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Upcoming Events 
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Play Therapy: A Window into the Child’s World (2 CEUs)
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Thursday, December 4, 2025
4pm - 6pm

Seattle University - Adv. and Alumni Building

Room 116

824 12th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98122

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Presented by Rosie Newman, LMHC, RPT-S

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This two-hour (2 CEU) introductory workshop invites participants to step into the child’s world through the language of play. Participants will explore the foundational principles of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), understanding play as the child’s natural language and the therapist’s primary means of connection. Through case examples we’ll examine how growth and change occur when the therapeutic relationship honors the child’s inner wisdom and self-directed process.

 

Learning Objectives:

i. Identify the core principles and theoretical foundations of Child-Centered Play Therapy.

ii. Describe how play acts as a child’s language for communication, exploration, and healing within the therapeutic relationship.

 

Rosie Newman, LMHC, RPT-S​™

Rosie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™. She is the founder of Seattle Play Therapy, where she provides supervision to clinicians and therapy services to children and families. Rosie is the author of Play Therapy Documentation Essentials: A Child-Centered Approach to Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning, and the creator of the Child-Centered Documentation Framework. Rosie is also an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University in the psychology department and at the University of Washington School of Social Work.

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Health through Housing Systems, Service & Quality Manager (3 CEUs)
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Friday, January  23, 2026
4pm - 7pm

Stuart T. Rolfe Community Room

Adv. and Alumni Bldg., Seattle University

824 12th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98122

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Presented by Tim Jolliff, LMHC

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The Business Behind Meeting Clients Where They Are. This seminar explores the intersection of clinical care and the broader healthcare system. Participants will gain essential insights into delivering quality mental health care across diverse settings, with a focus on systemic, financial, and integrated care considerations.

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Key Learning Components:

- Systems Perspective Understand the structural dynamics of healthcare and their impact on clinical practice.

 

- Financial Foundations Analyze the cost-of-service delivery and its implications for clinicians and clients.

 

- Integrated Care Models Examine the evolution of behavioral health as a partner to primary care, especially in light of post-COVID funding increases.

 

- Practical Application Participants will design a clinical program that:

  • Addresses gaps in community mental health services

  • Balances client needs with systemic demands

 

- Importance & Relevance Grounded in an existential phenomenological framework, this seminar emphasizes:

  • The lived experiences of clients

  • The clinician’s role in fostering meaningful engagement

 

- By exploring the business side of mental health care, participants will learn to:

  • Navigate professional complexities

  • Stay attuned to individual client needs

  • Sustain effective therapeutic relationships and clinical practices

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Past Events 
Trauma, Post-Traumatic Growth, and
Gratitude in Clinical Practice (2 CEUs)
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Saturday, Nov. 1 , 10am - 12pm
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Presented by Dr. Kristi Lee
This workshop will explore trauma in its many forms, and introduce the concept of PTG as a framework for healing and transformation. 
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More about this event:​

While trauma is a universal human experience, the ways it manifests—and the potential for growth that follows—are deeply individual and culturally influenced. Many therapists are skilled in recognizing trauma’s negative impacts but may not be familiar with the concept of fostering post-traumatic growth (PTG) in their clients. This workshop will draw on research and clinical practice to explore trauma in its many forms—individual, vicarious, generational, collective, and chronic—while introducing the concept of PTG as a framework for healing and transformation.

 

Participants will learn to distinguish between posttraumatic stress responses and PTG, identify the conditions that foster growth, and apply gratitude-based interventions to support clients’ well-being. Special attention will be given to culturally grounded understandings of healing, including Indigenous perspectives, and the ethical and relational considerations of integrating gratitude practices into trauma-informed care.

 

Through a combination of didactic teaching, case examples, and experiential exercises, participants will gain practical tools to help clients move beyond survival toward greater meaning, connection, and resilience.

 

Objectives:

  • Understand and define multiple forms of trauma, including individual, vicarious, generational, collective, and chronic trauma.

  • Differentiate between posttraumatic stress responses and post-traumatic growth.

  • Identify the five core domains of PTG: improved relationships, personal strength, recognition of new possibilities, spiritual growth, and appreciation for life.

  • Explore the role of gratitude as an accessible, evidence-based intervention for fostering PTG.

  • Apply culturally responsive and ethically sound strategies for integrating PTG and gratitude practices into therapy.

 

About Dr. Kristi Lee

Dr. Kristi Lee has been a counselor educator for over 15 years and is dedicated to preparing counselors who are skilled, ethical, and prepared to provide counseling services from a multicultural and social justice perspective. Her teaching approach has integrated community-based learning, providing students with hands-on opportunities to engage with real-world mental health issues through collaborations with local and international organizations. These experiences help students bridge the gap between theory and practice, while promoting social justice and advocacy in the counseling field. Dr. Lee is a licensed mental health counselor. In her clinical work, Dr.Lee has gained extensive experience in diverse settings, including a county jail, a women’s work release prison program, university counseling centers, and MEND Seattle, a low-cost, feminist, and social justice-oriented counseling organization. Her clinical practice uses trauma-informed and liberatory approaches in working with individuals experiencing significant life challenges. She now operates a virtual private practice, where she provides counseling services to clients across Washington State. Her work continues to be deeply rooted in social justice principles, and she brings this perspective into her teaching, encouraging students to develop both their clinical skills and ethical foundations as future counselors.

Dr. Lee’s research focuses on gender-based violence, social justice, and women’s mental health. She conducts interdisciplinary, intercultural research in collaboration with faculty at Universidad Rafael Landívar, a Jesuit university in Guatemala, where her work addresses the intersections of gender, violence against women, and Indigenous healing practices that promote post-traumatic growth.

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