ONLINE AND IN-PERSON CEU OFFERINGS
Educational opportunities are for members and non-members alike.
ONLINE TRAININGS:
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Will be held via Zoom
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Participants are limited to 100
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All registrants are able to log in 15 minutes before the presentation begins
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CEU certificates will be sent via email after submission of the program evaluation.
IN-PERSON TRAININGS:
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Seating is limited
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Location for June 26th:
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Trone Center for Mental Fitness (Furman University - 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613)
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Location for All Other In-Person Events:
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AHEC Greenville (104 South Venture Drive, Greenville, SC 29615)
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REFUND POLICY FOR EDUCATIONAL TRAININGS
Refunds for cancellations made within 7 days of a scheduled training will be issued at 50% of the registration fee.
Please note:
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This policy does not apply to the Annual Conference, which is governed by a separate refund policy.
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All cancellations must be submitted in writing to: sscclinicalsocialwork@gmail.com.
SPONSORSHIP DISCLOSURE
The South Carolina Society for Clinical Social Work is a permanent CEU provider for the following boards:
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South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners
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South Carolina Board for Licensure of Professional Counselors (LPC), Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Addiction Counselors (LAC), and Psycho-Educational Specialists (LPES).
May 15, 2026
ED 101 for Providers
Simone Seitz, Executive Director | Carolina Resource Center for Eating Disorders presenting with
Sara Hofmeier, MS, LCMHCS, CEDS-C
Time: 12:30P - 2:30P EST
Location: Virtual
CEUs: 2
Eating disorders are biologically based, serious mental health disorders. With one death every 52 minutes and the second-highest crude mortality rate of any mental illness, they are life-threatening conditions with potentially fatal consequences. Yet, with treatment, the mortality rate for individuals with serious eating disorders drops from 20% to just 2–3%, and with early intervention, full recovery is possible.
Disordered eating (DE) and eating disorders (ED) often go unnoticed—or unaddressed. This presentation equips providers with vital information to identify warning signs, respond with sensitivity, and collaborate effectively with families and treatment teams. Participants will explore the bio-psycho-social factors that influence eating, movement, and body image concerns, and learn strategies for integrating DE and ED awareness into their programs.
Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Identify signs and symptoms of Disordered Eating (DE) and Eating Disorders (ED).
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Understand the complex relationship between DE/ED and mental health, including comorbidities as well as contributing bio- psycho- social and cultural factors.
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Gain insight into the role of nutrition therapy and multidisciplinary collaboration in the treatment and recovery process.
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Explore treatment options and learn how to effectively support early intervention and referrals.
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Receive up-to-date resources and referral information to guide patients and families toward appropriate care and community support
Presenter Bios:
Simone Seitz is an experienced professional with a background in nonprofit leadership, education, and small business, including expertise in project, marketing, and event management. Her lived experience with eating disorders gives her a unique understanding of the challenges individuals face, and that insight drives her work as Executive Director of Carolina Resource Center for Eating Disorders (CRC for ED), North Carolina’s only nonprofit providing education, resources, and support to individuals, families, and professionals concerned with disordered eating and recovery from eating disorders. Simone is solution-focused and skilled at building strong partnerships. Under her leadership, CRC for ED continues to advocate for, and expand awareness of and access to, supports in the state, with regional and national impact.
Sara Hofmeier, MS, LCMHCS, CEDS-C believes in the power of the therapeutic relationship to help individuals grow and change. She has worked in a variety of roles and settings within the mental health field, holding both direct care and leadership roles. Sara currently provides therapy for individuals and families, supporting them with a range of mental health concerns. Clinically, she has an expertise in the field of eating disorders, and has focused extensively on treating patients and their families in both outpatient and higher levels of care (including residential and hospital-based treatment) as well as on training and supervising other clinicians in this work.
In addition to the treatment of eating disorders, Sara focuses on women’s mental health and wellness, working with women throughout the lifespan on a variety of challenges and concerns. She also has experience and enjoys working with other clinicians and health care professionals, both in therapy and in supervision.
June 26, 2026
Tune In and Chill Out: Using Music to Manage Stress
Alison Hughey, MT-BC
Time: 12P - 2:30P EST (Lunch from 12P - 12:30P)
Location: Trone Center for Mental Fitness (Furman University - 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613)
CEUs: 2
Summary:
Tune In and Chill Out: Using Music to Manage Stress is an experiential continuing education workshop designed for social workers seeking non-traditional, evidence-informed approaches to self-regulation and client care.
