Managing the Emotional Aftershock: Supporting Clients with Health Anxiety & Medical Trauma

DATE: Wednesday, October 7, 2026

TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET //  5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT  // 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT // 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. MT

PLATFORM: Via Zoom Webinar

COST: $49

FEATURES:

  • Live & Interactive Webinar
  • Presentation Slides PDF & Additional Resources Included
  • Provides for 2 CE hours of Clinical
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This webinar equips clinicians to support clients experiencing health anxiety and medical trauma, common but often overlooked clinical presentations. Using trauma-informed interventions including CBT and narrative therapy, participants will learn how to identify avoidance patterns, reframe catastrophic thinking, and help clients tolerate uncertainty in health-related contexts. The webinar includes strategies for working with clients with chronic illness, past medical mistreatment, or fear of medical procedures, and offers psychoeducation tools for use with individuals or families.

Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Identify cognitive distortions and behavioral patterns associated with health anxiety and medical trauma.
  • Use trauma-informed, therapeutic approaches to reduce avoidance and build resilience.
  • Guide clients in tolerating uncertainty and developing balanced health-related thinking.

2 CE Hours of Clinical Training
NBCC #7091 & ASWB #1770 Approved Provider

Target Audience: Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialists, Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselors, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists

Course Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

NBCC ACEP # 7091, CE Training Workshops has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #7091. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CE Training Workshops designates this continuing education activity for 2 continuing education hours.

CE Training Workshops, LLC, #1770, 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: 08/02/2025 to 08/02/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 2 Clinical continuing education credits.

Purchase Instructions

Registration Deadline: Register up until the start time!

Cost Includes: A PDF of the presentation slides and any supplemental training materials and a certificate of completion.

Evaluation / Certificate: Within 4 hours of the completion of the webinar, participants will receive an email with a link to complete an evaluation. Once completed, the participant will be able to download/print the certificate.

System Requirements: Internet and the ability to log into Zoom webinars when provided a meeting link which will be sent upon registration.

Interactive Webinar: This is a live & interactive webinar which means that participants can interact with other participants and the instructor in live time. Participants must be signed in by the webinar start time, attend the entire course, and complete the course evaluation to receive CE credit. Partial credit is not provided.

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Meet Your Facilitator

Samantha is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Infant Mental Health Expert (IMH-E®), EMDR Certified Therapist (EMDRIA), and Hypnobirthing Childbirth Educator. Holding dual master’s degrees in psychology from the New School and Clinical Psychology from La Salle University, she recently completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University, with a dissertation on parenting and serious mental illness (SMI).

Samantha’s integrative approach blends attachment-focused therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, expressive arts therapies, Internal Family Systems, clinical hypnosis, and EMDR. This trauma-informed framework enables her to connect with clients of all ages, particularly those facing complex trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, chronic illness, and mood disorders. She has also trained providers across health and wellness fields, teaches at multiple colleges, and is working toward certification as an EMDRIA-approved consultant.

With an additional specialty in disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs), Samantha provides training and consultations that foster growth, understanding, and practical skills for clinicians. Her goal is to support clients and clinicians in their journeys, empowering them to achieve their goals through warmth, empathy, and collaborative support.

3 CE Hours – DBT in Medical Settings
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