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Obsessions and compulsions can look a great deal like sensory seeking, intense interests, and difficulty with change. Three hours on telling them apart, adapting the measures you already use, and building exposure plans that fit the client's neurotype.

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Distinguish obsessions and compulsions from common neurodivergent traits, including sensory seeking, focused or intense interests, and difficulty with change, and identify at least three ways the two presentations can look alike.
2. Analyze at least two standard OCD assessment measures and identify two to three modifications that account for a client's neurotype.
3. Evaluate how a client's neurotype affects exposure therapy, and design an exposure plan that specifies in vivo exposure, imaginal exposure, or a rationale for not using exposure.

Presenter

Katie Jo (KJ) Glaves, MA, LMFT, CMHS

A Washington licensed marriage and family therapist who has specialized in work with neurodivergent children, teens, and families for more than ten years. Katie Jo holds an MA in Psychology from Antioch University Seattle, completed the International OCD Foundation's Pediatric Behavior Therapy Training Institute, and is associate faculty at City University of Seattle and a Senior Lecturer at Antioch University Seattle.

This program received no commercial support. The presenter has no relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Who it is for

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, psychologists, and school and agency clinicians who see neurodivergent clients. Assumes working familiarity with OCD and with exposure and response prevention. Associates and students welcome.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Full attendance and a completed evaluation are required for credit. Partial credit is not available. Registration closes Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM Pacific.

The Zoom link is emailed before the training. Take breaks as you need them. Slides and resources are posted to your Lovewell account.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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The live companion to Professional Roles & Boundaries: Consent, Power, and Practice. Guided self-assessment of your own boundary vulnerabilities, consent as an ongoing relational process, and a practical clinical consent guide for the moments when something feels unclear. Part 1 is recommended preparation, not a requirement.

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize personal boundary vulnerabilities and describe how they may influence clinical relationships and professional decision-making.
2. Examine consent as an ongoing clinical practice influenced by power, choice, transparency, context, and role clarity, including how clinical specialization such as sex therapy shapes role clarity and context.
3. Apply a practical consent guide to identify when a clinical situation requires greater attention and determine an intentional and ethically responsive next step.

Presenter

Fiona O'Farrell, PhD, LMFT, CST-S (they/she)

A systemic therapist, clinical sexologist, supervisor, and educator with more than fifteen years in systemic therapy, sex therapy, and anti-oppressive practice, and former Department Chair of the MFT master's program at Pacific Lutheran University. Fiona holds a PhD in clinical sexology and is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, AASECT Approved Sex Therapy Supervisor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and Washington State Approved Supervisor.

Disclosure: the presenter's practice, Adaptive Counseling, PLLC, offers trainings in other topic areas.

Who it is for

Mental health professionals across LMHC, LMFT, LICSW, LASW, and associate licenses. Supervisors will find the material applies directly to the supervisory relationship.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Full attendance and a completed evaluation are required for a certificate. Registration closes Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM Pacific.

The Zoom link is added to your training hub before the event. Includes the boundary vulnerabilities self-assessment, the clinical consent guide, and the slides.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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Racism is not only a social issue outside the therapy room. It shapes how clients experience distress, how symptoms are read and diagnosed, and how therapists show up in the relationship. This three-hour training examines racial trauma through four connected lenses, systemic, somatic, historical and political, and intersectional, drawing on contemporary texts and current research on race-based traumatic stress. It combines didactic content, a brief body-based practice, clinician self-reflection, and a case vignette.

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe at least three ways systemic racism shows up in psychotherapy, including assessment, diagnosis, and the therapeutic relationship.
2. Identify common signs of race-based traumatic stress and distinguish them from pathologizing diagnostic interpretations.
3. Explain how racialized trauma can be held in the body, and demonstrate one brief somatic settling practice appropriate for session use.
4. Apply an intersectional lens to a case vignette to identify at least two ways overlapping identities shape the presenting concern.
5. Develop a personal practice plan naming at least two concrete changes to your clinical work.

Presenter

Dr. Shawntres Parks, PhD, LMFT, CST (she/her)

A licensed marriage and family therapist and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist with more than a decade of clinical experience, whose work centers high-achieving women and couples of the global majority. Dr. Parks draws on liberatory, somatic-based approaches alongside advanced training in Imago relationship therapy and emotionally focused therapy. Her doctoral research examined posttraumatic growth in Black women who survived sexual abuse, and her published work addresses code-switching and clinical identity development among graduate trainees.

Who it is for

Licensed and pre-licensed clinicians across the country, including LMFTs, LPCCs and LPCs, LCSWs, and psychologists. The Washington health equity credit (WAC 246-12-820) applies to Washington State licensees.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Live attendance for the full three hours, a short attendance check, and a completed evaluation are required for CE credit. This session is not recorded. Registration closes Friday, December 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM Pacific.

