Secondary trauma often develops gradually, making it difficult to recognize until emotional exhaustion, detachment, or overwhelm become pronounced. Without language or context, those in helping professions may blame themselves rather than understand these responses as occupational risks. This session reframes secondary trauma as a normal, human reaction to emotionally demanding work. Understanding how stress accumulates
Join us Thursdays, Oct. 1 – 22, 2026; 6:00 – 7:30 PM CT, for the NE CASA Fostering Futures Training, designed for CASA volunteers supporting youth ages 14 and older. This session offers practical tools to build meaningful connections, support goal setting and future planning, and help older youth prepare for a confident transition into
Navigate one of the most sensitive and essential areas of mental health practice: suicidality. From understanding multifactorial risk to developing effective safety plans and managing your own emotional response, this discussion blends professional expertise with human insight, helping clinicians build confidence in the moments that matter most. Click here to register for this training. Please
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex and frequently misunderstood condition: while often associated with the horrors of war, anyone who has witnessed or experienced traumatic, life-threatening, or life-changing events can find themselves struggling with the psychological impacts of these events. So how can individuals, their loved ones, and clinicians learn to spot the symptoms
Join us Thursdays, Oct. 1 – 22, 2026; 6:00 – 7:30 PM CT, for the NE CASA Fostering Futures Training, designed for CASA volunteers supporting youth ages 14 and older. This session offers practical tools to build meaningful connections, support goal setting and future planning, and help older youth prepare for a confident transition into
Anxiety and OCD in children and teens often exist beneath the surface—shaping emotions, behaviors, relationships, and daily experiences in ways adults may not immediately recognize. Through lived-experience insight and emotionally grounded reflection, Kyle explores what fear, intrusive thoughts, emotional overwhelm, compulsive behaviors, and anxiety can feel like internally for young people while helping caregivers, educators,
When someone you care about is living with an addiction, there are many obstacles to address and overcome—both separately and together. When someone has an addiction, it can impact all parts of their lives, as well as the lives of those around them. Knowing the best way to help a loved one with an addiction
Engaging with art can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. In addition, using art as a form of expression can help folks manage their mental and emotional well-being. So how can we start changing the narrative around mental health and the arts? What ways can we explore how the arts can help with healing,
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is one of the most effective and versatile mental health treatment options available today. Developed to help patients with borderline personality disorder, it is now also used to treat depression, binge eating disorder, bipolar disorder, bulimia, PTSD, and substance use disorders. So, just what is DBT and how does it work?
This one-hour training will introduce CASA staff and volunteers to the purpose of LB1032, the role of Tribes in permanency planning, and how Tribal Customary Adoption can support the well-being of Native children and families. Participants will learn how this new permanency option aligns with the goals of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), preserves
Postpartum depression (PPD) affects many new parents yet is clouded by stigma, fear, and confusion. Without a clear understanding of how PPD differs from expected adjustment after childbirth, many families delay seeking help until symptoms become severe. This session reframes postpartum depression as a discernible and treatable condition. By unpacking biological, psychosocial, and systemic factors,
Most students feel nervous before an important test. But for some, anxiety becomes more than pre-exam jitters. It can interfere with concentration, memory, confidence, preparation, and performance—sometimes preventing students from demonstrating what they truly know. This training explores the science of test anxiety while providing practical, evidence-based strategies that can help students better manage anxiety,
