Continuing Education
Pro Bono Counseling (PBC) offers a robust schedule of continuing education workshops throughout the year. As a benefit to active PBC volunteers, these workshops are free, but all clinicians and constituents are invited to attend for a nominal registration fee. PBC’s staff is committed to offering workshop topics that are educational, timely, and relevant to a clinician’s practice and are presented by experts in their respected fields.
If you have a suggestion for a future workshop topic, please email PBC’s Event and Development Coordinator.
If you’d like to apply to present a future continuing education workshop, please download and complete the Continuing Education Application form and submit it with the required documents via email to PBC’s Event and Development Coordinator.
February 19, 2025
…But I’m Affirming!”: A training on cultural humility, clinical accountability, and rupture/repair in LGBTQ clinical practice.
2026 Professional Continuing Education Online Workshop
*This Program meets the Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice content requirement three (3) Category 1 continuing education credits were earned in this training.
Featured Presenter: Eddie Lomash, LCPC, CST, PhD
Date: 2/19/2026
Time: 12:00 PM -3:15 PM
Online Workshop
Featured Presenters
Eddie Lomash, LCPC, CST, PhD
Participants will receive a code prior to the webinar to log on and participate in the online session.
Registration Fee
- $39/person
- FREE for Pro Bono Counseling Clinicians
Three (3) CE Credits
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
- Describe 3 core principles of culturally humility in LGBTQ+ affirming clinical practice and explain how these principles inform the therapeutic relationship.
- Identify 3 ways in which power imbalances, identity-based stressors, and broader systemic factors may shape LGBTQ+ clients’ lived experiences and influence the therapeutic relationship.
- Discuss 3 common challenges therapists encounter in applying techniques to repair the therapeutic relationship.
- Identify 3 common ruptures therapists encounter in therapeutic relationships w/ LGBTQ+ clients.
Pro Bono Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pro Bono Counseling maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Maryland Boards of Social Work Examiners and Professional Counselors and Therapists certify that this program meets the criteria for three (3) credit hours of continuing education for social workers, professional counselors, and therapists licensed in Maryland.
CE credit is granted to participants with documented attendance and participation at individual workshops. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late or depart early from a session. Participants will be asked to submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of registrants to comply with these requirements.
February 6, 2026
Culturally Responsive Services for Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors
2026 Professional Continuing Education Online Workshop
*This Program meets the Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice content requirement two (2) Category 1 continuing education credits were earned in this training.
Featured Presenter(s): Alicia Bickoff, Esq.; Charla Spano, LMSW
Date: 2/6/2026
Time: 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM
Online Workshop
Featured Presenters
Alicia Bickoff, Esq.; Charla Spano, LMSW
Participants will receive a code prior to the webinar to log on and participate in the online session.
Registration Fee
- FREE for all mental health clinicians*
Two (2) CE Credits
*CHANA, an agency of The Associated, has been awarded a grant to partner with Pro Bono Counseling to provide a series of continuing education workshops on various topics for mental health clinicians related to working with victims/survivors of domestic violence. All workshops are free for mental health clinicians.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
- Define the culturally responsive service provision
- Demonstrate how culture, religion, ethnic and community practices are a part of a victim/survivor’s abuse experience and help seeking behaviors
- Explore how to recognize and incorporate culture, religion, ethnic and community practices and norms into care.
Pro Bono Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pro Bono Counseling maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Maryland Boards of Social Work Examiners and Professional Counselors and Therapists certify that this program meets the criteria for two (2) credit hours of continuing education for social workers, professional counselors, and therapists licensed in Maryland.
CE credit is granted to participants with documented attendance and participation at individual workshops. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late or depart early from a session. Participants will be asked to submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of registrants to comply with these requirements.
Grant Information
This project was supported by 15JOVW-23-GG-00730-UNDE by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
January 30, 2025
Ethics & AI: Navigating the Future of Mental Health Practice
2026 Professional Continuing Education Online Workshop
This Program meets the Ethics Social Work Practice content requirement. Three (3) Category 1 continuing education credits were earned in this training.
Featured Presenter: Kristin Whiting-Davis, LCSW-C
Date: 1/30/2026
Time: 9:00 AM -12:15 PM
Online Workshop
Featured Presenters
Kristin Whiting-Davis, LCSW-C
Participants will receive a code prior to the webinar to log on and participate in the online session.
