Continuing Education
Past Continuing Education Events
Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Promoting Wellness for Chronic Illness Mental Health Professionals - Friday, March 14, 2025
Complex Minds and Bodies: When Chronic Illness and Neurodivergence Overlap - Friday, November 15t, 2024
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It’s Not in Your Head: A Trauma and Social Justice Informed Approach to Chronic Illness Care - Friday, January 26, 2024
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Holding Space for People Living with Chronic Conditions: Mindfulness Based Clinical Concepts, Understandings, and Practices - Friday, February 3, 2023
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Managing Chronic Pain: Therapeutic Strategies for Chronic Illness Mental Health Professionals - Friday, December 2, 2022
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Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Promoting Wellness for Chronic Illness Mental Health Professionals - Friday, May 6, 2022
A New Normal: Working with COVID and Long COVID as Mental
Health Professionals
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When: Friday, April 11, 2025 - 10am-noon PST / 1-3pm EST
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Where: This training will be held virtually on Zoom
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Event Description:
There has been limited guidance for mental health clinicians about how COVID can impact the body, brain, and mental health—and how this fits into clinical practice. Research shows that COVID can cause significant changes to the brain, bringing on new mental health issues as well as exacerbating existing ones. As clinicians, you may already have COVID-related issues showing up in your practice, even if you are not aware of them. As more people are infected and re-infected with COVID, we will continue to see these problems increasingly in the therapy room. In this training you will learn about the different ways that COVID can alter brain structures, common mental health issues associated with long COVID, social justice considerations, and clinical implications for working with those who have been impacted by long COVID.
Presenter: Lisa Gray, LMFT, Olivia Belknap, AMFT, and Erin Batali, AMFT
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Learning Objectives:
After attending this continuing education opportunity, participants will be able to:
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Name at least 2 ways that COVID/long COVID can​ impact chronic health conditions.
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Identify at least 2 ways that mental health professionals can support clients with long COVID in clinical practice.
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CEUs: This program has been approved for 2 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.
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*For clinicians not located in Washington state, please note you will need to check with your state's licensing board to see if this program will meet the continuing education requirements in your state. We welcome you to join us!
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Cost:
$70 - Psychologists (PhDs)
$60 - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers (LICSWs), Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs) *also includes associate level clinicians
$50 - Other Healthcare Professionals
$30 - Students
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*After registering, if you'd like to make a donation in addition to your registration fee in support of the chronic illness community, please visit our Donate page.
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Please reach out to us at info@thecenterforchronicillness.org or 425-296-2705 if you will need accommodations during this virtual training.