Browse our categories of educational workshops for mental health professionals. Contact us to see which workshops are available online. Click on the categories below to view the trainings we offer mental health professionals this semester. Click the category again to close.
- (NEW) In-Person Training – Master Class: The Challenges of Working with Complex PTSD
September 7 - Online Training – Effective Treatment of OCD: Cracking the Conundrum
October 13 - In-Person Training – “Medical” Marijuana: Ethical Considerations for Mental Health Practitioners
October 20 - Online Training – Art-Informed IFS: Illustrating Parts of the Eating Disordered Client
November 28 - (NEW) In Person Training – Creative Non-Pharmacological Strategies for Treating Depression
December 1 - (NEW) Online Training – Working with Avoidance and Intellectualization
December 5
- (NEW) Online Training – Expressive Therapies and Ethical Considerations
September 12 - (NEW) In Person Training – Therapeutic Relationships in Film: Ethics, Boundaries, Trauma and Counter-transference
September 27 - In-Person Training – “Medical” Marijuana: Ethical Considerations for Mental Health Practitioners
October 20 - Online Training – Working with Gender Expansive Youth: Ethical Considerations
October 27
- (NEW) Online Training – Expressive Therapies and Ethical Considerations
September 12 - (NEW) In Person Training – Scribble, Squiggle and Wiggle: Bottom Up and Bilateral Creative Approaches to Healing Trauma
September 19 - (NEW) In Person Training – Underneath the Symptoms: Entering the Trauma Wound and Healing Trauma from the Core
October 23 - (NEW) In Person Training – Somatic Strategies for Managing Stress and Healing Trauma
November 10 - Online Training – Art-Informed IFS: Illustrating Parts of the Eating Disordered Client
November 28 - (NEW) In Person Training – Creative Non-Pharmacological Strategies for Treating Depression
December 1
- Level I: Part One: Class 1 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: The Strengths-Based Perspective
September 6 - (NEW) In-Person Training – Master Class: The Challenges of Working with Complex PTSD
September 7 - (NEW) In Person Training – Scribble, Squiggle and Wiggle: Bottom Up and Bilateral Creative Approaches to Healing Trauma
September 19 - Level I: Part One: Class 2 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: Trauma, Memory, and the Brain
September 22 - (NEW) In Person Training – Therapeutic Relationships in Film: Ethics, Boundaries, Trauma and Counter-transference
September 27 - Level I: Part One – Class 3 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: The Impact of Insecure Attachment
October 9 - Level I: Part Two: Class 4 – Creatively and Effectively Treating Trauma: The Foundation of Trauma-Informed Care
October 19 - In-Person Training – “Medical” Marijuana: Ethical Considerations for Mental Health Practitioners
October 20 - (NEW) In Person Training – Underneath the Symptoms: Entering the Trauma Wound and Healing Trauma from the Core
October 23 - In Person Training – Helping Clients Navigate Grief and Loss
October 31 - Level I: Part Two: Class 5 – Creatively and Effectively Treating Trauma: Strategies for Affect Regulation, Grounding, and Containment
November 1 - (NEW) In Person Training – Somatic Strategies for Managing Stress and Healing Trauma
November 10 - Level I: Part Two: Class 6 – The Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Trauma Survivors
November 14 - In Person Training – Imperfect Progress: The Joys and Challenges of Clinical Supervision
November 15 - Level I: Part Three: Class 7 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Bridging Therapy Sessions, Working with Self-Harm, and Traumatic Transference
November 27 - (NEW) In Person Training – Creative Non-Pharmacological Strategies for Treating Depression
December 1 - Level I: Part Three: Class 8 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Understanding the Impact of Counter-Transference
December 7 - Level I: Part Three: Class 9 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Processing Ethics, Reporting Issues and Termination
December 19
Kids, Adolescents, Couples, and Families
- (NEW) Online Training – The Impact of Coercive Control and Domestic Abuse on Women and Children
October 10 - Online Training – Working with Gender Expansive Youth: Ethical Considerations
October 27 - Online Training – Meeting the (Big!) Challenges for “Blended Families”: What Works and What Doesn’t
December 11
- Level I: Part One: Class 1 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: The Strengths-Based Perspective
September 6 - Level I: Part One: Class 2 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: Trauma, Memory, and the Brain
September 22 - Level I: Part One – Class 3 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: The Impact of Insecure Attachment
October 9 - Level I: Part Two: Class 4 – Creatively and Effectively Treating Trauma: The Foundation of Trauma-Informed Care
October 19 - Level I: Part Two: Class 5 – Creatively and Effectively Treating Trauma: Strategies for Affect Regulation, Grounding, and Containment
November 1 - Level I: Part Two: Class 6 – The Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Trauma Survivors
November 14 - Level I: Part Three: Class 7 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Bridging Therapy Sessions, Working with Self-Harm, and Traumatic Transference
