*** This is a discounted registration for those attending all three topics - to register for a single session please see below.
August 27-28th | Louisville, KY address provided closer to event

Get your board-required CE hours over two days in Louisville this August — without redundant sessions or wasted time. Designed for all counselors and social workers, this event covers suicide assessment, telehealth standards, and Kentucky social work ethics in a format that actually respects your clinical expertise.

Continuing Education

This event provides CE hours as follows:
Compassion-Based Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management provides 6 CE hours
-Approval NASW-KY #333350-01292602. NASW-KY is an approved provider for social work credits through the KYBSW.
-Approved by the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.
-Approved Provider #50-33522 Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Course #20-1320886.
-Accepted by the OH CSWMFT Board.

Telehealth Professional Standards provides 3 CE hours
-Approval NASW-KY #333350-01292602. NASW-KY is an approved provider for social work credits through the KYBSW.
-Approved by the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.
-Approved Provider #50-33522 Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. 
-Accepted by the OH CSWMFT Board.

KBSW Social Work Ethics: Modernized and Engaging provides 3 CE hours for KY social workers
-Approval NASW-KY #333350-01292602. NASW-KY is an approved provider for social work credits through the KYBSW.
-Approved by the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.
-Approved Provider #50-33522 Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. 
-Accepted by the OH CSWMFT Board.

Continuing education requirements vary by state, please make sure to check with your state board for their specific requirements.

Single-Session Registration

Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

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Telehealth Professional Standards

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KBSW Ethics

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Learning Objectives

Compassion-Based Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management

  1. Understand the impact of language and stigma on individuals experiencing suicidal ideation or behavior.
  2. Analyze statistical trends related to suicide rates and demographics, including factors influencing variations.
  3. Identify and evaluate both risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation and behavior.
  4. Explore the principles of functional medicine in the context of suicide assessment and treatment.
  5. Examine the neurobiological underpinnings of suicidal ideation and behavior, including relevant brain mechanisms and pathways.
  6. Critically assess evidence-based practices for suicide assessment, intervention, and postvention.
  7. Develop skills in crisis intervention techniques specific to suicide crises, emphasizing compassionate and strengths-based approaches.
  8. Evaluate ethical considerations and legal frameworks pertinent to suicide assessment and treatment.
  9. Apply a bio-psycho-social-environmental-spiritual lens to understand the complex interplay of factors influencing suicidal ideation and behavior.
  10. Synthesize course content to develop comprehensive suicide risk assessment and treatment plans that prioritize the individual's strengths and holistic well-being.

Telehealth Professional Standards

  1. Identify core ethical and professional standards applicable to the provision of telehealth services.
  2. Describe informed consent and documentation requirements specific to virtual clinical practice.
  3. Recognize common telehealth risk areas, including boundary, privacy, and confidentiality concerns.
  4. Apply ethical decision-making frameworks to real-world telehealth case scenarios.
  5. Demonstrate clinical judgment when navigating complex or ambiguous situations in telehealth delivery.

KBSW Social Work Ethics: Modernized and Engaging

  1. Identify and interpret the core ethical standards and Kentucky-specific regulations (201 KAR 23:080, KRS codes) that govern clinical practice, documentation, boundaries, and dual relationships, etc.
  2. Analyze ethical dilemmas using a progressive lens that traces how seemingly minor decisions can evolve into regulatory violations or harm, drawing from real disciplinary case examples.
  3. Apply an “ethical checkpoint” model to assess risk levels and implement decision-making off-ramps before a situation escalates into an ethical breach.
  4. Evaluate the impact of modern challenges such as social media, digital communication, and therapist burnout on ethical decision-making and boundary management.
  5. Demonstrate skills in ethical reasoning by working through complex, ambiguous “gray area” scenarios using a structured decision-making framework.
  6. Reflect on personal and systemic factors that contribute to ethical blind spots and develop strategies for self-awareness, supervision, and documentation that support ethical resilience.
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Juniper Owens

LCSW, IMHP
CEO, Clinical Supervisor, Mental Health Educator
Juniper earned bachelor's and master's degrees in social work from the University of Louisville and is a licensed clinical social worker in Kentucky. Juniper holds certifications in various therapeutic approaches, including EMDR, grief therapy, and Crisis and Suicide First Response.

Juniper co-founded Bridge Counseling and Wellness, a leading integrative mental health center in Louisville. She has also taught at the Kent School of Social Work, teaching Human Behavior and the Social Environment, and currently focuses on educational facilitation at the Academy. She is the creator and one of the hosts of the Conscious Mental Health Podcast, where she provides educational content in the field of mental health, focusing on the person-in-enviornment perspective. Her clinical expertise includes a range of therapeutic approaches, particularly in the treatment of anxiety and crisis work.
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Laurel Sims-Stewart

M.Ed., ATR, LPCC-S, IMHP, PMH-C
Clinical Director, Therapist, Podcast Host, and Content Developer
Laurel is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, counselor supervisor, and mental health educator. She completed her M.Ed. in Counseling with a Concentration in Art Therapy from the University of Louisville in 2012, and has since had the opportunity to work in both inpatient and outpatient settings with clients of all ages. She currently serves clients and supports other therapists as both a practicing clinician and the Director of Clinical Services at Bridge Counseling and Wellness in Louisville, KY. In her work with the Academy, Laurel assists in content production, development, and training.

Laurel specializes in perinatal mental health, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma & PTSD, and other life transitions. Throughout her time in practice, she has always gravitated toward an integrative, insight-based, psychoeducational approach, drawing from an understanding of the ways in which our relationships to ourselves and others are the drivers of our story. She encourages all of her clients to take an active role in writing the narrative of their life by including elements of mind, body, and spirit throughout.
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