SELF IN PRACTICE™
Live Clinical Education for the Developing Therapist
Join us for live, virtual clinical trainings designed to deepen your practice through discussion, case-based learning, reflection, and liberation-centered clinical education.
Prefer self-paced learning? Explore SELF IN PRACTICE™ On-Demand Courses.
Our Philosophy
Self in Practice is our clinical training and workforce development initiative supporting the transition from graduate education into practice through university partnerships, supervised internships, continuing education, and clinical development training. Every course on this page is built from that same framework, preparing therapists to deliver culturally responsive, trauma-informed, liberation-centered care while navigating the real conditions that shape access to mental health services. Courses are inclusively priced, with proceeds supporting the Liberation-Based Therapy Mental Health Fund.
Two Ways of Learning
Choose the learning format that works best for you. Join us live for interactive discussion-based training or complete on-demand courses at your own pace.
Live Trainings
Scheduled virtual sessions
Real-time instruction and discussion
Case consultation and group interaction
Specific dates and times
On-Demand Trainings
Self-paced learning
Complete on your own schedule
Flexible access to course materials
Start when you’re ready
COURSE CATALOG
Upcoming Courses
Where’d You Go? Exploring Dissociation and Countertransference in Psychotherapy
4 CE Contact Hours | Live Virtual | $75-$100 *Sliding Scale Pricing Available
This 2-day course offers an in-depth exploration of the dissociative spectrum, using case examples to examine mutual dissociation in couples and transferential relationships, while equipping participants with therapeutic strategies, awareness of sustaining patterns, and tools for managing countertransference — all grounded in a liberation-based, holistic framework.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, you’ll leave able to:
Define and identify the range of dissociative phenomena along a spectrum from normative to pathological.
Recognize signs of dissociative coping in individuals and couples, with an understanding of mutual dissociation in relational dynamics.
Describe how countertransference impacts therapeutic interventions with dissociative clients.
Apply a liberation-based approach to foster grounded and holistic care in their work with dissociative experiences.
For:
Social Workers
Upcoming:
TBA
Decoding the DSM: A Critical Look at the DSM and Liberated-oriented Alternatives
3 CE Contact Hours | Live Virtual | $60
This 3-hour course critically examines the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Designed for mental health professionals engaging with the complexities of diagnosis for use when using health insurance & engaging with the medical model for increased access to care, this course offers a liberated-oriented, and responsive lens for understanding mental/emotional distress beyond the limits of diagnostic pathology.
While recognizing the clinical utility of diagnostic frameworks for access to care, we also critically examine their cultural, historical, and systemic roots — and the ways they can distort, support and/or constrain care.
By the end of this course, you’ll leave able to:
Describe the historical evolution and socio-political influences of the DSM.
Identify limitations of DSM-based diagnosis, including its cultural biases and lack of context.
Apply strengths-based, trauma-informed, and culturally humbled principles to diagnostic formulation and treatment planning.
Reflect on the impact of clinician countertransference and identity in the use of diagnosis.
Engage clients in collaborative meaning-making around their experiences of distress and diagnosis.
For:
Social Workers
Upcoming:
TBA
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Liberation-Based Therapy LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0861.