Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy

Assessing Suicide & Safety Risk in Military Veterans: Best Practices

· May 18, 2026 ·

This workshop equips clinical mental health counselors with the knowledge and tools to conduct effective risk assessments through a military- and veteran-specific lens. Participants will gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of military culture, exploring how this population’s unique strengths and experiences intersect with potential clinical risk factors. Drawing from both lived military experience and research on military-veteran mental health, this session challenges traditional assumptions and expands perspectives on working with veterans and their families.

Through case examples and applied learning, counselors will enhance their ability to identify and assess military-specific risk factors, apply evidence-based assessment tools, and develop culturally responsive safety plans that align with veterans’ values and help-seeking patterns.

Learning Goals

Identify and assess military-specific risk factors
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to identify at least 5 unique risk factors common to military-veteran populations
(such as combat exposure, moral injury, transition stress, and access to firearms) and integrate these factors into comprehensive
suicide and violence risk assessments.
Apply evidence-based risk assessment tools adapted for veteran populations
Participants will be able to select and administer at least 2 validated risk assessment instruments appropriate for military-veteran
clients (such as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale or veteran-specific screening tools) and interpret results within the context
of military culture and experience.
Develop culturally responsive safety planning and intervention strategies
Participants will be able to create tailored safety plans and risk management interventions that account for military values, veteran
help-seeking behaviors, and available veteran-specific resources (including VA services, veteran peer support, and crisis lines), while
addressing barriers to care unique to this population.

Instructor

Dr. David Gosling

PhD, LPC (VA, WI), NCC

Dr. David Gosling is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Assistant Professor and the Director of Military Counseling in the counseling program at William & Mary’s School of Education. David previously served as a core faculty member in the Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy Department at Antioch University, where he was the co-founder and director of the Military, Veterans & Families (MVF) Counseling Certificate, as well as the Military Connected Student Support Liaison for Antioch University’s five nationwide campuses.

David is a proud alum of William & Mary’s Counselor Education and Supervision program, a former Airborne Ranger-qualified Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army and combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08, the Honor Graduate of the 2009 Rhode Island State Police Academy and the Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Colorado’s Army ROTC program in 2004. His other professional pursuits beyond the military, law enforcement and counselor education have included working as an Outward Bound wilderness guide for troubled teens, operating an Islamic nonprofit farm and retreat center and working in veterans advocacy on Capitol Hill.

Trauma Informed Creative Arts Therapy Program (CE Credit Registration)

· May 7, 2026 ·

Participants of Lucy Barbera’s Trauma-Informed Creative Art Therapy Workshop Program can register on this webpage for an NBCC, CAMFT approved CE credit certificate through Antioch University for 30 CE credits.

Click here for more information and to register for the full program.

“Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.”
– Peter Levine, PhD

DATES:
September 19th, October 10th & 17th, November 7th & 21st, and December 12th, 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm ET (1:00 pm – 2:00 pm lunch break) Program participants must complete 30 hours to receive certificate.

HYBRID Facilitation: LIVE in PERSON in Kingston, NY and simultaneously over ZOOM

This unique program was designed to assist helping professionals in treating complex trauma, using a multi-modal creative arts approach for integration and healing. The program provides helping professionals instruction on HOW to immediately apply creative methods, within the context of their practice with diverse populations and WHEN to utilize the Creative Arts Therapies when working with individuals and/or groups, using the following modalities: visual arts, creative writing, movement, music, and the dramatic arts, safely without re-traumatization, within the Window of Time-Tolerance-Reconsolidation.

The TRAUMA-INFORMED Creative Arts Therapy program is open to mental health professionals, human-service providers, teaching artists, and educators who want to understand the neuroscience of trauma and the vital role the creative arts therapies play in mitigating the negative effects of trauma.

WHAT: The Trauma- Informed Creative Arts Therapy Program consists of 30 Training hours and 6 (built-in hours for one make-up day, should that be necessary for any reason.

WHERE: This Program will be conducted face-to-face in the Creative Arts Therapy Studio, in Kingston, New York & via ZOOM simultaneously!

