Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work upcoming events

ALTERED STATES CONTINUING BONDS PROTOCOL: We do not have to erase a relationship in order to adapt to a death (Sunday, October 11, 2026)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Presenter Ed Geraty, LCSW-C (MD), LICSW (WV), LCSW (VA), LICSW (DC)

CEUs: Category 1 | 3.0 ETHICS CREDIT

The Altered States–Continuing Bonds Protocol (AS-CBP) is an integrative clinical framework for helping clients process grief through focused attention, hypnosis, guided imagery, emotional expression, memory, continuing bonds, and meaning reconstruction.

This presentation examines the protocol’s clinical foundation, ethical and safety considerations, detailed session sequence, post-session processing, integration practices, documentation guidelines, and structured four-session model.

Participants will learn how AS-CBP helps clients explore unresolved emotions, unfinished conversations, relational memories, and the enduring influence of a deceased person while maintaining client autonomy and a non-directive therapeutic stance.

The presentation emphasizes transforming the bond with the deceased into a psychologically adaptive connection that supports meaning, values, legacy, and continued engagement with life.

Workshop Objectives:

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

Describe the clinical foundation and five therapeutic processes of the Altered States–Continuing Bonds Protocol (AS-CBP).
Identify ethical principles, safety considerations, clinical cautions, and contraindications associated with altered-state grief interventions.
Explain and apply the major stages of an AS-CBP session, including preparation, induction, experiential contact, emotional expression, continuing-bond development, reorientation, and grounding.
Use post-session processing questions and between-session practices to support meaning reconstruction, legacy development, values-based action, and healthy continuing bonds.
Describe the four-session AS-CBP model and document the interventions, client responses, clinical outcomes, and ongoing treatment plan appropriately.

Agenda:

10:00 - 10:30 | Apply the major stages of an AS-CBP session, including preparation, induction, experiential contact, emotional expression, continuing-bond development, reorientation, and grounding.
10:30 - 11:00 | Identify ethical principles, safety considerations, clinical cautions, and contraindications associated with altered-state grief interventions.
11:00 - 11:30 | Describe the four-session AS-CBP model and document the interventio:00ns, client responses, clinical outcomes, and ongoing treatment plan appropriately.
11:30 - 12:00 | Use post-session processing questions and between-session practices to support meaning reconstruction, legacy development, values-based action, and healthy continuing bonds.
12:00 - 12:15 | Break
12:15 - 12:45 |Understanding Meaning reconstruction and how it integrates loss into the life story

Recommended Reading:

Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas (Healing Your Grieving Heart series) by Alan D. Wolfelt PhD
How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese A. Rando
Grieving with Hope: Finding comfort as you Journey through Loss by Samuel J. Hodges IV and Kathy Leonard

Camera-on required. GWSCSW is committed to verifying that the same standards are as applicable for virtual workshops as in person workshops. The participant must be observed as present and attending both; therefore virtual workshop attendance requires participants to keep their video camera on for the duration of the presentation, except during scheduled breaks, to receive CEUs.

DC, VA, MD Social Work -- Category 1 | 3.0 CEUs

Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in is DC, Maryland, and Virginia to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program.

NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider -- 3.0 Credit Hours

Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7880. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Developing a Marketing Strategy for Your Private Practice (Sunday, October 18, 2026)

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Presenter Ed Geraty, LCSW-C (MD), LICSW (WV), LCSW (VA), LICSW (DC)

CEUs: NO CEU's are available for this FREE workshop

This FREE practice marketing seminar developed by Ed Geraty LCSW-C, LICSW is designed for

The new clinician who is beginning to consider private practice, but who has had no mentoring or education on the steps to do this.
Those clinicians who are currently in private practice, but they need to improve in basic marketing skills. Many experienced clinicians dislike, are fearful, or have difficulty with internet marketing strategies.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will receive an introduction and overview of Internet marketing strategies including; how to:
1. Create a website
2. Access Facebook page and groups
3. Create a profile on Psychology Today
4. Join LinkdIn pages and groups
5. Create a blog
6. Create a YouTube channel
7. Create a Podcast

Agenda:

1st hour
1. Create a website
2. Access Facebook page and groups
3. Create a profile on Psychology Today
4. Join LinkdIn pages and groups

2nd hour
5. Create a blog
6. Create a YouTube channel
7. Create a Podcast
8. Q/A

Recommended Reading:

My Private Practice Consulting Page

https://bit.ly/4mzDVXT

GWSCSW Annual Brunch: Advocacy to Enhance Clinical Practice (Sunday, October 18, 2026)

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Join us for the GWSCSW Annual Brunch. The program will bring together clinical social workers, advocacy leaders, and policy professionals from Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and the Clinical Social Work Association to discuss legislative and regulatory issues affecting clinical social work practice. Topics will include recent legal and regulatory developments, issues of concern to clinicians, and questions surrounding the Social Work Interstate Compact, including its timeline and potential impact on clinical practice and clients.

Featured participants include:

Maryland: Co-Chairs Andrea Mazzarino, LCSW-C and Jasmine T. Genus, LICSW, LCSW-C; and Christine Krone, Government Relations Specialist, Schwartz, Metz, Wise & Kauffman, P.A.
Virginia: Chair Rob Krupicka, MSW; and Mark Smith, Lobbyist
Washington, D.C.: Sarah Meharg, MSW PLLC, discussing current advocacy efforts in the District
Guest Speaker: Laura Groshong, Clinical Social Work Association Director of Policy and Practice

Registration

Brunch only: $20
Brunch + 2.5 CEUs: $82.50

Registration closes Monday, October 12, 2026. Please register by the deadline so that we can provide Maggiano’s with an accurate final head count.

Questions: admin@gwscsw.org

We hope you’ll join us for an informative morning of conversation, advocacy, professional education, and connection with colleagues from across the region.