November 27 - Level I: Part Three: Class 8 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Understanding the Impact of Counter-Transference
December 7 - Level I: Part Three: Class 9 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Processing Ethics, Reporting Issues and Termination
December 19
- (NEW) In Person Training – Underneath the Symptoms: Entering the Trauma Wound and Healing Trauma from the Core
October 23 - (NEW) Online Training – Skills for Enhancing Gratitude and Lasting Well-Being
November 3 - (NEW) In Person Training – Somatic Strategies for Managing Stress and Healing Trauma
November 10 - Online Training – Art-Informed IFS: Illustrating Parts of the Eating Disordered Client
November 28 - (NEW) In Person Training – Creative Non-Pharmacological Strategies for Treating Depression
December 1
- (NEW) Online Training – Expressive Therapies and Ethical Considerations
September 12 - (NEW) Online Training – The Impact of Coercive Control and Domestic Abuse on Women and Children
October 10 - Online Training – Effective Treatment of OCD: Cracking the Conundrum
October 13 - Online Training – Working with Gender Expansive Youth: Ethical Considerations
October 27 - (NEW) Online Training – Skills for Enhancing Gratitude and Lasting Well-Being
November 3 - Online Training – Art-Informed IFS: Illustrating Parts of the Eating Disordered Client
November 28 - (NEW) Online Training – Working with Avoidance and Intellectualization
December 5 - Online Training – Meeting the (Big!) Challenges for “Blended Families”: What Works and What Doesn’t
December 11
- (NEW) In-Person Training – Master Class: The Challenges of Working with Complex PTSD
September 7 - Online Training – Art-Informed IFS: Illustrating Parts of the Eating Disordered Client
November 28 - (NEW) In Person Training – Creative Non-Pharmacological Strategies for Treating Depression
December 1 - (NEW) Online Training – Working with Avoidance and Intellectualization
December 5
- (NEW) Online Training – Expressive Therapies and Ethical Considerations
September 12 - (NEW) In Person Training – Therapeutic Relationships in Film: Ethics, Boundaries, Trauma and Counter-transference
September 27 - Online Training – Effective Treatment of OCD: Cracking the Conundrum
October 13 - In Person Training – Imperfect Progress: The Joys and Challenges of Clinical Supervision
November 15
- (NEW) In Person Training – Therapeutic Relationships in Film: Ethics, Boundaries, Trauma and Counter-transference
September 27 - (NEW) Online Training – The Impact of Coercive Control and Domestic Abuse on Women and Children
October 10 - In Person Training – Helping Clients Navigate Grief and Loss
October 31 - Online Training – Meeting the (Big!) Challenges for “Blended Families”: What Works and What Doesn’t
December 11
- (NEW) In-Person Training – Master Class: The Challenges of Working with Complex PTSD
September 7 - (NEW) In Person Training – Scribble, Squiggle and Wiggle: Bottom Up and Bilateral Creative Approaches to Healing Trauma
September 19 - (NEW) In Person Training – Therapeutic Relationships in Film: Ethics, Boundaries, Trauma and Counter-transference
September 27 - (NEW) Online Training – The Impact of Coercive Control and Domestic Abuse on Women and Children
October 10 - (NEW) In Person Training – Underneath the Symptoms: Entering the Trauma Wound and Healing Trauma from the Core
October 23 - (NEW) In Person Training – Somatic Strategies for Managing Stress and Healing Trauma
November 10 - (NEW) Online Training – Working with Avoidance and Intellectualization
December 5
COVID-19 Update
At this time, all Ferentz Institute workshops are conducted online via Zoom.com. Please email Gerri Baum at gerrib@theferentzinstitute.com if you have any questions.
We provide continuing education workshops for mental health professionals in Georgia. We cover a wide range of clinical topics including: treatment of trauma survivors; eating disorders and other self-injurious behaviors; addiction; dissociative disorders in children and adults; couples counseling; professional self-care and burnout; the challenges of adolescence and professional ethics. Our informative and experiential workshops provide clinicians with current theory, tools for assessment, evaluation and diagnosis, as well as strategies for creative and effective treatment. Network with colleagues, learn and grow together in a warm, nurturing, professional environment. All trainings can be used for CEUs by Social Workers, LCPCs, MFTs and Psychologists.Cancellation Policy
The Institute has the right to cancel any workshop due to insufficient registration, inclement weather, presenter’s illness or problems at the training site. Whenever possible, registrants who have already signed up will be given a week’s notice via email. They will have the option of either receiving a full refund or applying whatever fees they have already paid to any future training of their choice. No refund will be issued if no payment has been made. In addition, all registrants will be given a $25.00 discount off any future workshop to compensate for any inconvenience the cancelation creates.
When a registrant has signed up and paid for a training and either needs to cancel in advance or is unable to attend due to personal conflicts, no refund will be issued. However, the registrant can apply all of their payment to any future training of their choice.