The Zoom link is emailed before the training. Cameras are welcome and the session is interactive. Slides and resources are posted to your Lovewell account.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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Two stories show up again and again in therapy with trans and queer people and their families. One says coming out is a single, dramatic disclosure every queer person owes the world. The other says that when a child comes out as trans, parents must grieve the child they thought they had. Both sound compassionate, and both can quietly reinforce the norms our clients are pushing against. An interactive, practice-based workshop in which Julie Tilsen introduces queer theory as a conceptual resource for culturally and relationally responsive work on gender and sexuality, through case vignettes, reflexive questions, and practice activities.

Presenter

Julie Tilsen, PhD, LP, RMFT-SM

A therapist, supervisor, author, and educator whose work brings queer theory, narrative therapy, and social construction into everyday clinical practice. Julie holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Tilburg University and the Taos Institute, is a Licensed Psychologist in Minnesota and a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist-Supervisor Mentor in Canada, and is the author of Queering Your Therapy Practice (Routledge, 2021), winner of the 2022 AASECT Book Award. She has taught graduate courses in family therapy, human sexuality, and counseling queer and trans youth, and has presented internationally on queer theory and therapy.

Disclosure: Julie Tilsen is the author of books referenced in this training and receives royalties as a published author. Any relevant financial relationships are disclosed at the start of the session.

Who it is for

Marriage and family therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, and sex therapists who work with trans and queer young people, adults, couples, and families, plus supervisors, educators, and graduate-level clinicians who want an affirming practice that goes deeper than acceptance. No background in queer theory is needed. Intermediate level, open to licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals.

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Live attendance for the full four hours, a short attendance check, and a completed evaluation are required for CE credit.

Save the date. Registration is not open yet and the full training page opens later this year. Live on Zoom, with the link added to your training hub before the event. Short breaks are built into the session and do not count toward CE hours. Interactive and practice-based, with case vignettes, reflexive questions, and small-group activities. This session is not recorded.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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A two-day intensive in relational, anti-oppressive clinical supervision for counselors, therapists, and social workers, returning in February 2027.

Presenter

Jennifer Sampson, PhD, LMFT, CST-S and Margaret MacLeod, MS, LMFT

Who it is for

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers preparing to supervise, and supervisors who want a relational, anti-oppressive framework.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Full attendance and a completed evaluation are required for CE credit. Registration closes Thursday, February 4, 2027 at 8:00 AM Pacific.

In person in Federal Way, WA. The venue will be confirmed soon, and every registrant gets the address by email. Lunch is provided both days.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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Money shows up in couples therapy all the time: one partner spends and the other saves, one manages every account and the other barely knows where the money goes. This three-hour training moves past the content of financial conflict to the relational process underneath it, drawing on the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy to examine financial disagreement through the lens of differentiation, family-of-origin messages, gender, labor, power, and sociocultural context. No prior training in the Developmental Model is needed.

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Identify at least three ways that differentiation can influence how partners navigate financial anxiety, disagreement, decision-making, and responsibility.
2. Assess couples' financial conflict from a systemic perspective that accounts for differentiation and is informed by family-of-origin messages, gender, labor distribution, power, and sociocultural context.
3. Apply developmentally informed clinical interventions and confrontations designed to increase self-definition, accountability, and partners' capacity to navigate financial differences.

Presenter

Fiona O'Farrell, PhD, LMFT, CST-S (they/she)

A systemic therapist, clinical sexologist, supervisor, and educator with more than fifteen years in systemic therapy, sex therapy, and anti-oppressive clinical practice, and former Department Chair of the marriage and family therapy master's program at Pacific Lutheran University. Fiona is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Approved Supervisor, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and a Washington State Approved Supervisor, and practices in Seattle.

Disclosure: the presenter and Lovewell's founder are co-editors of a Routledge volume, and the presenter's practice offers clinical trainings. Both are disclosed at the start of the session.

Who it is for

Mental health professionals who work with couples and relationships, including marriage and family therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, sex therapists, and graduate-level clinicians. This is a relational therapy training, not a financial-planning seminar; it does not train you to give investment, tax, or debt-management advice.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Live attendance for the full three hours and a completed evaluation are required for CE credit. Registration closes Thursday, February 25, 2027 at 11:55 PM Pacific.

The Zoom link is emailed before the training. Take breaks as you need them.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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A full day on the three stages of menopause, how menopause-related concerns present in therapy, and how hormonal change intersects with identity, grief, desire, and relational dynamics.

Presenter

Rebecca Bloom, MA, LMHC, CST (she/her)

Who it is for

Mental health clinicians who work with adults navigating midlife, hormonal change, and its effects on mood, identity, and relationships.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Full attendance and a completed evaluation are required for CE credit. Registration closes Thursday, April 22, 2027 at 5:00 PM Pacific.

