support around issues affecting your lives as medical professionals as you navigate these unprecedented times.
Sponsored by THRIVE and CARES programs of JFS of Washtenaw County and led by a licensed master social worker, this virtual group is designed to provide a safe and supportive environment to share, interact and learn from each other.
Maximum number of participants: 10
Participation will require a tablet, computer or smart phone.
06 AUG 2019/ 8:30am-11:30am
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Using CBT
Presented by Lindsay A. Bornheimer, PhD, LCSW
Social Workers in attendance earn 3 CEUs. This course is approved by the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative Approval # 062119-03
Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in the US and worldwide.
Nearly 50% of individuals who end life by suicide see a primary care provider within a month of dealth, yet suicide risk assessment and treatment are consistently difficult in practice.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for suicide prevention is a valuable evidence-based intervention and effective approach to use in pract for individuals experiencing suicidal ideation and/or whom have made an attempt.
This workship will discuss suicide as a public health issue in the US, suicide risk assessment, a brief overview of CBT theory and basics, and a central focus on intervention using CBT for suicide prevention.
Identifying and Serving Victims of Human Trafficking
Presented by Mira Sussman, LMSW
LMSW’s in attendance earn 2CEU’s
Victims of trafficking are some of the most vulnerable populations social workers can serve; they can be young people, immigrants, women, minorities, and come from all variety of backgrounds–but they have in common their extreme subjugation, disenfranchisement and victimization.
This training will offer definition and parameters of human trafficking and tools to identify and help victims, along with addressing the ethical issues inherent in the process.
This course meets licensing requirements found in the R.338.2929. Rule 29: ” All Social Workers seeking licensure (including a limited license) shall complete training in identifying victims of human trafficking.”
CEU: Helping Children and Families Talk About Death
Presented by: Susan Sefanksy, MSW, LMSW, ACSW
LMSW’s in attendance earn 2 CEU’s
When a death is experienced by a child, the reaction of the adults around them will have a profound effect on how the child makes sense of the event.
Talking about death often provokes discomfort, anxiety and fear. This training will provide the opportunity to explore issues surrounding children and death in hopes of increasing our professional comfort level to hold these conversations and to understand how the grief trajectory may be influenced by events that do or do not happen at that time.
CEU: Intro to Motivational Interviewing
Presented by Chamisa MacKenzie, LMSW, MPH
LMSW’s in attendance earn 2 CEU’s
Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based, client-centered, directive communication style that aims to elicit a client’s own motivation for change by paying detailed attention to client language. It can be used in a multitude of healthcare environments and situations to promote progress toward improved outcomes.
CEU: Helping Kids and Parents Cope with Divorce
Presented by Dr. Joshua Ehrlich
LMSW’s in attendance earn 2 CEU’s
Divorce is always stressful, but it doesn’t have to be traumatic. This course will frame divorce in terms of the losses it entails for family members. It will illuminate how therapists can help parents assist their children mourn the losses of divorce, and help parents with their own mourning processes.
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Identifying and Serving Victims of Human Traffickking
Presented by Mira Sussman, LMSW
LMSW’s in attendance earn 2CEU’s