NEW! Continuing Education Workshop

Addressing Religious Trauma

A Clinical Training for Helping Professionals

Virtual via Zoom

 
Join Emilee Duckworth, MSW, LCSW for a focused, experiential workshop exploring how religious belief and practice can create — as well as heal — trauma in clinical work.

WHO THIS IS FOR

Social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and other clinicians who want to more confidently recognize, assess, and address religious trauma in their client work.

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN

• Define religious trauma and understand how it is similar to — and different from — other traumatic events
• Explore the role of attachment theory within a religious setting
• Understand how spiritual bypassing can affect mental health
• Identify potential areas of counter-transference for clinicians, and practice interventions for noticing and addressing it within yourself

WHY THIS MATTERS

Religion is one of the most influential cultural systems in society. For many people, it's a source of support and meaning — but for others, religious beliefs and practices can cause real harm and trauma. Most clients don't come to therapy specifically to address religious trauma, yet its effects often surface during treatment. Because every therapist carries their own relationship to belief or non-belief, the potential for transference and counter-transference around religion runs high. This training will help clinicians identify traumatic beliefs and events in a religious context, assess for religious trauma, and competently support clients who have been harmed — while building self-awareness of their own reactions along the way.

FORMAT

• Discussion, PowerPoint presentation, and video
• Case studies
• Small-group experiential exercises

DATE & DETAILS

• Date: August 14, 2026
• Location: Virtual / Zoom
• Continuing Education Credits: 3 CEUs
• Program Fee: $90 NASW Nonmembers | $75 NASW Members (use promo code "NASW15" to adjust registration price)
• Presenter: Emilee Duckworth, MSW, LCSW

REGISTRATION INFO

1. Complete your purchase.
2. Check your email for your confirmation and Zoom link.
3. Join the live training on August 14, 2026.
4. Complete the required evaluation after the training to receive your CEU certificate.

To receive your continuing education certificate, you must complete the evaluation form found at: https://www.nasw-pa.org/page/certificatesurvey

Questions? Email Emilee Duckworth at [email protected]

NASW-PA Chapter is a co-sponsor of this workshop. 3 CEs will be awarded for completion of all days of this course. NASW has been designated as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapists (Section 48.36) and Professional Counselors (Section 49.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.

Foundations of Contemporary Grief Theory & Meaningful Grief-IFS for Grief

Bring LARA to your organization to teach a grief class tailored to your exact learning needs! 

Join internationally recognized grief  expert  Lara Krawchuk, MSW, LCSW, MPH—author, MSW educator, and Certified IFS Therapist & Consultant—for a two-day immersive CEU workshop designed for social workers, counselors, medical professionals, and other helpers seeking to deepen their understanding of grief, loss, and healing in today’s broken-hearted world.

Learning Opportunities:

• Explore contemporary grief models, including meaning-making, continued bonds, and dual process frameworks

• Discover creative interventions inspired by art therapy, IFS, and narrative practices

• Examine current debates around Prolonged Grief Disorder

• Strengthen your capacity to support grief through a SELF-led, compassionate lens

• Learn how to effectively apply IFS to clinical work with grieving clients

What You’ll Get:

• Practical, individualized learning and ready-to-use tools and interventions for grief work

• A renewed sense of confidence, clarity, and connection in your professional role

Questions? Email Lara at [email protected]  

 New Dates Coming Soon! 

Self-Led Healers:
Professional IFS Consultation Group

Virtual via Zoom

Join Lara Krawchuk, MSW, LCSW, MPH—certified IFS therapist/consultant and longtime MSW professor—for a small-group professional consultation series designed for helping professionals who already have a foundational understanding of IFS.

What You'll Learn:

• Explore how to effectively put IFS and meaning-oriented concepts into practice
• Learn to navigate tricky client systems with confidence
• Receive tender support for your own system
• Build connection with like-minded professionals

What You'll Get:

• 6 live group sessions guided by a certified IFS therapist
• IFS skill-building, demos, case consultation & exploration of your own parts
• Maximum of 12 participants for personalized attention
• A supportive community grounded in care, connection, and creativity

Details:

• New Dates Coming Soon!
• Time: Mondays, 8:45–10:00 AM ET
• Location: Zoom (virtual classroom)
• Price: $420 – flexible payment plan available!

NASW-PA members: Email Lara for a discount code before checkout!

Questions? Email Lara at [email protected] 

Please note: This group does not count toward IFS certification.

Meaningful Grief Certification

Coming Fall 2026 

A deeper, more intentional approach to grief work is coming.

The Meaningful Grief Certification is designed for helping professionals who feel called to support others through grief, loss, and trauma with greater presence, skill, and creativity.

Blending live teaching, self-paced learning, and ongoing consultation, this program creates space not just for knowledge—but for integration and reflection.

Grounded in evidence-based practices and meaning-oriented approaches to grief, this training draws from contemporary research in grief, trauma, and psychotherapy while honoring the deeply personal, existential nature of loss. Participants will explore ways to support clients not only in coping, but in making sense of their experiences and reconstructing meaning in the aftermath of loss.

This experience is especially aligned for those drawn to:

• Grief and living losses
• Trauma-informed care
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Creative integration in their work
• Reflective, values-driven practice

The inaugural cohort will receive a significant discount.

Register your interest today to be the first to receive details and early enrollment access.