PRICE:
Training | Click here to register
Payment can be made in 2 installments: one half to hold your space and the second half is due on the first day of the program).
Cost includes: All ART SUPPLIES (mailed to you if you are not attending in person)

CE Credits through Antioch University | $35 | Click “Add to Cart” on this page. Registration for CE credits will remain open until Sunday, December 13th, 2026.
If you have already registered for the training, you can request a Continuing Education certificate through Antioch University by clicking “Add to Cart” on this page.

Instructor

Lucy Barbera

PhD, LCAT

Lucy Barbera, PhD, LCAT, is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, whose clinical work spans the medical, psychiatric, and special education settings, as a Creative Arts Therapist, Art Teacher, and Special Education Principal. For over twenty years, Dr. Barbera has served on the faculty of The Humanistic Multicultural Education Graduate Program, at SUNY, New Paltz, where she developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Expressive Arts Therapy and Expressive Arts Leadership & Social Justice. Dr. Barbera is the Founder of the Trauma-Informed Creative Arts Therapy Certificate Program, at U Albany’s School of Social Welfare and an Associate Faculty Member of The Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy Program, founded by Dr. Natalie Rogers. Dr. Barbera lectures widely on the healing power of the arts, and curates exhibitions of patient/client expressive art, bringing awareness of the healing power of the arts to the community. Dr. Barbera maintains a private practice in Creative Arts Therapy, using a trauma-informed approach to creative arts therapies.

When the Screen Isn’t Enough: Crisis Response in Digital Clinical Supervision

· April 27, 2026 ·

As telehealth and hybrid care models continue to expand, clinical supervisors are increasingly responsible for guiding supervisees through high-risk client situations without being physically present. Crisis moments such as suicidality, threats of harm, or acute psychological decompensation expose the limitations of digital supervision and require supervisors to adapt quickly, think systemically, and respond with both clinical and ethical precision.

This training equips counseling supervisors to navigating crisis response within digital supervision contexts. Participants will explore how distance, technology, and role boundaries impact real-time decision-making, risk assessment, and intervention. Emphasis is placed on actionable strategies, including structured crisis response frameworks, real-time supervision techniques, and ethical considerations related to liability, documentation, and jurisdiction. Through applied case examples, attendees will strengthen their ability to support supervisees effectively during high-stakes clinical moments even when the screen creates distance.

Learning Goals

Analyze how digital supervision environments alter risk assessment, communication, and intervention during client crisis situations.
Apply a structured crisis response framework to guide supervisees through high-risk clinical scenarios in telehealth settings.
Integrate ethical and legal considerations into digital supervision practices, including documentation, emergency planning, and supervisor liability.

Instructor

Dr. Ali Corey

Dr. Ali Corey is a counselor educator, clinician, and leadership consultant with extensive experience in training mental health
professionals and organizational leaders. She holds a doctorate in counseling and serves as a graduate professor, where she teaches
research, clinical practice, and leadership development in counselor education programs. Her professional focus lies at the intersection of trauma-informed care, organizational leadership, and equity-driven practices.

Dr. Corey has worked with educational institutions, clinical training programs, and community mental health organizations to foster trauma-informed leadership approaches that strengthen organizational culture, reduce burnout, and enhance client outcomes. Her scholarship and teaching emphasize strengths-based, relational leadership practices that integrate both clinical knowledge and
evidence-based leadership theory.

Participants in her sessions benefit from her ability to bridge clinical insight with practical leadership strategies, ensuring that complex research is translated into actionable skills for real-world application. With her combined background as a clinician, educator, and leadership trainer, Dr. Corey provides an engaging, research-informed, and practice-oriented perspective on what it means to lead
mental health organizations through a trauma-informed lens.

Dreams, Duty, and Decisions: Counseling Military Spouses on Self Care

· April 23, 2026 ·

Military spouses often carry invisible burdens—balancing caregiving, relocation, and constant adaptation while quietly setting aside their own goals and identity needs. For clinicians, supporting these clients requires a nuanced understanding of how chronic role strain, shifting family systems, and identity disruption intersect to produce burnout.

