Browse our categories of educational workshops for mental health professionals. Click on the categories below, followed by the class(es) you're interested in, to view the trainings we offer mental health professionals this semester.
- In-Person Training – The Ethical Importance of Helping Clients Heal from Cultural Burdens Using “Art-Informed IFS”
September 8 - (NEW) In-Person Training – An Integrative Approach to Trauma Treatment: Ethical Considerations
September 21 - (NEW) In-Person Training – Treat or Terminate?: Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Practice
October 28 - Online Training – Psychopharmacology in Plain English: Essential Information and Ethical Considerations
November 4
- In-Person Training – The Ethical Importance of Helping Clients Heal from Cultural Burdens Using “Art-Informed IFS”
September 8 - (NEW) Online Training – Awestruck: Helping Clients Awaken to the Power of Wonder
September 23 - In-Person Training – Addressing Guilt and Shame with Traumatized Clients: Using Parts Work and Expressive Modalities
October 7 - (NEW) Online Training – Changing the Narrative: Storytelling as a Tool for Transforming Trauma into Triumph
October 20 - (NEW) In-Person Training – Helping Traumatized Clients Navigate Life Transitions: Increasing Safety, Grounding and Stabilization
November 7 - (NEW) Online Training – Integrating Somatic Approaches into Work with Fragmented Parts
November 30
Kids, Adolescents, Couples, and Families
- Online Training – Navigating the Difficulties in Couples Therapy: An Introduction to Imago Relationship Therapy
November 17 - (NEW) Online Training: The Impact of Social Media on Dissociative Youth
December 5 - Online Training – Meeting the (Big!) Challenges for “Blended Families”: What Works and What Doesn’t
December 12
- Level I: Part One: Class 1 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: The Strengths-Based Perspective
September 7 - Level I: Part One: Class 2 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: Trauma, Memory, and the Brain
September 20 - Level I: Part One – Class 3 – Understanding Trauma and its Reverberating Effects: The Impact of Insecure Attachment
October 3 - Level I: Part Two: Class 4 – Creatively and Effectively Treating Trauma: The Foundation of Trauma-Informed Care
October 24 - Level I: Part Two: Class 5 – Creatively and Effectively Treating Trauma: Strategies for Affect Regulation, Grounding, and Containment
November 3 - Level I: Part Two: Class 6 – The Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Trauma Survivors
November 16 - Level I: Part Three: Class 7 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Bridging Therapy Sessions, Working with Self-Harm, and Traumatic Transference
November 29 - Level I: Part Three: Class 8 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Understanding the Impact of Counter-Transference
December 13 - Level I: Part Three: Class 9 – Trauma and the Therapeutic Alliance: Processing Ethics, Reporting Issues and Termination
December 21
- Trauma Certificate Level II – Using Parts Work to Overcome Resistance, Calm the Inner Critic, and Help Trauma Survivors Self-Actualize
August 29 - Trauma Certificate Level II: A Three-Stage Approach to Incorporating Expressive & Creative Therapies • Part I
September 22 - Trauma Certificate Level II: A Three-Stage Approach to Incorporating Expressive & Creative Therapies • Part 2
September 29 - Trauma Certificate Level II – Clay and Collage: Artwork in Parts Work
October 25 - Trauma Certificate Level II: Moving Beyond “Healing”: Inviting All of Ourselves into Embodiment • Part I
November 1 - Trauma Certificate Level II: Moving Beyond “Healing”: Inviting All of Ourselves into Embodiment • Part 2
November 21 - Trauma Certificate Level II: Using Visualization, Focusing & Guided Imagery for the Management of Anxiety, Depression and Flashbacks
December 14 - Trauma Certificate Level II – Clinical Case Consultation and Integration: Processing Complex Trauma Scenarios in Clinical Practice
December 20
- (NEW) In-Person Training – An Integrative Approach to Trauma Treatment: Ethical Considerations
September 21 - In-Person Training – Addressing Guilt and Shame with Traumatized Clients: Using Parts Work and Expressive Modalities
October 7 - (NEW) Online Training – Changing the Narrative: Storytelling as a Tool for Transforming Trauma into Triumph
October 20 - Online Training – Women and Addiction: Trauma-Informed, Gender Specific Treatment
October 26 - (NEW) In-Person Training – Helping Traumatized Clients Navigate Life Transitions: Increasing Safety, Grounding and Stabilization
November 7 - (NEW) Online Training – Integrating Somatic Approaches into Work with Fragmented Parts
November 30 - Online Training – Helping Clients Navigate Grief and Loss
December 15
COVID-19 Update
At this time, all Ferentz Institute workshops are conducted online via Zoom. Please email Gerri Baum at gerrib@theferentzinstitute.com if you have any questions.
We do not offer recorded versions of our online trainings. Our online classes must be live, interactive, and held in real-time, as required by the Maryland Board of Social Work, so that participants may receive the essential Category 1 CEUs that we provide.
The Ferentz Institute offers continuing education workshops for mental health professionals on 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.Instructions for joining your class on Zoom, along with all applicable PowerPoint presentations and handouts, will be emailed to you the day prior to your class(es).
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.
