Integrating the Mind-Body into Social Work Practice Certificate Program (15 CEs)

ON DEMAND MODULES
September 18, 2026
LIVE SESSION (Zoom)
September 25, 2026 7am - 2:15 pm AK

Virtual on Zoom

15 CEs (including 3 Ethics CEs, 2 Pain Management CEs)

As individuals, social workers and mental health providers, we experience various layers of direct and indirect stress exposure. It is well known that stress can have a lasting impact on our entire system. When we only tend to the mind, our self-care and professional practice can feel out of balance; this imbalance can worsen and lead to experiencing burnout and be at-risk for compassion fatigue. This training serves as a foundation that supports mind-body work as accessible skills for self-care practice and techniques to improve your professional service outcomes. This training will highlight modern techniques while honoring the ancient roots that they stem from. This training is intended to reflect a retreat-like atmosphere through experiential self-care practice and calming integrative techniques. This innovative training hopes to create movement and support change in the social work profession through the awareness and activation of the mind-body connection.

Through this innovative and interactive training, mental health professionals will explore the following modules:

Introduction

• Welcoming Mind-Body Practice

Exploration and Education:

• Neurobiology/Medical Science supporting use of Mind-Body Interventions
• History of Mind-Body Interventions

Professional Application:

• Ethical Standards of Social Work applied to Mind-Body Studies
• Implementing Mind-Body into your Practice
• Guiding Groups with Mind-Body Activities

Self-Care Practice:

• Yoga and Grounding Interventions
• Breathwork, Tapping and Meditation
• Tai-Chi and Qigong
• Sound Therapy and Trauma Informed Drumming
• Neuro Arts and Interactive Journaling

Though many of these techniques and practices take further training to ethically bring them to those you serve, this certificate program can offer a place to start your process, to ethically align your delivery of care, and to address your own self-care needs by learning to treat the whole mind-body.

Presenters:

• Special Introduction by Dr. Jo Mensinga, Senior Adjunct Lecturer, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
• Ruth Moss-Katsnelson, LMSW, RYT 500
• Grace Rawlins, LMSW, C-DBT, YT 200
• Janet Joiner, PhD, LMSW
• Caitlin Brown, LMSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT
• Hannah Kanter, LICSW, MSW
• Kim Miron, LMSW, SSW
• Claudia Christina Soddano, LCSW

Click here to register

• NASW Members: $325
• Future -Members: $415

This event is coordinated by the NASW-Alaksa and Michigan Chapters and the NASW International District. This new certificate program is specifically being organized by social worker members of the NASW Mind-Body in Social Work Interest Group.