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SUMMARY:When Violence Hits Home: DV 101 presented by Ivy Jeffries. ZOOM only
DESCRIPTION:We all watch television shows and news media reports of violence in our communities and around the world. When we have a client show up at our office disclosing interpersonal violence happening in their home how do we help these clients?\nDomestic violence is pervasive\, so at some point in time we all will have a client come to our office looking for a way to end the cycle of abuse. \nThis presentation is designed to educate the practitioner on the prevalence of interpersonal violence\, how to keep clients safe while in the relationship\, and what resources are available to clients in the\ncommunity and how to access these resources. \nIvy Jeffries has worked as a Crisis Counselor for the Nashville Police Department for the past 29 years providing mental health services and crisis intervention to victims of violent crimes. There she also provides training to police recruits on trauma and victimization. Ivy has a part-time private practice and enjoys traveling with her family. \n1.5 CEUs will be available with ticket purchase \nZOOM LINK\nMeeting ID: 813 6072 4436\nPasscode: 416733 \nLearning Objectives for the Session: \n\n\nIdentify what is Interpersonal Violence\nHelp clients create a plan for safety\nIdentify community supports for clients
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/when-violence-hits-home-dv-101-presented-by-ivy-jeffries-zoom-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250919T130000
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SUMMARY:HSP. The Trait We May Be Overlooking in Half Our Clients
DESCRIPTION:In Person Only @ The Village Chapel\n\n\n\nDr. Laura Rosser Kreiselmaier\n\nDr. Elaine Aron’s groundbreaking research on HSPs (Highly Sensitive Persons) helps us understand why this 15-20% of the population may feel like they are fundamentally different from most people they know.\nAt the end of this presentation\, attendees will be able to: \n\nList the five main characteristics of HSPs (Highly Sensitive Persons)\nIdentify and correct common misconceptions about HSPs\nModify their usual therapeutic style to help their HSP clients more effectively.\n\n\nDr. Laura Rosser Kreiselmaier is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapist and two-time past president of the TN Association of Pastoral Therapists.  A Knoxville native\, she moved to Nashville in 2000 to attend Belmont University amid her first career as a professional pianist.  She later received her PhD in Religion\, Psychology\, & Culture from Vanderbilt University (2016)\, where her dissertation research explored the interconnections among creativity\, mystical experience\, and psycho’pathology’.  Happily married to fellow therapist-musician Dr. David Thornton\, Laura lives in an old house with three lively felines and a 1928 baby grand Bösendorfer piano.  She is honored to serve as the Lead Visionary & CEO for CATHARSIS Nashville\, a new nonprofit seeking to change how mental healthcare happens.\n\n\n\n1 CEU available to earn.\nLunch will be provided.
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/highly-sensitive-people-the-trait-we-may-be-overlook-in-person-onlying-in-half-our-clients/
LOCATION:The Village Chapel\, 2021 21st Ave S\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251017T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251017T130000
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SUMMARY:ARFID: The Information Professionals are Really Hungry For.  Zoom Only
