ATTENDING THIS EVENT, YOU'LL HAVE THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOP OPTIONS...

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• Kaela Vance, LPCC-S (Host)

  • "Anxiety Isn’t Just in Your Head: A Gut–Brain Approach to Mental Health"​

    • Identify gut-related patterns that may contribute to anxiety presentation.

    • Integrate a gut–brain lens into assessment and case conceptualization.

    • Differentiate psychological vs. physiological contributors to anxiety symptoms.

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• Preston Moore (Keynote Speaker)

  • "Turning Stigma into a Superpower:  Addressing Mental Health & Stigma in the Clinical Setting"​

    • Apply at least two client-centered communication strategies that reduce resistance and improve engagement when discussing mental health, substance use, and recommended levels of care.

    • Analyze how family and social dynamics influence client perceptions of stigma, treatment readiness, and behavioral follow-through, and integrate this understanding into clinical interactions.

    • Utilize practical strategies to communicate mental health and addiction concepts in ways that increase client understanding, reduce defensiveness, and support active participation in treatment.​

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• Julieann Ash M.S., BCET

  • "Get to Calm: Executive Function Tools That Support Clarity and Emotional Regulation"​

    • ​Identify the impact of executive functions on cognitive clarity in order to reduces emotional overwhelm.

    • Apply strategies to improve executive function with resulting improved cognitive clarity and emotional stability.

    • Evaluate interventions strengthening initiation, organization, management of time and materials in order to improve self-efficacy and cognitive clarity.​

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• Nicholas Bolton, LPCC, SEP

  • "Healing Beyond Words: Supporting Safety and Integration Through Body-Based Trauma Care"​

    • Describe how trauma shapes autonomic nervous system organization and impacts safety, presence, and relational engagement.

    • Identify nervous system–informed principles, including orienting and pacing, that support physiological safety and integration without overwhelm.

    • Apply body-based and relational strategies, demonstrated experientially, to support trauma integration within clinical sessions.

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• Lisa Bushman, LPCC

  • "Using Sound Therapy to Impact Mental Health Disorders"​

    • Be able to describe the subtle energy systems of the body.

    • Be able to explain the fundamentals of using sound to release trapped emotion and energy from the body.

    • Be able to explain the importance of combining modalities with sound to maximize treatment/healing effects.
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• Elizabeth Mintun, LISW-S

  • "Mindfulness as Medicine: Supporting Nervous System Regulation in Clinical Practice"

    • Describe the foundational principles of mindfulness and how mindfulness-based practices support nervous system regulation and stress reduction.

    • Identify the physiological and psychological benefits of mindfulness for clients experiencing anxiety, stress, and emotional dysregulation.

    • Explain how mindfulness can be integrated as a clinical intervention, referral option, or adjunctive support within a holistic, integrative mental health care model.

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• Christa Green

  • "When the To-Do List Becomes the Enemy: A Root-Cause Approach to Motivation, Daily Load Management, and Self-Care in Neurodivergent Clients"​

    • Identify at least four neurological root causes that contribute to motivation failure and daily self-management breakdown in neurodivergent clients; including dopamine dysregulation, working memory overload, time blindness, and interoceptive disconnect.

    • Apply a minimum of two session-ready strategies to support neurodivergent clients in managing their daily load and sustaining better self-care practices. These strategies include time anchoring, minimum viable self-care planning, the body budget check-in, and/or one visible thing rule to support neurodivergent clients in managing their daily load and sustaining self-care practices.

    • Formulate appropriate referral language for introducing educational therapy as a collaborative team-based intervention, and describe how a tag-team model of care differs from a traditional parallel-service referral.

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• Emily Hanlon, LISW-S

  • "From Striving to Soothing: Embodied Parts Work with Expressive Arts Practices"​

    • Analyze how expressive arts practices engage both the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

    • Practice experiential interventions, engage in self-observation, and apply core principles to clinical work with clients.

    • Evaluate parts work interventions that support and strengthen secure internal attachment.

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• Taylor Lechner MFN, RD, LD

  • "Nourishing the Nervous System How Minerals, Gut Health & Hormones Shape Your Mood, Stress, and Emotional Resilience"​

    • Explain how nutrient depletion, gut health, and blood sugar dysregulation influence nervous system function and emotional regulation.

    • Identify key nutritional and physiological contributors to anxiety, burnout, and emotional dysregulation that are often overlooked in conventional care.

    • Apply foundational nutrition-focused strategies to support nervous system regulation, stress resilience, and emotional well-being in clinical or wellness settings.​​

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• Dr. Rachel Nelms, ATR-BC, LPCC, LCPC

  • "Re-learning the World: Building Resilience and Cultivating Community After a Loss"​

    • ​Analyze how creative expression supports grief processing beyond verbal methods.

    • Apply art-based strategies that promote grounding and emotional stabilization.

    • Evaluate approaches enhancing identity reconstruction following trauma and loss.