NBCC TRAININGS AND EVENTS

Upcoming Trainings and Events

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ROLEPLAYING THERAPY:
A NEW WAY TO UTILIZE PARTS WORK WITH CREATIVE AND NEURODIVERGENT CLIENTS STRUGGLING ALEXITHYMIA, ANXIETY, OR TRAUMA 

Poster for a workshop on role-playing integration therapy showing a group of people around a table with tabletop game pieces, fantasy characters, and books, with fantasy-themed elements and a mystical theme.

​Tree of Life Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7665. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Tree of Life Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs

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​May 8th , 9am- 4pm (with breaks)
Training will be in person at Tree of Life Behavioral Health
190 Lime Quarry Road Suite 113
7 NBCC Credits
$200

Join us for an interactive seminar exploring the transformative potential of utilizing roleplaying games and strategies to help your neurodiverse clients gain the tools to heal and cope with life's daily stressors.

PRESENTER: Jessica Penot, LPC-S
​Jessica Penot, author of the unmasking workbook for autistic adults, will also go over how to integrate Dungeons and Dragons and other RPGs into your therapeutic practice with your autistic clients. Attendees will get a Role-playing Integration Therapy workbook. Donuts, Coffee, and Snacks are provided but please bring your own lunch. 

Join us for an interactive seminar exploring the transformative potential of gaming therapy in treating autistic teens and adults.  Gain foundational knowledge and discover cutting-edge research from the past five to ten years that has reshaped our understanding of autism spectrum disorder.
We’ll dive into innovative techniques, including integrating clients’ existing RPG characters into parts work like Internal Family Systems (IFS). You’ll also learn how to design therapeutic games for small groups, helping clients engage with their different parts and explore the roles those parts play in their lives.
Earn 6 NBCC CEUs while developing a neuro-affirmative practice that fosters an inclusive and welcoming environment for autistic adults. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your skills and revolutionize your approach to therapy.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: Learn the history of Dungeons and Dragons and some of the basic RPGs that are popular now.  Discuss their basic mechanics and how they work Discuss how character-building works in RPGs Learn the basics of IFS and other Parts based techniques and how to link Character building to Parts Work with IFS Discover how to integrate RPG character building into therapeutic practices, utilizing existing characters in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work. Delve into the world and history of RPGs, learning how to design and create your own therapeutic games to enhance client engagement and self-exploration. Learn how to use the RIT workbook to help clients explore their own parts and send them on self-guided adventures that will help them heal their fragmented parts, heal, and improve their inner monologue. thoughtfully crafted to elevate what matters most.

Spectrum Unmasking and Acceptance Therapy Certification Training: based on the Unmasking Autism Workbook by Jessica Penot

Book cover titled "The Unmasking Workbook for Autistic Adults" by Jessica Penot, LPC-S, with colorful watercolor shapes arranged in a semi-circle around the title.

​Tree of Life Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7665. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Tree of Life Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs

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​June 5th , 9am- 5pm (with breaks) Live, Interactive Webinar
Training will be in person at Tree of Life Behavioral Health
190 Lime Quarry Road Suite 113
8 NBCC Credits
$300


PRESENTER: Jessica Penot, LPC-S
​Jessica Penot, author of the unmasking workbook for autistic adults, will also go over how to integrate Unmasking and Acceptance therapy into your practice and help autistic adults learn the neurodiversity-affirming skills to help them live authentically, avoid burnout, and thrive!

Learn the basic information needed to begin to treat autistic adults and teens in this in person seminar.  We will go over the new and emerging research from the last five-ten years that has radically changed the way we relate to and understand autism spectrum disorder.  After this seminar you will understand the history of autism and the self-advocacy movement in online environments that has changed the way autistic people relate to themselves and others. 
Earn 8 NBCC CEUs as you learn how to create a neuro affirmative practice that is welcoming to autistic adults.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:
*Understand the history of autism, autism diagnosis and treatment, and the importance of the autism self-advocacy movement.
*Learn the current research about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how psychoeducation is critical for treating adults and adolescents with ASD.
*Identify how to be a neuroaffirmative counselor.
*Explore the basic principles of Unmasking and Acceptance Therapy and how to integrate them into your practice.

Playfully Connected: Exploring Attachment Through a Nervous System Perspective

$70

​Tree of Life Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7665. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Tree of Life Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs

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3 NBCC Credit’s

​July 10th , 9am- 12pm
Training will be in person at Tree of Life Behavioral Health

190 Lime Quarry Road Suite 113

3 NBCC Credits

$70


PRESENTER: Emily Tester, LPC, NCC
​Emily is an inclusive and neuroaffirmative provider who has extensive training in non-directive play therapy techniques. She believes every child is unconditionally worthy and highlights the importance of meeting children where they are through attunement and co-regulation.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:
*Integrate core principles of development through a neurobiology framework.
*Learn and practice strategies that support creating sense of felt-safety.
*Learn how play shapes attachment to self and others to effectively work with children, teens, and families through a developmentally appropriate lens.

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Tree of Life Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7665. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Tree of Life Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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