DESCRIPTION:Emily Sanders\, RD\, LDN\, CEDS-C \nMountaintop Nutrition PLLC\nAvoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a new diagnosis in the DSM-5\, and represents a reformulation of what used to be called “Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood.” Individuals with ARFID limit the volume and/or variety of foods they consume\, but unlike the other eating disorders\, food avoidance or restriction is not related to fears of fatness or distress about body shape\, size or weight. Instead\, in ARFID\, selective eating is motivated by a lack of interest in eating or food\, sensory sensitivity (e.g.\, strong reactions to taste\, texture\, smell of foods)\, and/or a fear of aversive consequences (e.g.\, of choking or vomiting). \nLearning Objectives: \n\nEffectively use assessment and case conceptualization tools specific to individuals presenting with avoidant-restrictive intake s/s\nImplement ERP interventions with increased confidence\, to optimize nutrition status for individuals with ARFID.\nUnderstand how to create and implement reward systems that increase motivation and treatment engagement\n\n  \nZOOM only – not in person. \n1 CEU Credit will be available. \n$10 NAACC Members \n$15 non-NAACC Members \n  \nAbout Emily: \nHi\, I’m Emily Sanders\, a Registered Dietitian with 10 years of experience. I am a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. I have experience working in multiple levels of care and now focus solely on outpatient treatment. My specialties include working with clients who have Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). My career path has given me many opportunities to work closely with this community. I feel uniquely equipped to support clients of all ages who are struggling with feeling alone and isolated in their ARFID. I also love working with size-diverse clients seeking a Health at Every Size approach to their relationship with food and body image. My experience also encompasses those with other eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa\, Bulimia Nervosa\, Binge Eating Disorder\, and Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder. My training also equips me to work well with those who have an eating disorder with co-occurring anxiety and OCD. \nClick here to:  Join Zoom Meeting:\nMeeting ID: 813 6072 4436\nPasscode: 416733
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/avoidant-restrictive-food-intake-disorder-zoom-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T130000
DTSTAMP:20251014T135133Z
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SUMMARY:Global Forgiveness by Dr. David Thornton. In Person
DESCRIPTION:People everywhere\, from every tradition\, are seeking peace and forgiveness – and some of us find it in places around the globe \n“Global Forgiveness” is the fruit of my personal journey\, struggling to forgive and heal from childhood and self-induced trauma. It is both a sort of specific memoir\, because this was my path\, but it is also a window onto twelve different paths that arose before me\, which together – separately and sometimes in combination – resulted in great freedom. \nThe more deep personal stories we hear\, the more our own personal story becomes available to us.\nWe’re all in this together.\n\n \nDr. David Thornton \nDMin\, MA in Clinical Psychology \n1 CEU Credit will be available. \nLearning Objectives:  \n\nLearn to recognize the dynamics that can make forgiveness difficult to express.\nGain insight into how disappointments\, difficulties\, and disasters can and often do open a person to being available for a new understanding of self\, God\, and others.\nLearn how much the broader world has to offer to help all of us move toward inner and inter-relational healing and wholeness. Develop strategic awareness of the sensitivity required when you or your client are and are not ready for change.\n\nLunch will be provided. \n\n\n\nDr. David Thornton (DMin\, MA\, MA) is a licensed clinical pastoral therapist (TN LCPT #65) and serves as vice-president of the Tennessee Association of Pastoral Therapists. His academic training took place in Texas\, Austria\, California\, the United Kingdom\, and Nashville. A world citizen\, polyglot\, musician\, integrative psychotherapist and eclectically broad spiritual traveler\, David listens for the quiet within the storm\, the deep heartbeat of the hurting soul\, and coaxes the psyche into finding and trusting again its own ancient wisdom. He is dumbstruck by the grace of being married to Dr. Laura Kreiselmaier\, herself also an LCPT and former president of TNAPT. He works under her leadership for CATHARSIS\, a new mental healthcare 501(c)3 non-profit whose vision is “changing the way mental healthcare happens”. To find out more\, visit catharsisnashville.org. For more on David\, visit davidthorntontherapy.com.
