On-Demand CE Training
ODL 421: Balancing Ambition and Anxiety: Tools for the Modern Woman
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit for an asynchronous course. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.
Please note: This on-demand webinar is a replay of a live CE event. The format reflects the original presentation and may include live Q&A, transitions, and intermittent audio/visual fluctuations typical of a live recording.
1 CREDIT HOUR APPROVED FOR:
Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 1 Clinical Continuing Education credit
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 1 Contact hour
Psychologists
APA – 1 CE credit
Counselors 1 Contact hour
NBCC ACEP – 1 Contact hour
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 1 Contact hour
Addiction Professionals
NAADAC – 1 Contact hour
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 1 Contact hour
Case Managers
CCMC – This course is not approved for CCMC Contact hours
Created On: 6/23/26
Target Audience:
This course is targeted for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and nurses.
Counselor Skill Groups:
4. Counseling Services
Overview:
Many high-achieving women appear confident and capable while privately experiencing persistent anxiety, self-doubt, and emotional exhaustion. This training explores how anxiety uniquely presents in ambitious women, often driven by perfectionism, people-pleasing, and chronic boundary strain. Grounded in CBT, mindfulness, and relationally informed approaches, participants will gain practical, client-centered tools to help women reduce anxiety, strengthen self-trust, and achieve sustainable balance without sacrificing their achievements or identity.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the session, the participant will be able to:
- Identify at least three cognitive, emotional, or behavioral patterns that perpetuate anxiety in high-achieving women.
- Apply at least two evidence-based interventions to help clients reduce anxiety while maintaining healthy ambition.
- Demonstrate one structured boundary-setting or emotional regulation strategy that supports increased self-trust, reduced burnout, and long-term emotional stability in high-achieving women.
Presenter:
Lauren Chase, PhD, LCMHC, NCC, BC-TMH
Dr. Lauren Chase is a clinical mental health counselor, counselor educator, and owner of Climbing Hills Counseling, a practice where she specializes in working with high-achieving women to raise self-esteem and set stronger boundaries to live a more fulfilling life. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her dog, read historical fiction novels, and explore nature.
Her education and professional career have been focused on culturally responsive child-centered play therapy with children and families. She has worked in various settings, including community mental health, high school, university disability services, homeless shelter, and residential facility over the course of four years. She has won awards for her commitment to the field of suicide prevention and for promoting creativity in the counseling profession. Her research interests include social justice advocacy, trauma, cultural humility, and play therapy.