Join Snowy Lajoie, LCSW-R, KMOG in a three-hour training focused on providing nature-based interventions in outpatient mental health settings.

Topics covered will include specific strategies for working with individuals and groups; how to write progress notes and treatment plans using nature-based interventions; how to manage liability; assessing your client’s comfort in being in nature; assessing your comfort (as a provider) in being in nature; creating an agenda for wilderness group therapy; demonstration of specific guiding/wilderness skills.

3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.

$85 / 3 CEs

Interactive online training

An overview of climate-related mental health issues and the growing impact that environmental destruction has on the psyche.

Join Snowy Lajoie, LCSW-R, KMOG, in this virtual training aimed at providing psychotherapy for clients experiencing ecological grief, climate anxiety, and other related existential crises. Topics covered will include an overview of climate-related mental health issues and the growing impact that environmental destruction has on the psyche, signs and symptoms of climate-related mental health issues, current research on the impact of climate change and environmental destruction on mental health, and therapeutic interventions for supporting and treating clients experiencing eco grief, climate anxiety, and related existential crises. The disproportionate impact that climate change and environmental destruction have on BIPOC and indigenous communities will also be addressed, as well as a brief overview of how providers can manage their own feelings about environmental destruction and their own existential fears.

3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.

Join Snowy Lajoie, LCSW-R, KMOG in a three-hour training focused on providing nature-based interventions in outpatient mental health settings.

Topics covered will include specific strategies for working with individuals and groups; how to write progress notes and treatment plans using nature-based interventions; how to manage liability; assessing your client’s comfort in being in nature; assessing your comfort (as a provider) in being in nature; creating an agenda for wilderness group therapy; demonstration of specific guiding/wilderness skills.

3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

- describe the main components of mindful and attachment-based wilderness therapy

- write appropriate documentation using nature-based interventions

- identify where to seek out additional coverage for liability and how to create a wilderness waiver

- create an assessment tool for screening clients for appropriateness for nature-based interventions

- create a detailed agenda for group therapy

In accordance with the NY State Department of Education guidelines, in order to receive continuing education contact hours, a participant needs to be present for the duration of the workshop/training. Therefore, participants who arrive late or leave the event early will not be granted a certificate of completion.

​Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be provided for cancellations made in writing up to three business days prior to the start of the event.

Accommodations and Accessibility: HVPD welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact us at info@hudsonvalleyprofessionaldevelopment.com to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

$85 / 3 CEs

An overview for practitioners interested in providing nature-based interventions in outpatient mental health settings.

Snowy Lajoie in this three-hour virtual training exploring the foundations of wilderness therapy. Topics to be explored include current research on the benefits of nature-based interventions; co-creating a safe space in nature; mindfulness in nature; importance of reciprocity and relationship; where to do wilderness therapy; specific strategies for working with individuals and groups; and the basics of how to prepare oneself for working in wilderness spaces.

3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists, and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.

More frequently, clinicians are needing to provide psychotherapy for clients experiencing Ecological Grief and other related existential crises. Join Snowy LaJoie in an overview of Ecological Grief and the growing impact that environmental destruction has on the psyche.

This training will explore signs and symptoms of Ecological Grief; current research on the impact of climate change and environmental destruction on mental health; therapeutic interventions for supporting and treating clients experiencing Ecological Grief and related existential crises; and a brief overview of helping providers manage their own feelings about environmental destruction and their own existential fears.

2 CEs / 2 hours

2 CEs are available for NYS LMHCs, LMSWs, LCSWs, LMFTs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts upon completion of training.

Seasonal change can impact mental health, physical health, and overall well-being. Outpatient nature-based interventions during the winter months can help clients with the isolation of winter months and with seasonal affective and mood changes.

Beginning with a brief overview of wilderness therapy, join Snowy Lajoie, LCSW-R , KMOG in an exploration of current research on the benefits of nature-based interventions and the impact of seasonal changes on mental health. Topics explored will include co-creating a safe space in nature during the colder months; mindfulness in nature; specific strategies for working with individuals and groups in winter, including fire-making and basic survival strategies; and how to prepare oneself for working safely in wilderness spaces in all types of weather.

2 CEs / 2 hours

2 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists, and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.

Join Snowy Lajoie, LCSW-R in this three-hour virtual training exploring the foundations of wilderness therapy. Topics to be explored include current research on the benefits of nature-based interventions; co-creating a safe space in nature; mindfulness in nature; importance of reciprocity and relationship; where to do wilderness therapy; specific strategies for working with individuals and groups; and the basics of how to prepare oneself for working in wilderness spaces.

3 CEs / $85 / 3 hours

3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists, and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.