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/global-forgiveness-by-dr-david-thornton-in-person/
LOCATION:The Village Chapel\, 2021 21st Ave S\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T130000
DTSTAMP:20251203T185025Z
CREATED:20251201T162354Z
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SUMMARY:Clinical Care for Clients Facing Unwanted Singleness
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Pieter L. Valk\, LPC \nPieter is ​​a licensed professional counselor\, speaker/author\, the director of Equip\, and a diaconate explorer in the ACNA. He writes at pieterlvalk.substack.com and is on social media at @pieterLvalk \npieterlvalk.com \nLearning Objectives: \n\nUnderstand the psychological\, existential\, and spiritual impacts of unwanted singleness.\nUse grief-oriented and existential frameworks to help clients find meaning\, purpose\, and community.\nAddress shame\, stuckness\, and resistance with compassion and nuance.\nOffer specific tools\, questions\, and movements that help clients move from despair toward thriving.\n\n 
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/from-involuntary-celibacy-to-thriving-mental-health-meaning-and-clinical-care-for-clients-facing-unwanted-singleness/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81360724436
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T130000
DTSTAMP:20260103T171501Z
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SUMMARY:Seeing Through Deception\, Unraveling the Stories That Blind Us by Alan Godwin
DESCRIPTION:If the crowd around us says the sky is green\, it’s much easier to go along with the crowd than to be the lone standout arguing for blueness.\n\n\nHow can people who seem perfectly sane believe seemingly crazy things? Why will people shapeshift their individual morals to align with collective immoralities?\n\nAlan E. Godwin\, Psy.D. is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in Nashville with over 35 years of experience. He counsels with individual adults and with couples. Dr. Godwin also serves on the adjunct faculty of the Graduate Counseling Department of Trevecca University where he teaches a class for doctoral students called Psychodynamic Psychotherapies. For ten years\, he developed and presented seven seminars nationally for mental health professionals through Cross Country Education\, Vyne Education and PESI Education. He is the author of two books: How to Solve Your People Problems (2008) and the recently released\, Ties That Blind: Unraveling Stories That Keep Us in the Dark.\n\nLearning Objectives: \nParticipants will learn \n\nto describe the parallels between individual and collective deception.\nto explain how people can become un-deceived\, whether that happens individually or collectively.\nto show how understanding collective blinding is enhanced by our understanding of individual blinding because the elements are essentially the same.\n\nLunch will be provided. \n\n\n \nIn Ties That Blind\, psychologist Alan Godwin attempts to answer such questions by looking at the nature of collective deception. There’s a difference between what’s true and a story that’s false but sounds true. The propagation of a false story begins by telling people what they want to hear and then appealing to their coalitional instincts-the natural human desires to congregate with like-minded others. Their attachment needs pull them into a story where truth becomes less valued than the warm embrace of crowd inclusion. Barricaded inside what Dr. Godwin calls a “story-based fortress\,” they come to accept a distorted reality which they now call “truth” and label all fortress outsiders as liars or fools. Worse still\, they become propagators of the falseness themselves. \nTo purchase book https://a.co/d/eUAdqS8 \n 
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/ties-that-blind-unraveling-stories-that-keep-us-in-the-dark-by-alan-godwin/
LOCATION:The Village Chapel\, 2021 21st Ave S\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260320T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260320T130000
DTSTAMP:20260221T043252Z
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SUMMARY:Therapeutic Friendship: Cultivating a Clinical Therapeutic Process for Deeper Connection presented by Chris O'Rear\, M.Div.\, M.M.F.T. Zoom only
DESCRIPTION:Chris O’Rear\nMDiv\, MMFT\, Licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapist\nThe key to success in a process of psychotherapy is the quality of the therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the client. The quality of this relationship is more than active listening and empathy. This presentation will establish the importance of a clear therapeutic framework for the work of therapy and will assist participants to utilize transference and countertransference to create a deeper connection with clients. This presentation will also emphasize a focus on “process” rather than “content” to assist clients gain insight and create opportunities for significant changes in their life.\n\n1.5 CEU credits offered\nLearning Objectives:\n\nDemonstrate the significance of clear therapeutic framework for psychotherapy.\nAssist participants to identify and utilize transference and countertransference to deepen the therapeutic connection between therapist and client.\nAssist participants to recognize the presence of process-oriented interventions to deepen connection and the potential for insight.\nAssist participants to formulate a theoretical connection between process-oriented psychotherapy as theological concept and transformational change.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Link\n\n\n\n  \n \nchrisorear.com/book \nChris O’Rear is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapist with over 30 years of experience. He is the Owner & Director of The Counseling Center\, PLLC\, a professional pastoral counseling service with three locations in the middle Tennessee area. He is ordained and endorsed to the work of pastoral counseling by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. He is a Psychotherapist member of ACPE and is an approved trainer for their Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Program. Chris is also a regular speaker\, preacher and writer. He has published numerous articles and Sunday School lessons\, and is the author of the book\, “Therapeutic Friendship: Cultivating Relationships That Heal”. Chris has been married to Lynda since 1987. They have two married daughters and one granddaughter born in January 2026.
