Join us as Dr. Sheppard guides learners through enhancing their understanding of and ability to effectively respond to suicidal and self-harming youth.

Attendees will learn to:

• -Assess risk and intervene in a manner that ensures the safety of young suicidal and self-harming clients
• -Apply motivational techniques that engage teens in their treatment and help them sustain and maintain recovery
• -Incorporate multiple systems the client functions in, including school and peer groups, to improve treatment outcomes
• -Develop coping skills in adolescents, and young adults suffering with NSSI and suicidal ideation using interventions informed by CBT, DBT, and interpersonal neurobiology
• -Maximize support among family members with techniques that promote problem solving and communication, and help young people feel in control and part of the therapeutic process.

Date: October 7th, 2026 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom

CEUs available!

Meet Your Trainer

Tony L Sheppard, Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA, specializes in using group psychotherapy to treat young people suffering from psychiatric issues including self-harm and suicide. A licensed psychologist and certified group psychotherapist, Tony brings over 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults to his clinical practice. In addition to his private practice, Groupworks, he has trained hundreds of clinicians, educators, nurses, and physicians across the country in the treatment of self-harm and suicide, and is the author of a training curriculum in group psychotherapy. Tony’s clinical approach draws from interpersonal neurobiology, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, solution focused brief therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and positive psychology. His creative and interactive delivery style will draw you into the dire nature of youth suicide and self-harm and have you leaving feeling confident and prepared to handle this most important work.

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Strengthen your competency in navigating and treatment of substance abuse by learning how to implement trauma informed approaches into treatment.

Date: October 20th, 2026 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Hosted by: Marta Cofone, LPC, NCC

Attendees will develop a stronger awareness of the relationship between trauma and substance use and learn how to approach substance treatment with a trauma informed perspective.

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Through this training, learners will be able to more effectively recognize and address religious trauma.

Date: November 10th, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Hosted by: Dr. Lillian Gibson

Attendees will receive training on specific interventions to aid them in exploring, identifying, and processing religious traumas with clients.

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Learners will engage in an exploration of the intricate relationship between trauma/PTSD and SMI and the treatment challenges that present for this population, including a recommended brief user-friendly screening process for effective use with clients.

Date: November 17th, 2026 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Hosted by: Jennifer Gottlieb

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A focused training on the cultural applications, considerations, and adaptations of Narrative Therapy when working with BIPOC communities, families impacted by systemic trauma, and clients with intersecting marginalized identities.

Date: December 16th, 2026 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Hybrid
In-person at Harbour View Training Center
7025 Harbour View Blvd Suite 119 Suffolk, VA 23435
OR virtually via Zoom
Trainer: Sharde’ O’Rourke

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.