In a field marked by high emotional labor, social workers require practical tools to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and compassion fatigue. Drawing from music therapy practices, neurobiological principles, and stress-reduction research, this session explores how intentional musical engagement can support nervous system regulation, enhance resilience, and reduce burnout. Participants will move beyond passive listening to understand the "how" and "why" behind music’s impact on the brain and body.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this training:
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Demonstrate three music-based approaches for tending to the nervous system (e.g., rhythmic grounding, active listening, or entrainment).
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List two research-supported methods of managing physiological stress responses through musical intervention.
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Identify a specific song or musical selection effective for their own professional self-care and burnout prevention toolkit.
Presenter Bio:
Alison Hughey, MT-BC, believes music is a catalyst for connection, comfort, and communication. Since earning her board certification in 2010 following her studies at Converse University, Alison has served a diverse clinical population ranging from toddlers to centenarians. Her professional background includes contributing to peer-reviewed research in community mental health and dementia care, as well as publishing the mental wellness self-care deck, Creative and Curious.
Alison wears multiple “music hats” as a board-certified music therapist, wellness workshop facilitator and performer. She has contributed to an upcoming mental health TV series, Solbird Sessions (SC ETV) and enjoys presenting ‘edutainment’ sessions at corporate wellness events and retreats. Her private practice, Carolina Music Therapy, is based in Spartanburg, SC, where she resides with her husband, Lane, and their two rescue dogs, Mila and Tater.
TWO-PART SUPERVISION TRAINING
July 17, 2026
Part 1 - The Purpose-Driven Supervisor
August 21, 2026
Part 2 - Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervision
Gabrialle Taylor, LISW-CP, LCSW, LCADC, SIFI
Time: 12P - 3:30P EST (Lunch from 12P-12:30P)
Location: AHEC Greenville (104 South Venture Drive, Greenville, SC 29615)
CEUs: 6 (3 per Session)
This two-part training equips clinical supervisors and behavioral health leaders with the skills to lead with purpose, supervise with intention, and cultivate resilient, ethically grounded clinicians.
Grounded in:
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Purpose-Driven Clinician framework
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Trauma-Informed Care principles
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Ethical supervision standards
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Leadership development in behavioral health systems
This educational activity enhances professional competence in social work practice through instruction in ethics, assessment, intervention, supervision, interdisciplinary collaboration, and advocacy. Content is applicable to clinical and non-clinical social workers practicing in healthcare, school, and community settings.
Part 1 Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Define the components of a purpose-driven leadership framework in social work practice.
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Differentiate between task-driven vs mission-driven leadership approaches.
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Identify ethical responsibilities related to self-assessment and professional boundaries.
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Utilize reflective practices to enhance resilience and professional satisfaction.
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Identify leadership behaviors that support ethical and trauma-informed organizational culture.
Part 2 Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Define principles of trauma-informed clinical supervision.
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Identify signs of vicarious trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue in supervisees.
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Apply trauma-informed strategies to create psychologically safe supervision spaces.
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Utilize supervision techniques that support clinical growth and ethical practice.
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Integrate trauma-informed approaches into supervision structure and documentation.
Presenter Bio:
Gabrialle Taylor, LCSW, LCADC, has focused her career on providing supervision and overseeing direct mental health and substance use services to adults, adolescents and families in a variety of settings including higher education, psychiatric hospitals, federally qualified health centers, non-profit organizations, state prisons, and in private practice. During her role as the Executive Director of Outpatient Services, Ms. Taylor worked with a skilled team overseeing the day-to-day clinical operations of six outpatient programs while partnering with the leadership and mid-level managers to ensure continuous quality of care. Ms. Taylor is intentional in her efforts to improve communication, collaboration, and creating a culture that fosters diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. She prides herself in facilitating professional development and training efforts which focus on clinical supervision, trauma informed care, recovery-oriented healing, professional wellness, patient and family centered-care, health equity, and purpose-driven leadership. Ms. Taylor is a Licensed Independent Social Worker-CP, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Alcohol Drug Counselor, and holds a Seminar in Field Instruction from the esteemed Columbia University’s School of Social Work. A graduate of The Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University, where she is currently an adjunct, Gabrialle has been providing clinical services for a span of 25 years. In the private sector, Ms. Taylor is the CEO and Founder of Gabrialle Taylor, LCSW PLLC and The Change Agents Firm, LLC where she provides individual and family therapy, coaching, consultation, workshops, and seminars. Her Master Class entitled Purpose over Pleasure: Your Destiny Awaits is geared to assist anyone with making life changing decisions that will lead to discovering your purpose and creating a life YOU desire!
