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training modules
Katy has created training programs and content for work groups within large organizations. She has also identified knowledge gaps within the mental health industry, and addressed those gaps by creating and offering Continuing Education programs across the United States.
Unique training modules
How to Spot Violence in Adoptive and Foster Families
Online
3 CE hours (where applicable)
$299
Created and taught by Katy Perkins, LCSW-S and Lauren Butcher, LMSW
July 2023
Skeletons in the Closet: When DNA Exposes Difficult Truths
DNA testing and companies such as 23andMe, Ancestry, and MyHeritage are commonplace in our world now. Are you prepared for what your clients might discover?
Confronting and processing these issues is different than other types of counseling. It's a unique sub-specialty, and clinicians would be wise to familiarize themselves with the common challenges these clients face.
Online
1 hr of CE (where applicable)
$79 (on sale now for $19)
Created and taught by Katy Perkins, LCSW-S
Nov 2022
Adoption, Narcissism, and the Counseling Room
What is 'Adoption Competent', And How Do I Become That?
Part of the Adoption Competence Training Series
A functional knowledge of intersecting issues such as race, culture, international and transracial adoption, immigration status, search and reunion, self-harm, disordered eating, suicidality, personality disorders, enmeshed family systems, family secrets, complex post-traumatic stress & more – is necessary to specialize as adoption competent.
Online
2 CE hours (where applicable)
$199
Created and taught by Katy Perkins, LCSW-S
Nov 2022
Adoption Competence for Eating Disorder Professionals
Part of the Adoption Competence Training Series
Adopted people frequently present with disordered eating habits. Learn how to support clients who have experienced family separation trauma.
Online
2 CE hours (where applicable)
$99
Created and taught by Katy Perkins, LCSW-S
August 2022
Adoption, Narcissism, and the Counseling Room
This training series explored the concept of working with narcissistic family systems as a form of advanced adoption competency. Mental health practitioners, medical and child welfare professionals, adoption agency staff, and all others would benefit from this education, and are welcome to attend.
3-part series for 6 hours of online training
April | May | June 2022
Created and taught by Katy Perkins and JaeHee M. Chung-Sherman
#YourClientsToo: What Every Clinician Needs to Know About Sexual Trauma
Experiences of sexual violence and harassment are so widespread, clinicians have an ethical duty to understand the implications of survivorship for their clients.
Dallas, TX in July 2021
Denver, CO in Jan 2020
Chicago, IL in Jun 2019
Created and taught by Katy Perkins, LCSW-S
But I Don't Work in Adoption: What Non-Adoption Professionals Need To Know
With so many people impacted by adoption or foster care, every clinician has or will come into contact with clients impacted by these issues during their career. Adoption and foster care is commonplace in our society, yet it is often misunderstood. Historical importance and clinical impact are frequently dismissed or minimized in social work and clinical settings.
Online
Since Jan 2019
Created and taught by Katy Perkins, LCSW-S