UPCOMING EVENTS
(Walk-ins are Welcome. If you don't pregistered, Training will Cost $10 More)
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Life After Deconstruction: Exploring New Spiritual Paths
with Clients
Presenter: Beth Cook, LPC
July 11, 2025
9am- 12:30 pm
190 Limequarry Road Suite 113
Madison, Alabama 35758
3 NBCC Ceus
$100
Learn how to work with clients who are seeking a path for spirituality when their faith tradition no longer aligns with their beliefs, values, and worldview. The focus will be on working with clients who have deconstructed their religious belief system, meaning they have examined the tenets of their faith, questioning and discerning the truthfulness and validating of their beliefs.
Learning Objectives:
* Understand the importance of spirituality as a part of an integrative mind-body-would approach to health and well-being
*Identify and experience practices for creating a new spiritual framework for clients who have separated from the faith tradition.
*Know how to create a safe container for exploring spiritual questions, especially with clients who have experienced adverse religious experiences.
*Develop a broad definition of spirituality and become familiar with alternatives to traditional and institutional
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ROLE-PLAYING INTEGRATION THERAPY:
A NEW WAY TO UTILIZE PARTS WORK WITH CREATIVE AND NEURODIVERGENT CLIENTS STRUGGLING ALEXITHYMIA, ANXIETY, OR TRAUMA
July 25th, 9am- 4pm (with breaks)
Training will be in person at Tree of Life Behavioral Health
190 Lime Quarry Road Suite 113
6 NBCC Credits
$120
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.
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Unmasking and Acceptance Therapy Certification Training
August 15th
9am-5pm
8 NBCC CEU's
$250
Unmasking Autism Workbook for Autistic Adults included in cost
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 7 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.
PAST EVENTS:
April 18, 2025 at 8:30 am to 4:30pm.
7 NBCC Credits
$210
Neuro Affirmative Treatment for Autistic Adults and Teens
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 7 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.
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.