Multicultural awareness and understanding is not only an integral part of competent service provision but also a complex and expansive topic.

Join us as we explore how multicultural humility, a necessary mindset for mental health providers across settings, can lead to greater growth, empathy, and knowledge around cultural differences and how they inevitably impact the client care process.

Date: May 28th, 2026 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Trainer: Lisa Connors, PhD, LCPC

LISA CONNORS, PhD, LCPC, NCC, MAC
Dr. Connors is the Associate Pastor of In His Image International Ministry, Inc. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Board-Certified Coach, Master Addiction Counselor, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Dr. Connors is also a Certified Grief Informed Professional and a Fellow in Thanatology [the study of death, dying, and bereavement. She has been in the human services/social work/counseling fields for over 30 years. She has worked in various settings, providing services to the despondent and downtrodden. Dr. Connors works tirelessly to help others reach their fullest potential, enabling and empowering those who have been oppressed, stigmatized, demoralized, marginalized, and victimized. Her greatest passion is working with post-abortion, violence/abuse/trauma, grief and loss, and racial and social injustices.

She earned her Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Howard University, and Master of Arts (MA) in Professional Counseling degree from Liberty University; and her Ph.D. in Psychology from Walden University.

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Through this training, learners will enhance their understanding of the WHODAS 2.0 assessment of functioning, including how and when it is administered, how the assessment tool enhances client and provider understanding, and how to integrate assessment results into treatment and best practice client care.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• • Understand the conceptual foundation of WHODAS 2.0
• • Identify the 6 domains of functioning
• • Administer WHODAS accurately
• • Score using simple scoring
• • Interpret functional impairment levels
• • Integrate results into clinical documentation

Date: June 2nd, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Trainer: Damara Beckett, CSAC, LPC, CCTP, LALA
2 CEUs

Damara Beckett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) with a decade of experience in the field of counseling. Currently serving as a Clinical Administrator at Western Tidewater Community Services Board, Damara brings a wealth of expertise in both clinical supervision and substance abuse treatment.

A graduate of Liberty University’s Master of Counseling program, Damara initially focused her training on substance abuse and has since developed a specialization in clinical supervision and consultation. She is adept at guiding and mentoring supervisees who work with individuals struggling with addiction.

In addition to her work in substance abuse, Damara has extensive experience with the geriatric psych population and is dedicated to the rehabilitation of individuals with serious mental illnesses. Her multifaceted background underscores her commitment to improving the lives of those she serves through compassionate and effective therapeutic practices.

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This interactive training provides behavioral health and substance use professionals with practical, evidence-based tools for working with grief in clinical settings. Participants will learn concrete interventions drawn from CBT, Motivational Interviewing, ACT, somatic grounding, meaning reconstruction, and grief group work, with a focus on real-world application.

Topics include complicated grief, cumulative loss, trauma and grief overlap, substance use as coping, nervous-system regulation, assessment strategies, and culturally responsive grief care. Attendees will leave with immediately usable techniques, activities, and clinical frameworks to better support grieving clients across diverse populations.

3 CEUs offered!

Date: June 16th, 2026 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Hybrid
In-person at Behavioral Healthcare Services
1811 King St #2nd, Portsmouth, VA 23704
OR virtually via Zoom
Trainer: Brittany Zharnest

Brittany Zharnest, LCSW, is a Certified Grief Educator with over ten years of experience in behavioral health and substance use treatment. Her background includes crisis services, acute psychiatric care, trauma treatment, military veteran services, foster care, private practice, community mental health, and grief-focused nonprofit work.

Her clinical approach emphasizes practical, compassionate, and trauma-informed care that helps clients build emotional insight, resilience, and meaningful connection. She is currently developing a self-care guide for helping professionals and exploring ways to integrate the Enneagram into therapeutic practice to support self-awareness and treatment engagement.

Please choose if you want to attend this training online, or in-person. You will then be brought to a new page to complete your registration.

This Training to focus on the vital importance of being proficient in making decisions ethically. This training focused on strategies to use when facing ethical decisions and ethical dilemmas.

1.Decision Making Skills
2.Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks
3. Practical ways to implement this practice

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Trainer: Karen Bailey, LPC, ACS, ASDCS

Karen Bailey is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Approved Clinical Supervisor and Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist. Karen Bailey has worked in the field for 28 years.

She specializes in Autism, Neurodiversity, Intellectual Disabilities, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma recovery, Grief and Loss, Developmental issues, and Women issues. Karen Bailey currently works as the Manager of Autism ID Treatment Services at Western Tidewater Community Services Board.

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