PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Wall & Associates strive to provide exceptional professional development seminars; presented in environment and style allowing you to immediately see the relevance to your practice.

Dr. Wall offers professional development seminars in our Meridian, Idaho Professional Development Center. Limited scholarships are available.

USING TRAUMA NARRATIVES

Using trauma narratives to create an accurate depiction of negative life events is a powerful way to affect change in our client's life.

MINDFULNESS FOR SELF CARE
*INCLUDES 1 HOUR OF ETHICS

Self care as misunderstood, as it is a pivotal part of your career. Mindfulness can prevent and repair burnout.

TEACHING EMOTIONAL REGULATION

Emotional regulation is a central aspect of cultivating positive mental health. Learn tenets of emotional regulation, how to use them, and how to teach your clients to include them in their toolbox.

TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICE TECHNIQUES

Trauma changes everything from the way we see ourselves, to the way the world appears, to the very structure of our brains.  Join us as we explore what that really means in mental health practice.

ATTACHMENT AND ATTACHMENT DISRUPTION

Join us as we explore how attachment forms, how attachment disruptions develops, and practical interventions for mental health providers to repair disordered attachment patterns.

DEALING WITH EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES

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FINDING WORK-LIFE BALANCE

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INTRODUCTION TO GENDER AND GENDER DYSPHORIA
*INCLUDES 1 HOUR ETHICS

Join us as we explore the concept of gender and gender dysphoria. Learn to recognize the difference between Gender Identity Disorder and Gender Dysphoria, identify the diagnostic criteria as applicable to the DSM-5, define key practice approaches to best assist clients and their families experiencing gender dysphoria, and identify ethical challenges relating to treating Gender Dysphoria.

TREATING GENDER DYSPHORIA - CREATING A TRANSITION PLAN

Join us as we explore aspects of gender transition and develop a tool to support each client, and their families, navigate "coming out".

TREATING GENDER DYSPHORIA - GENDER AFFIRMING TREATMENTS

People who identify as transgender may seek any one of a number of gender affirming interventions, including hormone therapy, surgery, facial hair removal, interventions for the modification of speech and communication, and behavioral adaptations such as genital tucking or packing, or chest binding (Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, 2017).  Join us as we explore each of these treatments and how you can support clients and families during this process.

TREATING GENDER DYSPHORIA - UNDERSTANDING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)
*INCLUDES 1 HOUR ETHICS

Understanding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as an evidence-based treatment for gender dysphoria is essential to supporting transgender clients. But, finding accurate information without becoming overwhelmed is difficult! Join us as we explore hormone treatment for individuals who use, or plan to use, HRT to treat gender dysphoria.

SELECTED TRAINING MATERIALS

Support That Makes a Difference

GENDER UNICORN

LGBQIA+ VOCABULARY

ANDREA GIBSON "YOUR LIFE"