This course is a live, interactive webinar held on January 31, 2025, from 12pm-3:20 pm Eastern Standard Time.
This reduced price webinar does not offer CE Credits. The same live event is available for purchase and offers 3 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
Registration closes at midnight (EDT) the day before the event
This interactive course is designed to equip counseling practitioners with the theory and best practices necessary to make a meaningful impact on the lives of young clients. Building authentic relationships based on trust and respect is foundational to effective youth counseling. This course will provide you with the tools to recognize and bolster the strengths of young people, helping them to see and develop their potential.
We will explore the impact of systemic oppression on youth, offering insights into how these forces shape their experiences and behaviors. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for supporting youth in a way that is empathetic and empowering. Encouraging youth engagement in social change is another key component of this course, providing strategies for fostering a sense of agency and activism in young clients.
Practitioner self-awareness is emphasized throughout the course, helping you to reflect on your biases and improve your effectiveness as a counselor. By focusing on the unique experiences and strengths of young clients, you will learn to create an empowering and supportive therapeutic environment.
Transform your approach to youth counseling and create lasting, positive change in the lives of young clients. Discover innovative strategies and tools that can be immediately applied in your practice.
Topics Covered:
- Building authentic relationships based on trust and respect
- Recognizing and bolstering young people's strengths
- Understanding the impact of systemic oppression on youth
- Encouraging youth engagement in social change
- Practitioner self-awareness
Schedule: (listed in Eastern Standard Time)
- 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Lecture
- 12:50 pm - 1:00 pm Break
- 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Q&A
- 1:10 pm - 1:40 pm Lecture
- 1:40 pm - 1:50 pm Break
- 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm Q&A
- 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Lecture
- 2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Q&A
- 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Lecture
- 3:10 pm - 3:20 pm Q&A
Upon completion of this training, professionals will be able to do the following:
Learning Objectives:
- Provide strength-based approaches when working with youth.
- Build authentic and empowering relationships with young clients.
- Address challenges, including systemic oppression, faced by youth.
- Apply self-awareness tools in youth counseling practices.
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Shira Sameroff, LCSW
Shira Sameroff, LCSW, is a therapist, coach, and teacher with experience rooted in decades of practice with people of diverse identities, ages, and life stories in a wide array of settings. Professional roles have included therapy, supervision, professional development training, coaching, teaching, community organizing, transformative decluttering and a decade and a half on the leadership team of a community-based social work agency in Brooklyn, NY, US.
Shira weaves a range of therapeutic healing modalities, including IFS, Hakomi, and other holistic, somatic, nature-based, and anti-oppressive practices into her practice. Shira offers therapy, coaching, and professional development for individuals and organizations around themes including group facilitation, working with shame, oppression-ending practices, giving and receiving feedback, empowering practice with youth, and tending to self as a practitioner.
Shira’s approach is collaborative, intuitive, creative, and full of heart and is rooted in my own lived experience of healing, learning, and emerging.
This reduced price webinar does not offer CE credits, just great content.
The same live event is available for purchase and offers 3 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of attendance to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
Register on the website before midnight the day of the event. In order to attend, you are required to:
- login and access the direct link to the webinar through your account
- your attendance is marked automatically when you use the direct link and attend fully
- complete a post-test with a passing score of 80% or higher (which can be retaken until passed), and complete a course evaluation
- collect your certificate of completion on your account after steps 1-3 are completed
Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants. No refunds are offered to those who do not attend.
Directions for completing a course and collecting CEs can be found here
Enroll in the webinar by adding it to the cart and proceeding through the check out process. Create an account (or login to yours) during the checkout process.
Prepare: Download Zoom software. Participants must use a device that is connected to adequate internet speed with a camera, microphone and speakers (or headset).
Attend: At least 15 minutes before the designated start time, login to your account on the website. Go to "My Courses", click on the title of the webinar. The link for the webinar will be listed in the course content.
Attendance is recorded automatically when you use the direct link and attend the full event.
By registering for this event you are agreeing to the following:
24 hour notice is required if you are not able to make it to a live event. Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants.
To update and test using Zoom.us/test before the event to ensure you are ready for the event.
Since this is a live interactive event it means that your interaction during the event is expected. Your name and image will be visible to other participants during the live event. You will NOT be included in any recording made.
An evaluation must be completed within one week of the event. Continuing Education credit(s) cannot be issued unless you attend the event and the evaluation is submitted. (Evaluation is not mandatory for APA hours)
Partial CE credits are not possible; therefore you are required to be present throughout the event in order to receive CE credits.
Respect all other participants during the event as though you would if you were sitting with the other attendees at a conference table:
- Dress appropriately
- Be in a private location void of distractions
- Do not multitask
- Do not drive during an event
- Remain on mute unless you are sharing with the group
Closed captioning is offered for all live webinar participants.
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
This is a live, interactive webinar
