yourceus.com is committed to making available to our customers a selection of live training programs prepared and offered in collaboration with the state chapters of NASW and LPCA who are our partners. Training programs developed and presented by yourceus.com will be designed to offer the most useful and up to date information in each topic area, presented in a manner that is clear, straightforward, and easy to grasp. Below you will find our upcoming live continuing education programs.
yourceus.com, Inc., NASW GA, & LPCA GA present a Live Training Conference:
Emerging Aptitudes in Clinical Practice: A Skill Advancement Symposium
Trainees may take from 3-17 hours of their choosing, to be selected from 5 different modules. 7 total possible hours are available on both Thursday and Friday, with 4 hours available on Saturday. Trainees may sign up for as many hours as they like, and attend only the modules they want to take on any or all days.
This training program is designed to offer the mental health clinician a useful addition to the skill sets and knowledge base in clinical practice, including a focus on the consulting, teaching and mentoring aspects of practice. Details of the available modules are shown below, with dates and times for each.
Module One: Introduction to the Consulting, Teaching and Mentoring Aspects of Clinical Practice
Ken Scroggs, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, CEAP
President, North Pines Counseling Center, EAP Works, and the International Society for the Therapeutic Arts
Four Hours Thursday from 9:00 AM to 1:15 PM
Areas to be covered:
Introduction to the core competencies of consulting, teaching and mentoring
Overview of evidence based consulting, teaching and mentoring
Examination of the distinction between counseling and consulting, teaching and mentoring roles
Establishing an agreement for consulting, teaching and mentoring roles
Overview of the vision, goal setting and planning process
Defining and providing practice opportunities for the use of direct and engaging questions
Examination of the role of accountability in consulting, teaching and mentoring roles
Module Two: Key Ethical Considerations in Consulting, Teaching and Mentoring Roles
Charles Safford, LCSW
President, yourceus.com, Inc.
Ken Scroggs, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, CEAP
President, North Pines Counseling Center, EAP Works, and the International Society for the Therapeutic Arts
Three hours Thursday from 2:15 PM to 5:15 PM
Areas to be covered:
Legal definitions of ethics in consulting, teaching and mentoring roles
Roles and boundaries in consulting, teaching and mentoring roles
Brief overview of relevant points from the Codes of Ethics
Best ethical decision making models for consulting, teaching and mentoring roles
Examination of scenarios to highlight key points
Module Three: Mind-Body-Wellness: The Essential Wellness Knowledge Base for Clinical Practice
Barbara Gulesserian Warner, MSN, APRN, BC
President, yourceusRN.com, LLC, Lecturer in Clinical Nursing, Clemson University
Three hours Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Areas to be covered:
Definition of mind-body wellness and its relationship to conventional medicine
Values, attitudes, and beliefs of mind/body techniques
Brief overview of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) approaches to health and healing
Examination of current research in various CAM modalities
Integration of CAM principles and practices into coaching for total wellness
Module Four: Keeping it Clean: Effective Practices for Client-centered Coaching and Counseling
Gina Campbell, MEd., CCF, CAPF
President, Mining Your Metaphors
Four hours Friday from 1:15 to 5:30 PM
Areas to be covered:
Introduction to best practices: Clean Language techniques
Introduction to Symbolic Modeling and the skillful use of client metaphor
Most effective process for clarifying beliefs, conflicts and goals
Best practices in the facilitation of decision-making
Empowering clients by reducing your influence
Module Five: Building the Executive Skills in Children and Adults: Facilitating the Development of Self-organization, Self-control, and Interpersonal Effectiveness
Charles Safford, LCSW
President, yourceus.com, Inc.
Tara Guest Arnold, PhD, LCSW,
Clinician in Private Practice, Specialist in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Four hours Saturday 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Areas to be covered:
Comprehensive overview of the most important executive skills
Developmental processes involved in executive skills development
Temperamental and inborn facilitators and inhibitors of executive skills development
Factors involved in executive skills delay and dysfunction
Techniques and approaches for improving and advancing executive skills
