Upcoming Workshops

‼️State Surveillance is NOT Healing‼️

Rejecting Mandated Reporting explores the harm embedded in mandated reporting practices by examining the social work, psychotherapy and colonial mental health systems. Participants will critically examine the role of diagnostic authority, the distinction between neglect vs unmet need and the parallels between involuntary hospitalization and incarceration. The workshop will also introduce concrete alternatives and community-centered approaches that support client safety without surveillance.

🎤 Presented By: Raquel Savage

📌 What to Expect:

• A historical overview of mandated reporting and systems of oppression within social work and psychotherapy
• Exploration of the diagnostic framework’s role in surveillance and reporting
• Critical distinctions between child neglect and structural unmet needs
• Discussion of involuntary hospitalization and its carceral parallels
• Engagement with case examples and reflective discussion
• Tools for community-based alternatives

👤 Who Is This Space For:

• Licensed clinicians and clinical interns (social workers, therapists, psychologists)
• Mental health professionals navigating mandated reporting duties
• Unlicensed practitioners of any kind committed to anti-oppressive and trauma-informed care

🧠 Learning Objectives:

• By the end of this session, participants will be able to explore the role of the clinician in systems of oppression, and name 2 strategies for mitigating the impact of systemic role within their role.
• A. Ethics and ethical behavior.
• By the end of this session, participants will be able to identify systemic oppression, ethical concerns and limitations within the mental health field.
• SC2. Theory and methods of sexuality counseling approaches to specific populations (e.g., youth, older adults, couples, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, ethnic/ cultural/ faith-based populations).

Accessibility: Zoom offers live captioning. If further accessibility tools are needed please let us know.

Dynamics of Abuse delves into the role of power in shaping abusive behavior, establishing parallels between abuse and systems of oppression. This workshop aims to dispel misconceptions, such as the idea that abuse originates from childhood abuse, and address common misunderstandings among therapists regarding the tactics employed by abusers. We’ll emphasize the shift in focus away from attempting to rehabilitate abusers, who exhibit limited desire to change, towards providing competent and anti-oppressive support to survivors. 

🎤 Presented By: Raquel Savage

📌 What to Expect:

• A comprehensive definition  of abuse, including its underlying cause
• An in-depth discussion on “mutual” and emotional abuse
• The inconvenient truth about abusers’ desire/capacity for change 
• Strategies and resources for supporting survivors from an abolitionist lens

👤 Who Is This Space For:

• Licensed clinicians and clinical interns (social workers, therapists, psychologists)
• Mental health professionals, including peer supporters, working with clients experiencing abuse
• Unlicensed practitioners of any kind committed to anti-oppressive and survivor-centered care

🧠 Learning Objectives:

• By the end of this session, participants will be able to explain what abuse is and describe common dynamics including types of abuse and control.
  • J. Sexual exploitation, including sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.

• By the end of this session, participants will be able to explore all the aspects of their role in supporting clients who are experiencing abuse, including naming it, creating safety, and building long term safety and well-being.
  • SC1. Theory and methods of personal/individual counseling.

Accessibility: Zoom offers live captioning. If further accessibility tools are needed please let us know.