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/therapeutic-friendship-cultivating-a-clinical-therapeutic-process-for-deeper-connection-presented-by-chris-orear-m-div-m-m-f-t-zoom-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T142114Z
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SUMMARY:Suicidal OCD by Emily DeSalvatore\, MS. LPC-MHSP. Zoom Only
DESCRIPTION:Suicidal OCD Subtype or OCD with Suicidality? Accurate Assessment and Evidenced Based Treatment \n \nEmily DeSalvatore\, MS. LPC-MHSP \n1 CEU Credit will be offered.  Zoom only \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDifferentiate through evidenced based assessment between true suicidal ideation and intrusive suicidal thoughts characteristic of suicidal OCD (a subtype of harm-related OCD) and explore appropriate treatment protocols for each.\nUnderstand and explain the difference between ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic suicidal thoughts and how clinical language and treatment interventions affect treatment outcomes.\nRecognize and mitigate the differences between genuine suicide risk and OCD-related fear of suicide\, while understanding areas of clinical overlap and risk.\n\nEmily is a licensed professional counselor in Nashville\, TN (LPC-MHSP) and owner of Nashville Anxiety and Performance Counseling where she specializes in treating OCD\, anxiety related disorders and performance concerns from ages 6 and up. She has been extensively trained in DBT\, CBT\, ERP\, and ACT. Emily has worked in the mental health field for over a decade and has presented at the International OCD Foundation several times as well as the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. She holds a BS in Human Development and Family Sciences with a specialization in Middle Childhood Education from The Ohio State University (2014) and a MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with specialization in play therapy and expressive arts from Lipscomb University (2018). In her free time Emily enjoys competing in endurance sports\, playing with her kids\, and traveling the world. \nnashvilleanxiety.com
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/suicidal-ocd-by-emily-desalvatore-lpc-mhsp-zoom-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T130000
DTSTAMP:20260414T022236Z
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SUMMARY:Internal Landscapes of the Creative Self: An IFS-Informed Expressive Arts Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Kymberlee Stanley\n\nLicensed Clinical Social Worker\, LCSW\, MSW\, PPS School Counselor\nPrivate Practice Website Page: Kymberleestanley.com/psychotherapy\n\nFine Art Website: Kymberleestanley.com\n\n\n\n2 CEU credits will be awarded \nKymberlee will use her 20 years of clinical experience and artistic training to lead clinicians through an self-reflective expressive arts activity\, allowing therapists to experience the power of creativity and spirituality in the IFS process. This 2 hour experiential art workshop will be taught in Kymberlee’s private art studio and counseling offices using watercolor paints and watercolor paper.  Kymberlee will integrate somatic awareness\, prayer and the arts to create a dialogue between our internal parts and the creativity present in Self and Spirit. This workshop is designed to invite creativity into our internal dialogues\, and not about creating a work of art. No experience necessary\, all materials provided.  \nTherapists will leave this workshop with at least 2 creative activities that can be used in their professional practices and possibly gain personal insight along the way. \nSpace is limited to 10 participants. Reserve your spot below. \nIf event is sold out\, email Nashvilleaacc@gmail.com to be added to waitlist.
