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Past Continuing Education Events
A New Normal: Working with COVID and Long COVID as Mental Health Professionals - Friday, April 11, 2025
Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Promoting Wellness for Chronic Illness Mental Health Professionals - Friday, March 14, 2025
Complex Minds and Bodies: When Chronic Illness and Neurodivergence Overlap - Friday, November 15t, 2024
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It’s Not in Your Head: A Trauma and Social Justice Informed Approach to Chronic Illness Care - Friday, January 26, 2024
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Holding Space for People Living with Chronic Conditions: Mindfulness Based Clinical Concepts, Understandings, and Practices - Friday, February 3, 2023
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Managing Chronic Pain: Therapeutic Strategies for Chronic Illness Mental Health Professionals - Friday, December 2, 2022
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Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Promoting Wellness for Chronic Illness Mental Health Professionals - Friday, May 6, 2022
Addressing Bias in Mental Health for People Living with Disabilities and Chronic Illness
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When: Friday, November 7, 2025 - 9am-11:30am PST / 11am-1:30pm CST / noon-2:30pm EST
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Where: This training will be held virtually on Zoom
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Event Description:
In this course, mental health professionals will learn to identify and reduce the impact of implicit bias in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning for clients with visible or invisible disabilities, including chronic illness.
Presenter: Tashau Asefaw, MSW, LICSW, MBA
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Learning Objectives:
After attending this continuing education opportunity, participants will be able to:
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By the end of this 2-hour training, participants will accurately identify at least three specific ways provider bias can impact the assessment and diagnosis of individuals with visible or invisible disabilities.
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By the end of the training, participants will identify at least two bias-reduction strategies they will apply in their clinical work.​​
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CEUs: This program has been approved for 2.5 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Workers.
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This program will meet the Health Equity Continuing Education requirement for healthcare providers in the state of WA.
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*For clinicians not located in Washington state, please note you will need to check with your state's licensing board to see if this program will meet the continuing education requirements in your state. We welcome you to join us!
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Cost:
$100 - Psychologists (PhDs)
$90 - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers (LICSWs), Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs) *also includes associate level clinicians
$75 - Other Healthcare Professionals (non-mental heath providers)
$60 - Students
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*After registering, if you'd like to make a donation in addition to your registration fee in support of the chronic illness community, please visit our Donate page.
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Please reach out to us at info@thecenterforchronicillness.org or 425-296-2705 if you will need accommodations during this virtual training.