September 18, 2026
"It's Getting Hot in Here" Exploring Menopause and How it Impacts Mental Health
Michelle Evans, LCMHC/S, LPCS
Time: 12:30P - 2:30P EST
Location: Virtual
CEUs: 2
Menopause has been a part of a woman’s life since the beginning of creation and has been poorly researched. Recently, women and men desire information to better support, advocate, treat and diagnose. Menopause is now less taboo, and discussions are happening all around the world. In the past, conversations centered around one prominent symptom: "hot flashes". Nonetheless, hot flashes are one of 40+ symptoms that have been recognized by the medical community in recent years. Medical research supports more than 40+ symptoms that are related to perimenopause, menopause and post menopause. In the most recent decades, menopause has been linked to mood disorders. Frontiers in Neurology published an article (2021) concluding that low estrogen levels during menopause changes the brain structure and neural connectivity, leading to forgetfulness, brain frog and cognitive impairments. Additionally, Research supports that more than 60% of women in the phases of menopause will develop bouts of depression and/or anxiety along with sleep issues and appetite changes. This information has summoned mental health professionals to be a part of Menopause treatment, education, while knowing the signs and symptoms to assist patients with ways to advocate for themselves and others. Moreover, we must address the racial health disparity. Studies conducted by the University of Michigan School of Public Health (2022) states that Black women are less likely to seek treatment when having menopause symptoms, and face barriers such as feeling dismissed when voicing concerns. Also, years of mistrust within the practice of gynecological care for black patients due to non-consensual experimentation on enslaved Black Women by J. Marion Sims “the father of modern gynecology.” Nonetheless, Menopause treatment and training are a catalyst for social and cultural shifts that are creating initiatives for improvement.
Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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The participants will be able to compare the various symptoms during the phases of perimenopause, menopause and post- menopause.
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The participants will be able to identify gaps in receiving medical treatment and/or assessments for the phases of pre and post menopause and the health disparity among Black/African American Women.
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The participants will be able to identify their own symptoms and prepare a checklist to take to their next doctor’s appointment to initiate the discussion
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The participants will be able to identify over 3 symptoms related to low levels of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
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The participants will be able to identify with other women around the world through hearing brief case studies.
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The participants will learn ways to help their patients by exploring various treatment modalities.
Presenter Bio:
Michelle Evans is a native of Winnsboro, SC, and lives in Columbia, SC. Michelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in the state of SC and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor-Supervisor in NC. Currently, Michelle is the Director of Behavioral Health for Family Health Centers, Inc. Additionally, she has a part-time private practice: A New Beginning Counseling Services, LLC since 2009.
Michelle began her work in the Mental Health field in 2002, after earning her MA degree in Counseling from Webster University located in Greenville, SC. Over the years, Michelle has used her talents, gifts, and education to work within local, state, and federal agencies and organizations. Michelle enjoys working with rural communities and using the following Tx modalities: CBT, TF-CBT, Cognitive Processing, Expressive Therapies, EMDR and Gottman Method.
In addition to being a therapist, Michelle is a Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor and a Yoga Instructor. In the past Michelle has volunteered with the American Red Cross-Armed Forces division as a Yoga instructor and Resiliency Workshop Facilitator. Throughout her career, Michelle has been recognized as a Speaker/Presenter, EAP Consultant and Mind & Body Coach.
When Michelle is not working, she enjoys spending time with her daughter, fiancé, her dog Bear, family, friends, and traveling internationally.
October 16, 2026
Helping the Helpers: Strategies for Provider Wellbeing
Megan M. Wallace, LISW-CP/S
Time: 12:30P - 2:30P EST
Location: Virtual
CEUs: 2
CE-CERT (Components for Enhancing Career Experience and Reducing Trauma) was developed as a model to support emotional well-being in therapists who are exposed to the effects of secondary trauma. This suite of skills has proven to be useful to anyone who works in jobs with intensive human interaction. This mini-workshop of the CE-CERT model examines provides a brief overview of the 5 CE-CERT domains (Experiential Engagement, Decreasing Rumination, Conscious Narrative, Reducing Emotional Labor, and Parasympathetic Recovery) and provides practical applications for implementing these strategies in the work setting. Ultimately, the goal of the CE-CERT skills and practices is not merely to survive this work: Rather, the goal is to have a vocation that is uniquely and deeply satisfying.
Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Identify the 5 Skills Domains of Components for Enhancing Career Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT).
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Discuss strategies to address provider burnout.
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Reflect on the relationship of the 5 Skills Domains to individual wellbeing during times of work stress or secondary trauma.
Presenter Bio:
Megan M. Wallace, LISW-CP, is a licensed independent social worker for the state of South Carolina. She is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry. Ms. Wallace is the Director of Clinical Operations for the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVRTC) within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Associate Director for the Community Outreach Program-Esperanza (COPE). Ms. Wallace is trained in evidence-based treatment of trauma related mental health issues, specifically focusing on child abuse and loss by homicide. She has expertise in traumatic loss, evidence-based trauma treatment approaches, telehealth service delivery, community and school-based mental health approaches, and provider resilience and wellbeing strategies.
November 13, 2026
Holding Grief While Holding Others: Attending to the Clinician’s Grief in Clinical Practice
Jihan Eley, LCSW-C
Time: 12:30P - 2:30P EST
Location: Virtual
CEUs: 2
This experiential workshop invites clinicians to attend to the often-unspoken grief that accompanies clinical work. Participants will explore multiple forms of grief—cumulative, ambiguous, racialized, collective, and professional—while examining personal and systemic factors that shape how clinician grief is held or silenced. Through guided reflection and pair or small-group dialogue, clinicians will deepen awareness of how grief shows up in their work and bodies. The workshop concludes with participants creating a simple, sustainable grief-attending ritual to support longevity, presence, and ethical care.
Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Define multiple forms of grief experienced by clinicians, including cumulative, racialized, collective, and professional grief.
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Identify personal, cultural, and systemic factors that complicate or silence clinician grief, including helper identity, racialized labor, and professional norms.
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Participate in reflective and relational dialogue to explore how grief is held, expressed, or minimized in clinical practice.
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Create a small, sustainable grief-attending practice or ritual to support well-being and clinical longevity.
Presenter Bio:
Jihan Eley, LCSW-C, is a clinical social worker with over 15 years of experience specializing in grief, burnout, and intergenerational trauma. She integrates somatic and trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR, and has experience facilitating trainings and workshops for clinicians, healthcare professionals, and organizations. Her work centers cultural humility, sustainability, and the lived experiences of clinicians from marginalized communities.
December 11, 2026
Non-Violent Communication: A Swiss Army Knife for Therapists
Jennifer Massey, LISW-CP
Time: 11A - 3:30P EST (Lunch from 11A - 11:30A)
Location: AHEC Greenville (104 South Venture Drive, Greenville, SC 29615)
CEUs: 4
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this training:
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Participants will learn how to "map" a client’s story to identify the deep, universal needs beneath their surface-level struggles.
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Participants will gain a clear framework for noticing biases that block connection with clients.
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Participants will apply the NVC model to their own real-world work dilemmas to find new pathways for decision-making.
Presenter Bio:
Jennifer Massey is a seasoned Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Supervisor, and Educator with over 20 years of experience integrating clinical excellence with community-based healing. A Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist and dedicated Non-Violent Communication (NVC) practitioner, Jennifer specializes in helping individuals and groups navigate trauma, neurodivergence, and relationship dynamics through a lens of curiosity and compassion. Throughout her career, Jennifer has balanced direct clinical practice with a passion for teaching. She has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina and as a Program Assistant for the IFS Institute, where she mentors the next generation of therapists in the IFS model. Her leadership extends into the nonprofit sector as the Co-Founder and Board Chair of Still Wind Ministries, where she develops innovative programming like the Challenging Horizons Program for youth with ADHD. Grounded in the belief that nature and connection are vital to the human spirit, Jennifer often incorporates EcoTherapy and outdoor adventure into her wellness retreats and consultation groups. Whether she is facilitating "Healing Circles," training her dogs, or singing in a gospel choir, Jennifer remains committed to fostering a holistic sense of mental health and wellness—within her community and the clinical field.
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SCSCSW has not vetted all of the opinions, findings, recommendations, or conclusions expressed by our guest presenters. We do not necessarily endorse the material presented as being effective and appropriate within your individual practices. You are responsible for using your own clinical ethics and knowledge of your skills to determine whether and how this material is utilized within your clinical work. We also reserve the right to substitute a qualified instructor for any presentation due to unforeseen circumstances.
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