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• Peer Consultation Groups: Adult Clinical Topics; with Cathy Elliott, LMHC

  • When
    May 21, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    15

  Registration for events is now on the Membership Platform. Please email us if you did not receive your invitation on Monday April 21
  

  Please join us for our Peer Consultation Group: Adult Clinical Topics on Wednesday May 21 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

  Peer consultation is a vital part of clinical practice. It provides opportunity for increased self reflection, validation and support through navigating complex clinical situations. Engaging in peer consultation groups has been shown to improve therapeutic effectiveness and greatly reduce the risk of isolation and burn out while increasing connections with a community of practitioners.  

  The PPC Peer Consultation Group with Clinical Focus on Adults will provide a collaborative forum where professionals can come together to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices related to adult mental health/intervention. It's an opportunity to engage in enriching discussions, gain alternative perspectives, and strengthen your skill set. 
  

  PPC Peer Consult Groups are offered to members only. Space is limited to ensure participants can benefit fully. Please see the attendance policy below. 

  
  

  About the Peer Consultation Group Leader: 

  Cathy Elliott, LMHC: 

  I have been in the counseling and social service field for 35 years with experience in a variety of clinical settings working with a diverse range of populations. I began my career working in Gloucester, MA working in a community mental health setting (with Jim Lipski!) in the 1990’s where I worked in the psychiatric day treatment center with a dually diagnosed adult population. I also worked in the counseling center in that system doing psychotherapy with adults and adolescents. I worked with Jim doing emergency services and outreach and I did some inpatient work. Later I moved into doing administrative work where I ran a team of social workers in Cambridge dedicated to helping adults who suffer with mental illnesses and homelessness to find them housing and services. After a few years (and two children later), I returned to the day treatment program where I started my career and became the director there for many years. This is where I honed my love for clinical supervision and case consultations. When that program closed, I returned to doing outpatient counseling in a group practice in Beverly while I started my own private practice. I have been working, primarily with adults in private practice since 2005, going full-time in my practice in 2010. I have specialized experience in working with people who struggle with addictions, eating disorders, mood disorders, relationship conflicts, personality disorders and trauma. I utilize a self-psychology model of the psychodynamic therapeutic approach to the work, and I have experience in working with CBT, DBT and other modalities. I offer individual, couples, group and family counseling with ages from 12-75.

  
  

  Attendance and Professional Courtesy  

  As space in consultation groups is limited, we ask that all members who register for an event commit to attending. Leaders of these groups are compensated for their efforts, but the time and energy they devote to these sessions are priceless, and it is important that we honor their contributions. By attending your registered session, you are helping maintain a professional and respectful environment, not only for the group leader but for your fellow participants as well.

  Cancellation Policy

  We understand that life happens, and sometimes you may not be able to attend. If you are unable to attend a session, please notify us as soon as possible and cancel your registration in advance to allow someone else to take your spot. This helps ensure that the group remains full and that all available spaces are used efficiently.

  
  

  Please contact ppcSalem@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. 

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• Therapy in Troubling Times: Confronting Anti-Trans Systems

  • When
    May 30, 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    zoom

  This CE event is a collaboration with New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy (NEAFAST) and South Shore Family Health Collaborative. 

  Registration can be found on the NEAFAST website at  https://neafast.memberclicks.net/2025-sexuality-symposium-registration#!/

  

  Therapy in Troubling Times: Confronting Anti-Trans Systems

  Featuring Keynote Speaker Lucie Fielding and Presenters TBD.

  Friday, May 30, 2025, 8:30am-4:30pm ET

  Live on Zoom | 6 CEs (pending approvals)

  Target Audience: Psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, nurses, counselors, educators, etc.
  

  About the Symposium: Whether your work is individual, relational or family centered, all clinicians need to establish a level of competency in working with gender non-conforming/trans populations and have an understanding of the unique issues facing these populations.

  This conference will create a space for those who work directly or indirectly with the folx of all genders to ask curious questions in a non-judgmental environment that supports clinicians at all levels of experience.
  
  We will explore together how to engage in larger political and social systems, address the politicism of this work while acknowledging our in-office limitations, and identify ways in which what is legal is not always ethical. 

  About the Guest Speaker:

  Lucie Fielding PhD, MA, LMHC (she/they; elle/iel) is a queer, non-binary trans femme therapist. In addition to Lucie’s work as a therapist she is also sexuality educator. She has facilitated workshops in numerous settings, including professional conferences, sex therapy education programs, and community-facing workshops. She is an adjunct professor in the Sex Therapy Certificate Program at Antioch University-Seattle and author of the book Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments (Routledge, 2021)

  Registration Fees: 

  Half of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.

  "Therapy in Troubling Times: Confronting Anti-Trans Systems" is being co-presented by NEAFAST, Private Practice Coloquium and South Shore Family Health Collaborative.

  Register before 2/15 for special EARLY early bird pricing - only $75 for NEAFAST and PPC members, $100 for non-members!

  From 2/15 - 3/30 the cost is still only $125 for NEAFAST and PPC members, $150 for non-members.

  After 3/30 the registration cost becomes $150 for members and $175 for non-members.

