December 4, 2026 Hybrid Training: (Asheville, NC or Virtually)

Location:
The AmeriHealth Caritas NC (ACNC) Asheville Wellness & Opportunity Center
216 Asheland Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Morning Session:

Self Care as a Sacred Act: Expressive Writing to Address Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout.

8:30 - 11:45 am, Lunch 11:45am - 12:45pm

Jean Rowe, LCSW,  Certified Journal Therapist. Jean serves as a contract therapist for All Souls Counseling Center, provides clinical supervision to social workers in GA and NC and facilitates journal writing workshops with individuals and groups both locally and nationally. Her original programs include themes around body image and intimacy, addressing compassion fatigue and burnout, journal drop ins to temper the triggers of everyday life and coping through the holidays. Grounded in all of them is the importance of self-care.

In this session, participants will be provided with an overview of research regarding (a) compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, burnout and moral injury; (b) the importance of self care; and (c) the benefits of expressive writing. The session will include experiential offerings for participants to journal together through short-time, guided prompts.

 

CEAP PDH and/or 3 NBCC CEU’s for each 1/2 day training!!

Afternoon Session:

Making Meaning of Menopause: Mood, Mental Health, and Midlife Wellbeing

12:45pm - 1:15pm Business Meeting. Session 1:15 - 4:30 pm

Misty Peterson, LMHC is the Clinical Director at EAN, providing clinical supervision, training, consultation, and brief counseling services. She has experience offering individual, group, and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults, with a focus on wellness, resiliency, and recovery. Misty has held leadership roles as both Clinical and Operational Director for local behavioral health programs. She supports clients with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma; is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy and Critical Incident Stress Management.

Midlife clients may seek support for sleep disruption, unfamiliar anxiety, low mood, cognitive concerns, or work and relationship strain without recognizing the menopausal transition as one possible part of the picture. Using the composite case of Nicole and the Meno-PAUSE framework, this interactive workshop helps EAP and behavioral health professionals broaden, not replace, the differential; ask five contextual questions; and respond within behavioral health scope.

Participants practice brief, evidence-informed approaches to psychoeducation, coping, sleep support, self-compassion, and regulation while exploring identity, meaning, confidence, and wellbeing in midlife. Clear medical and behavioral health referral pathways are reinforced through polls, paired dialogue, breakout case work, role-play, guided practice, and reflection for in-person and virtual participation.

3 NBCC CEU’s and 3 PDH for each 1/2 day training!!

Cost

Half Day training:

$22.50 Member
$42.50 Non-Member

Whole Day Training

$45.00 Member
$85.00 Non-Member

Virtual attendees will receive their link the evening before the training.

Please invite your friends and colleagues to this fun and informative training! Each new person adds another dimension to our group so the more the merrier!

hotel Info

Homewood Suites by Hilton – Asheville – Tunnel Road           88 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28805

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/avlhwhw-homewood-suites-asheville-tunnel-road/

Location
The AmeriHealth Caritas NC (ACNC) Asheville Wellness & Opportunity Center
216 Asheland Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

2026 December Hybrid Training Registration


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