This 90-minute professional development session equips counselors with tools to identify the psychosocial stressors most common among military spouses, evaluate existing interventions for effectiveness, and design practical, individualized action plans that foster resilience and self-redefinition. Through case-based discussion and reflection, participants will deepen their capacity to help clients reclaim agency, reframe purpose, and integrate self-care into the rhythms of military life.

Learning Goals

Identify common psychosocial stressors and role expectations that contribute to burnout and identity disruption in military spouses.
Evaluate the effectiveness of existing clinical approaches for supporting military spouses experiencing burnout or identity loss.
Design a brief clinical action plan incorporating at least one intervention to reduce burnout and promote resilience in a military spouse client case.

Instructor

Cecily Moore

LPC-MHSP, LMHC

Dr. Moore is very excited to be a part of the AUNE counseling department. Currently, Dr. Moore lives in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, with her spouse and two children. Dr. Moore is a military spouse and owns an online counseling practice working with Black professional mothers.

Dr. Moore specializes in addressing the SBW narrative, depression, career-related stressors, career trauma, and perinatal mental health concerns. Dr. Moore is trained in EMDR, play therapy, solution-focused therapy, and perinatal mental health treatment protocols. Dr. Moore loves to read and considers herself a lifelong learner.

Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS): Experiential Parts Work and Clinical Application

· April 20, 2026 ·

This workshop introduces Internal Family Systems (IFS) as both an experiential and clinically applicable framework for understanding and working with the human psyche.

Grounded in the core principles of the IFS Institute model, participants will learn how the mind naturally organizes into parts, how Self-energy functions as an internal leader, and how protective and vulnerable parts interact within an internal system.

The training is designed to bridge conceptual understanding with lived experience. Participants will engage in a guided parts-mapping process to explore their own internal system, followed by structured instruction on how to apply IFS-informed interventions in clinical practice.

This course emphasizes accessibility, relational presence, and practical integration, allowing clinicians to embody the work rather than solely understand it intellectually. The material is relevant for both those new to IFS and practitioners seeking to deepen their experiential and clinical application of the model.

Learning Goals

Participants will be able to identify and describe at least three core components of the IFS model, including parts, Self-energy, and protective roles.
Participants will be able to construct a basic parts map of their own internal system, identifying at least two protective parts and one vulnerable part.
Participants will be able to differentiate between Self-led presence and parts-led reactivity in clinical interactions.
Participants will be able to demonstrate at least two IFS-informed interventions for working with protective parts in a clinical setting.

Instructor

Joseph Bielling

LPCA, Certified Level 3 IFS Therapist

Trauma-informed therapist & educator integrating IFS, somatics, and Self-leadership IFS Level 3 • LPC-Associate • Author

As a Certified Level 3 Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner and Licensed Professional Counseling Associate, my passion lies in empowering individuals to understand the intricacies of their minds, unlocking their full potential. My journey has been profoundly shaped by the transformative power of combining psychedelics and IFS, healing deep trauma where traditional therapy often falls short. Since 2007, I have been an entrepreneur dedicated to wellness and mental health. I own a wellness center and a coaching business, and I hold a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. My career has been defined by creating cooperative opportunities, assisting wellness practitioners in running their businesses, and helping individuals heal from past wounds. My mission is to help people understand how their minds actually work so they can reach their potential with confidence, courage, and compassion. My dedication to personal growth and the IFS therapy model began in 2016. This approach has had a profound impact on my life, allowing me to resolve and heal trauma that traditional therapy couldn’t touch. IFS helped me realize that I am not a broken or damaged person, but rather a whole individual capable of profound self-understanding and growth. In my coaching and counseling roles, I bring my personal growth experience, passion for helping others, and skills in active listening and compassion to the forefront. I am committed to guiding my clients on their journeys to self-discovery and healing, leveraging my expertise to make a lasting impact on their lives. I am excited to connect with individuals and organizations who share my dedication to mental health and personal growth. Let’s connect and explore how we can work together to create a healthier, more compassionate world.