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/using-expressive-arts-in-private-practice-an-in-person-experiential-workshop-for-therapists-session-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260516T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260516T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T193328Z
CREATED:20260421T190339Z
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SUMMARY:An Extended Expressive Arts Workshop Exploring Creativity through an IFS Lens Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Kymberlee Stanley\n\nLicensed Clinical Social Worker\, LCSW\, MSW\, PPS School Counselor\nPrivate Practice Website Page: Kymberleestanley.com/psychotherapy\n\nFine Art Website: Kymberleestanley.com\n\n\n\n2 CEU credits will be awarded \nDinner and all materials will be provided. Come for connection\, fun and a safe place to explore Self and Spirit led creativity. \nKymberlee will use her 20 years of clinical experience and artistic training to lead clinicians through an self-reflective expressive arts activity\, allowing therapists to experience the power of creativity and spirituality in the IFS process. This 2 hour experiential art workshop will be taught in Kymberlee’s private art studio and counseling offices using watercolor paints and watercolor paper.  Kymberlee will integrate somatic awareness\, prayer and the arts to create a dialogue between our internal parts and the creativity present in Self and Spirit. This workshop is designed to invite creativity into our internal dialogues\, and not about creating a work of art. No experience necessary\, all materials provided.  \nTherapists will leave this workshop with at least 2 creative activities that can be used in their professional practices and possibly gain personal insight along the way. \nSpace is limited to 10 participants. Reserve your spot below. \n 
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/internal-landscapes-of-the-creative-self-an-ifs-informed-expressive-arts-workshop-evening-dinner-experience/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260717T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260717T130000
DTSTAMP:20260630T015346Z
CREATED:20260601T181321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T015346Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Monastery with Jim Frost. In person
DESCRIPTION:How Hanging Out with Monks Made Me a More Effective Therapist  \n \nJim Frost\, M.A.\, LSPE/HSP \nLunch and 1 CEU credit will be provided \n@ The Village Chapel \nOverview:  This presentation will introduce a philosophy of life practiced by Benedictine monks and discuss how it can be adapted for the average person not living a cloistered life.  I will share life-changing experiences I have had from my many retreats in a monastic setting and how sharing what I have learned with clients has been beneficial for them.    \n Objectives:   \nAs a result of this presentation attendees will …..  \n\nGain an understanding of how the Benedictine approach to work\, relationships\, prayer\, and rest can be helpful to clients not living a monastic life.   \nBe able to present a framework for helping clients reduce stress by creating more balance in these vital areas of life.  \nBe able to give clients 3 simple suggestions for creating more space for God in their lives.  \n\n 
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/monastary-lessons/
LOCATION:The Village Chapel\, 2021 21st Ave S\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260821T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260821T120000
DTSTAMP:20260726T022126Z
CREATED:20260715T012250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T022126Z
UID:10000049-1787302800-1787313600@nashvilleaacc.org
SUMMARY:Ethics Seminar with Jay Tift\, Ph.D\, LPC-MHSP.  Zoom only
DESCRIPTION:3 Hour Ethics Seminar\nPreparing for the AI Era: Ethical Practice in Counseling \n \nJay Tift Ph.D.\, LCP-MHSP\, ACS. \nbrentwoodcounseling.com/jaytift \nJay Tift is a Licensed Professional Counselor\, Approved Clinical Supervisor\, and consultant based in Brentwood\, Tennessee. With 15 years of clinical experience and a decade as a graduate counselor educator—including serving as full-time faculty in Vanderbilt University’s master’s program in Human Development Counseling—he returned to full-time clinical practice to focus on psychotherapy\, clinical supervision\, and the professional development of counselors. Dr. Tift provides continuing education and consultation on ethics\, counselor development\, and emerging issues in mental health practice\, with an emphasis on translating research into practical\, ethical\, and clinically relevant applications. \nParticipants will: \n\nUnderstand the basics of AI and its applications in counseling.\nIdentify common ethical issues related to AI in mental health care.\nLearn best practices and guidelines for ethical AI use in therapy.\nAnalyze real-world case studies to understand practical ethical challenges.\nDevelop personal ethical frameworks for integrating AI into counseling.\n\n  \nZOOM Link\nMeeting ID: 813 6072 4436\nPasscode: 416733