In person in Federal Way, WA. The venue will be confirmed soon, and every registrant gets the address by email. Light snacks, tea, and coffee are provided, and lunch is on your own during the 90-minute break.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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A self-paced course on professional boundaries across clinical, supervisory, and organizational relationships: power, consent, and cultural context; nervous-system influences and countertransference; boundary gray zones; and repair after a rupture.

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Identify legal and ethical requirements related to professional roles and boundaries under RCW 18.130.180 and WAC 246-809-630.
2. Apply consent concepts to enhance boundary clarity and consent-based practice.
3. Evaluate complex boundary scenarios using ethical decision-making frameworks.
4. Demonstrate awareness strategies for self-regulation during boundary challenges.

Presenter

Fiona O'Farrell, PhD, LMFT, CST-S (they/she)

A systemic therapist, clinical sexologist, supervisor, and educator. Fiona holds a PhD in clinical sexology and is a Washington licensed marriage and family therapist, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, and an AASECT Approved Sex Therapy Supervisor.

Who it is for

LMHC, LMFT, LICSW, LASW, LMHCA, and LMFTA clinicians, supervisors, and clinical directors.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Complete the full course and the required quiz to receive a certificate.

Available now at $75. Four self-paced modules with captioned video, a short quiz after each module, and a course evaluation. Start any time and finish on your own schedule.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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A practical, relational approach to workplace safety for outpatient and telehealth practice: recognizing escalation early, de-escalating while staying regulated, knowing when to call for emergency help, and building documentation and post-incident practices that strengthen team culture.

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Identify relational, behavioral, and environmental warning signs of potential escalation in outpatient mental health settings.
2. Apply trauma-informed, relational de-escalation strategies while maintaining therapist self-regulation and professional boundaries.
3. Differentiate between situations requiring continued clinical containment and those requiring evacuation, lockdown, consultation, or emergency services activation.
4. Implement ethical documentation, reporting, and post-incident debrief practices aligned with Washington State standards and broadly applicable to healthcare settings nationwide.
5. Apply telehealth-specific safety planning and response strategies that protect clients, clinicians, and organizations.
6. Identify safety considerations specific to clinical work with clients navigating intimate partner violence, sexual coercion, and high-conflict relational dynamics.

Presenter

Jennifer Sampson, PhD, LMFT, CST-S and Tim Repass (Director of Strategy & Operations and Safety Officer, Northwest Relationships)

Dr. Sampson is a licensed marriage and family therapist and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor (CST-S) whose work integrates systemic therapy, relational ethics, and clinician sustainability. Tim Repass is Safety Officer and Director of Strategy & Operations at Northwest Relationships, where he leads workplace safety planning and training.

Who it is for

All mental health clinicians, including solo private practitioners, plus supervisors, practice owners, and clinical directors shaping safety policy.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Complete the full course and all CE requirements to receive a certificate.

Available now at $45. Self-paced, so you can start any time and finish on your own schedule. The live cohort version is a separate training carrying 2 NBCC and 2 AASECT hours, and its next date is to be announced.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.

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Most clinicians who work with couples and families will work with clients who are neurodivergent, and traditional systemic approaches often position neurodifference as the problem to be solved. The behavior gets pathologized and accommodations get framed as special favors. Nine self-paced modules on competing access needs, Collaborative & Proactive Solutions, and working with a family's culture instead of around it.

Presenter

Katie Jo (KJ) Glaves, MA, LMFT, CMHS

A Washington licensed marriage and family therapist who has specialized in work with neurodivergent children, teens, and families for more than ten years. Katie Jo holds an MA in Psychology from Antioch University Seattle, completed the International OCD Foundation's Pediatric Behavior Therapy Training Institute, and is associate faculty at City University of Seattle and a Senior Lecturer at Antioch University Seattle. She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and is designing AAMFT's certification course on neurodiversity.

This program received no commercial support. KJ Glaves receives a royalty on sales of this course and serves on the WAMFT board. No other financial conflicts of interest are disclosed.

Who it is for

Family therapists and mental health therapists across disciplines, including LMFTs, LMHCs, LICSWs, psychologists, and associate-level clinicians, plus supervisors and clinical leads shaping how their teams assess, refer, and document. Introductory level, and no prior coursework in neurodiversity-affirming practice is needed.

Pricing

Continuing education

Registration and credit

Complete every lesson, pass each module quiz, and submit the course evaluation. Your certificate is released once every lesson is marked complete, and it shows the date you finished.

Available now at $90. Nine modules of recorded lecture and case examples, each followed by a short quiz, with the next module opening once you pass the quiz before it. Every video is captioned, and you can stop and pick up where you left off. Includes three optional bonus clips from the live Q&A, which do not count toward CE credit, plus the course evaluation and your certificate.

Accommodations: email [email protected] at least 10 days ahead. Refunds and policies: CE Information and Policies.