Registration Fee
- $39/person
- FREE for Pro Bono Counseling Clinicians
Three (3) CE Credits
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the primary ways AI is currently emerging in clinical and administrative settings across mental health professions.
- Distinguish situations where tools may ethically support practitioner tasks.
- Examine potential risks of AI use within trauma-informed, relational, culturally responsive, and somatic practice, including issues related to bias, equity, and client safety.
- Apply a structured ethical decision-making framework, grounded in national ethics guidelines across psychology, counseling, and social work, AI-related dilemmas in documentation, direct practice, and supervision.
- Determine practical, discipline-appropriate next steps for responsible, transparent, and ethically aligned integration of AI tools within one’s professional setting.
Pro Bono Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pro Bono Counseling maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Maryland Boards of Social Work Examiners and Professional Counselors and Therapists certify that this program meets the criteria for three (3) credit hours of continuing education for social workers, professional counselors, and therapists licensed in Maryland.
CE credit is granted to participants with documented attendance and participation at individual workshops. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late or depart early from a session. Participants will be asked to submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of registrants to comply with these requirements.
January 22, 2025
Providing Counseling Pro Bono: Clinical Applications for Volunteers
2026 Professional Continuing Education Online Workshop
Featured Presenters: Sherri Bloom, LCSW-C
Date: 1/22/2026
Time: 12:00 PM- 1:30 PM
Online Workshop*
*Bi-monthly PBC clinician orientation*
Featured Presenter
Sherri Bloom, LCSW-C
Participants will receive a code prior to the webinar to log on and participate in the online session.
Registration Fee
- FREE for Pro Bono Counseling Clinicians
One (1) CE Credit*
Learning Objectives
- Analyze ethical implications of providing pro bono services
- Assess impact of providing pro bono services on current clinical practice
- Make a plan to address socio-economic, cultural, and racial issues in therapy
- Explain professional benefits of providing pro bono mental health care
–*Please note that this workshop is intended for clinicians newly enrolled as PBC volunteers. You many only earn CEUs by attending this workshop once. PBC is unable to reissue CEs for the same course.
Pro Bono Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pro Bono Counseling maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Maryland Boards of Social Work Examiners and Professional Counselors and Therapists certify that this program meets the criteria for one credit hour of continuing education for social workers, professional counselors, and therapists licensed in Maryland.
CE credit is granted to participants with documented attendance and participation at individual workshops. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who log-on late or depart early from a session. Participants will be asked to submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of registrants to comply with these requirements.
January 16, 2026
Working with Older Adult Victims of IPV: What Every Therapist Should Know
2026 Professional Continuing Education Online Workshop
Featured Presenter(s): Lauren Shaivitz, Esq., LMSW; Alicia Bickoff, Esq.
Date: 1/16/2026
Time: 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM
Online Workshop
Featured Presenters
Lauren Shaivitz, Esq., LMSW; Alicia Bickoff, Esq.
Participants will receive a code prior to the webinar to log on and participate in the online session.
Registration Fee
- FREE for all mental health clinicians*
Two (2) CE Credits
*CHANA, an agency of The Associated, has been awarded a grant to partner with Pro Bono Counseling to provide a series of continuing education workshops on various topics for mental health clinicians related to working with victims/survivors of domestic violence. All workshops are free for mental health clinicians.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
- Identify types of abuse and lethality factors when presented in an older adult IPV relationship.
- Describe the foundation and conceptual framework of older adult IPV, and the power dynamics and tactics used by perpetrators.
- Explore the dynamics in later life onset of older adult IPV, including persons living with dementia.
- Discuss the safety implications of working with older adult IPV victims.
- Identify the unique challenges and barriers when working with older adult IPV victims, including the role of Adult Protective Services when reporting.
Pro Bono Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pro Bono Counseling maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Maryland Boards of Social Work Examiners and Professional Counselors and Therapists certify that this program meets the criteria for two (2) credit hours of continuing education for social workers, professional counselors, and therapists licensed in Maryland.
CE credit is granted to participants with documented attendance and participation at individual workshops. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who arrive late or depart early from a session. Participants will be asked to submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the session. It is the responsibility of registrants to comply with these requirements.
Grant Information
This project was supported by 15JOVW-23-GG-00730-UNDE by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
