Keys to Effective Practice: Core Concepts for Group Leaders 4/16/26
Date/Time
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Location: LIVESTREAM
Cost: $119.99
Credits: 6 CE Credits
Events open 15 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the event opens.
This training is part of a 2-day series. You’re welcome to join us for either or both days to earn CE credit. You can also opt for the additional AATBS certification, which you must purchase through their site – a link is available in the ticket section. Register in one place or the other, not both.
Presenter(s)
This training is part of a 2-day series. You’re welcome to join us for either or both days to earn CE credit. You can also opt for the additional AATBS certification, which you must purchase through their site – a link is available in the ticket section.
- Register in one place or the other, not both.
- The AATBS certification is for BOTH DAYS.
- For the CE-only option, you must sign up individually for each day.
- CE-only tickets cannot be exchanged for AATBS certification tickets after ticket sales have ended for the first day.
- Certifications through AATBS will not be available in your CEU Creations member profile after the event.
CEU Creations presents:
Keys to Effective Practice: Core Concepts for Group Leaders 4/16/26
FEATURING:
- The essential shift from “individual therapy in a group” to true group-as-a-whole practice
- A practical roadmap for each stage of group development (Initial, Transition, Working, Ending)
EVENT INFO:
8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Events open 15 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the event opens.
COST:
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
Social Workers:
ASWB ACE – 6 Clinical CE credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 6 Contact hours
Psychologists:
APA – 6 CE credits
Counselors:
NBCC ACEP – 6 Contact hours
NY State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 6 Contact hours
Addiction Professionals:
NAADAC – 6 Contact hours
Nurses:
California Board of Registered Nursing – 6 Contact hours
Case Managers:
CCMC – This course is not eligible for CCMC Contact hours.
Long-Term Care Administrators:
This course is not approved for NAB/NCERS participant hours.
Attendance or applied credit certificate available for other credentials.
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credits.
Counselors: If this course awards Ethics hours, please note that some states do not recognize Ethics hours; in those cases, Contact hours will be awarded.
Target Audience: Social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses, and case managers
Counseling Skill Group:
4. Counseling Services
OVERVIEW:
Leading therapeutic groups demands a specific knowledge base that too few of us have access to in our graduate programs. Through this interactive training, you will learn the core concepts to start leveraging the group itself for your clients’ healing and growth. This includes examining group dynamics, understanding stages of group development, and identifying the therapeutic factors that make groups effective. Stop doing individual therapy in a group setting and learn the core principles needed to conduct effective therapeutic groups!
OBJECTIVES:
By attending this training, you will be able to:
1. Recognize the difference between process and content in group therapy.
2. Describe the self-reflective loop and how that aids in promoting change in a group setting.
3. Describe four of the core therapeutic factors that create the curative foundation of any therapeutic group.
4. Describe two core features of the Initial Stage of group development.
5. Recognize important group dynamics in the Transition Stage of group development.
6. Identify two characteristics of the Working Stage of group development.
7. Name two key group tasks of the Ending Stage of group development.
AGENDA (all times are Eastern):
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Keys to Effective Practice: Core Concepts for Group Leaders
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Midway Reset
12:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Keys to Effective Practice: Core Concepts for Group Leaders
PRESENTER BIO:
Following his undergrad graduation, Dr. Wade worked for 4 years as an addictions counselor in both an abstinence-based agency and a methadone clinic. He then went to graduate school for counseling psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He finished his PhD in 2003 and joined the Iowa State faculty that same year. He is now associate chair and professor of psychology at Iowa State and founding director of Network Community Counseling Services. He is a licensed psychologist in the state of Iowa and a certified group psychotherapist.
Nathaniel’s research interests center on the processes and outcomes of psychotherapy. Specifically, he has worked to develop and test interventions to promote forgiveness, to understand the impact of integrating religion and spirituality into psychotherapy, and to reduce the stigma associated with seeking counseling. His most recent interest is integrating exercise into psychotherapy. He has published three edited books, over 100 scholarly articles and chapters, and has received over 7 million in grant funding. He is an APA fellow of two divisions: Group Psychology and Psychotherapy, and the Society of Counseling Psychology.
When not working, he enjoys spending time with family, hiking in the mountains of New England, listening to podcasts and audiobooks while working outside, and playing soccer each week with the “over-the-hill” crowd.
COURSE PARTICIPATION INFORMATION:
To ensure you are ready to participate, please review these tips and tricks to ensure a better webinar experience.
This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions. A computer or mobile device is required. Zoom account is not required.
You will receive a reminder email approximately 24 hours prior to the start of the training and a link to join the webinar will be in your CEU Creations account under Member Profile.
To receive credit, you must log in on time, attend the entire presentation, and interact.
POST EVENT: When the training ends, your attendance will be processed using Zoom analytics. Once processed, the evaluation link will be available in your account and we ask that you complete it within 3 days of the training. Once your evaluation is complete, your certificate will be available in your CEU Creations account within 24-72 hours.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
FINE PRINT
SOCIAL WORKERS: CEU Creations, #1239, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/24-11/22/27. Social workers completing this course receive 6 Clinical CE credits.
CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0616. This activity is approved for 6 Contact hours.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: 6 CE credits. CEU Creations is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CEU Creations maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
COUNSELORS: 6 Contact hours 
CEU Creations has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6941. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEU Creations is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0199. This activity is approved for 6 Contact hours.
ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS: This course has been approved by CEU Creations, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6 CEs. NAADAC Provider #324725. CEU Creations is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
NURSES: 6 Contact hours. CEU Creations is an approved provider of nursing CEs through the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number: CEP17905. All states retain their own licensing authority through their own boards. Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure transferability of the CE credits.
Cancellation Policy: Registrants must cancel their registration in their CEU Creations account. No email, faxes, or mail cancellations will be accepted. Cancellation fee: $25. Refunds will not be given for cancellations within five (5) business days prior to the workshop date.
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