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/ethics-seminar-with-jay-tift-ph-d-lpc-mhsp-zoom-only/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260918T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260918T130000
DTSTAMP:20260905T133240Z
CREATED:20260905T133240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T133240Z
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SUMMARY:The Passionate Therapist: A Path for Continuing to Love What You Do
DESCRIPTION:Join us for lunch as Donald Harvey\, Ph.D presents from his latest book:\nThe Passionate Therapist\n \nDonald Harvey\nPhD in Marriage and Family Therapy; AAMFT Fellow & Approved Supervisor; LPC-MHSP & Approved Supervisor \n \nhttps://a.co/d/0534deRh \nWith 5 decades of professional work as relationship therapist\, clinical director\, supervisor\, graduate professor\, national speaker\, and author of 10 books\, Dr. Donald Harvey now embraces the role of mentor as he consults with rising and seasoned therapists with a focus on both personal and professional development. \nLearning Objectives: \nParticipants will be able to: \n\nidentify the 5 essential truths for maintaining your passion as a therapist life-long\,\nrecognize common therapist beliefs that either enhance or interfere with your success.\nrecognize the value of having alternative passions for bringing balance to any effective self-care plan.\nassess your professional journey and write your own life-long therapist success story.\n\n1 CEU Credit will be provided \nLunch will be provided \n 
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/the-passionate-therapist-a-path-for-continuing-to-love-what-you-do/
LOCATION:The Village Chapel\, 2021 21st Ave S\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T130000
DTSTAMP:20260922T162903Z
CREATED:20260922T161734Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop with Jennifer Pirecki\, LMFT
DESCRIPTION:Writing as an Essential Practice for the Healing-unto-Wholeness Journey (for healing-healers and their clients) \n \nJennifer Pirecki\, LMFT is a healing educator\, author\, and licensed marriage and family therapist. Within her private therapy practice of twenty-five years\, Jennifer guides clients and trains therapists in her integrative program of healing and spiritual wholeness. She resides in Franklin\, Tennessee\, with Bruno\, her husband of thirty-three years\, and their litter of rescue cats. Her latest offering\, ‘The Endless Abiding: Field Notes from the Journey Within’\, received finalist honors from the Eric Hoffer Award (May\, 2026). Other literary siblings include: ‘Reckoning With Dust’\, and ‘Anthroprose’. \njenniferpirecki.com \nLearning Objectives: \n\nEncourage and guide practitioners experientially to pursue their own writing practice for spiritual\, personal\, and professional sustenance.\nHelp identify blockages that often interfere with a generative writing practice in both practitioner and client.\nProvide experiential exercises/suggestions for practical integration in support of clients’ healing and spiritual growth beyond the therapy office.\n\n\n2 CEU credits will be awarded. \nA light lunch will be provided.
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/writing-workshop-with-jennifer-pirecki-lmft-3/
LOCATION:The Village Chapel\, 2021 21st Ave S\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261218T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261218T120000
DTSTAMP:20261102T223852Z
CREATED:20261102T221626Z
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SUMMARY:2 Hour Ethics Seminar with Jay Tift\, Ph.D\, LPC-MHSP.
DESCRIPTION:Termination\, Abandonment & Dependency.\n2 Hour Ethics Seminar- Zoom Only. \nNavigating the end of a therapeutic relationship can present complex ethical challenges. When does termination become abandonment? How can counselors recognize client dependency while maintaining appropriate boundaries? This seminar explores ethical standards\, clinical decision-making\, and practical strategies for managing these challenging situations while protecting clients and maintaining professional integrity. \n \nJay Tift Ph.D.\, LCP-MHSP\, ACS. \nbrentwoodcounseling.com/jaytift \nJay Tift is a Licensed Professional Counselor\, Approved Clinical Supervisor\, and consultant based in Brentwood\, Tennessee. With 15 years of clinical experience and a decade as a graduate counselor educator—including serving as full-time faculty in Vanderbilt University’s master’s program in Human Development Counseling—he returned to full-time clinical practice to focus on psychotherapy\, clinical supervision\, and the professional development of counselors. Dr. Tift provides continuing education and consultation on ethics\, counselor development\, and emerging issues in mental health practice\, with an emphasis on translating research into practical\, ethical\, and clinically relevant applications.
URL:https://nashvilleaacc.org/event/2-hour-ethics-seminar-with-jay-tift-ph-d-lpc-mhsp/
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