  Become a NEAFAST Member here!

  Please register through NEAFAST at 

  https://neafast.memberclicks.net/2025-sexuality-symposium-registration#!/

  
  

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• Chat with Kathleen, the Biller: Monday June 2; 7-8pm on Zoom

  • When
    June 02, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    1 registrant

  Registration for events is now on the Membership Platform. Please email us if you did not receive your invitation on Monday April 21
  

  Please join us for our quarterly Chat with Kathleen the Biller on

  Monday June 2nd from 7-8pm on zoom. 

  
  

  Kathleen Southern, who owns & operates KAS Billing Service at the Cummings Center in Beverly,  will be available to answer billing questions that members have regarding their own practices on Mon. June 2nd from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

  Your questions can be more general or procedural or pertinent to a particular problem with a particular client. Of course, the limits of confidentiality will apply. PPC is making this service available due to members expressed appreciation. If you want to attend, please register and you will then receive the Zoom invite in a registration confirmation email.

  We're looking forward to seeing you,

  PPC Board

  
  

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• Peer Consultation Groups: Trauma Clinical Topics; with Angela Bellville, LMHC

  • When
    June 04, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    15

  Registration for events is now on the Membership Platform. Please email us if you did not receive your invitation on Monday April 21

  
  

  Please join us for our Peer Consultation Group: Trauma Clinical Topics on Wednesday June 4th from 5 to 6:30 pm

  Peer consultation is a vital part of clinical practice. It provides opportunity for increased self reflection, validation and support through navigating complex clinical situations. Engaging in peer consultation groups has been shown to improve therapeutic effectiveness and greatly reduce the risk of isolation and burn out while increasing connections with a community of practitioners.  

  PPC Peer Consult Groups are offered to members only. Space is limited to ensure participants can benefit fully. Please see the attendance policy below. 

  About this group: 

  Are you working with clients who have significant trauma histories, comorbidities, or trauma-related responses? This discussion group offers a supportive space to explore best practices, enhance your clinical approach, and gain practical strategies for working with trauma-affected individuals—without needing to be a trauma specialist.

  In this group, we’ll explore:

  • Identifying Trauma Responses: How to screen for PTSD and recognize trauma-related symptoms.

  • Trauma-Informed Case Conceptualization: Strengthening your diagnostic skills and understanding differential diagnoses.

  • Practical Approaches: Tips for working with trauma survivors, especially those who are not yet ready for or open to direct trauma processing.

  • Skill-Building for Clients: How to integrate bottom-up and top-down regulation techniques.

  • Using Psychoeducation Effectively: Making complex concepts accessible and digestible for clients.

  • Therapeutic Tools Beyond Trauma Processing: Evidence-based strategies that support healing without requiring direct trauma processing work.

  • Navigating Clinical Challenges: Addressing common obstacles like transference, attachment dynamics, boundaries, and avoidance.

  • Best Practices for PTSD Treatment: Familiarizing yourself with gold standard PTSD treatments, key frameworks and risk assessment strategies.

  This discussion group is free for participants and designed to provide a collaborative, enriching environment where you can expand your skills and confidence when working with trauma-impacted clients.

  Reserve your spot today!

  About the Peer Consultation Group Leader: 

  Angela L. Belleville is a licensed therapy in Massachusetts and California and Bella Health’s founder. Ms Belleville’s mission is in providing effective and efficient gold-standard treatment options to those in need along with education and training of effective trauma-informed and cognitive-behavioral practices to providers and the community.

  Since completing her Master’s of Science in Counseling Psychology at Northeastern University in 2003, Ms Belleville has acquired extensive specialized training in trauma treatment and a wide range of mental health experience ranging from  women’s inpatient psychiatric trauma unit, DBT-based day treatment, behavioral health care management, outpatient clinic work, non profit community-based wraparound supervision and management, program development, clinical training, CIT police training, private practice and consulting, community fundraising, and in academic arenas as a continuing education workshop presenter. 

  Ms Belleville is a provider-status Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) clinician, certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), train-the-trainer status in Mueser's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for PTSD, and proficient in Prolonged Exposure (PE), Written Exposure Therapy (WET) and other forms of CBT.

  Training and consulting partnerships have included Healing Abuse Working for Change (HAWC), Boston College , National Association of Social Workers (NASW) NY Chapter,  Private Practice Colloquium, FireFly Health, Eliot Community Human Services, Spaces Therapy LA, University of Albany, LightWorks, Wellable Co. and more.

   

  Attendance and Professional Courtesy  

  As space in consultation groups is limited, we ask that all members who register for an event commit to attending. Leaders of these groups are compensated for their efforts, but the time and energy they devote to these sessions are priceless, and it is important that we honor their contributions. By attending your registered session, you are helping maintain a professional and respectful environment, not only for the group leader but for your fellow participants as well.

  Cancellation Policy

  We understand that life happens, and sometimes you may not be able to attend. If you are unable to attend a session, please notify us as soon as possible and cancel your registration in advance to allow someone else to take your spot. This helps ensure that the group remains full and that all available spaces are used efficiently.

   

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