Family Service Society, Inc. is a non-profit human service agency serving the Corning, NY, community since 1918.
Our non-profit Professional Training Institute program has been providing training opportunities since 1996. Our goal is to provide high-quality, low-cost training to local and national attendees.
Our non-profit Professional Training Institute program has been providing training opportunities since 1996. Our goal is to provide high-quality, low-cost training to local and national attendees.
***UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS***
No Drawing Required: Using Collage in Clinical Interventions
Presenter: Shannon Halligan, LCAT
Date: Friday, March 6 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Format: Live Interactive Webinar via Zoom
Cost: $49 (Includes 3.0 Contact Hours of Continuing Education Credits - NY Social Workers, LMHCs, LCATs, LMFTs, NBCC, OASAS)
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This webinar introduces clinicians to the therapeutic use of collage as a low‑barrier, research‑supported intervention that enhances expression, regulation, and meaning-making—especially for clients who struggle with verbal communication. Participants learn why image-based work is effective for trauma, neurodivergence, and emotional processing, and how collage can be integrated into existing modalities without requiring art therapy training or artistic skill.
The webinar covers the neuroscience and clinical rationale behind collage, populations who benefit most, and the specific goals it can support, including grounding, emotional identification, narrative development, and assessment. Emphasis is placed on ethical use within scope of practice, avoiding interpretation, and honoring client-led meaning-making.
Through demonstrations, prompts, case examples, and optional experiential practice, clinicians gain practical tools for facilitating collage safely and confidently in individual or group settings, in person or via telehealth. Participants leave with clear strategies for introducing collage, asking clinically appropriate questions, and using image-based work as a bridge back into talk therapy.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Supplies required for this webinar:
• A couple of magazines or printed collage images
• Scrapbook paper or colored paper
• Stickers or any decorative extras you enjoy
Use coupon code SHANNON (case sensitive) for $5 off.
Presenter: Shannon Halligan, LCAT
Date: Friday, March 6 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Format: Live Interactive Webinar via Zoom
Cost: $49 (Includes 3.0 Contact Hours of Continuing Education Credits - NY Social Workers, LMHCs, LCATs, LMFTs, NBCC, OASAS)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS WEBINAR
Register Now! ***ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM***
This webinar introduces clinicians to the therapeutic use of collage as a low‑barrier, research‑supported intervention that enhances expression, regulation, and meaning-making—especially for clients who struggle with verbal communication. Participants learn why image-based work is effective for trauma, neurodivergence, and emotional processing, and how collage can be integrated into existing modalities without requiring art therapy training or artistic skill.
The webinar covers the neuroscience and clinical rationale behind collage, populations who benefit most, and the specific goals it can support, including grounding, emotional identification, narrative development, and assessment. Emphasis is placed on ethical use within scope of practice, avoiding interpretation, and honoring client-led meaning-making.
Through demonstrations, prompts, case examples, and optional experiential practice, clinicians gain practical tools for facilitating collage safely and confidently in individual or group settings, in person or via telehealth. Participants leave with clear strategies for introducing collage, asking clinically appropriate questions, and using image-based work as a bridge back into talk therapy.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Explain why collage is uniquely effective for clients who struggle with verbal expression, young ages, language barriers, etc.
- Identify clinical goals collage can support (expressing experiences, regulation, insight, narrative, assessment).
- Facilitate collage experiences safely and ethically within non-art therapy practice.
- Ask clinically appropriate questions that honor client meaning-making.
- Integrate collage into existing treatment modalities without abandoning talk therapy.
Supplies required for this webinar:
• A couple of magazines or printed collage images
• Scrapbook paper or colored paper
• Stickers or any decorative extras you enjoy
Use coupon code SHANNON (case sensitive) for $5 off.
The Impact of AI and Mental Health
Presenter: Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz
Date: Monday, March 30, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Format: Live Interactive Webinar via Zoom
Cost: $49 (Includes 3.0 Contact Hours of Continuing Education Credits - NY Social Workers, LMHCs, LCATs, LMFTs, NBCC, OASAS)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS WEBINAR
Register Now! ***ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM***
Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping how people seek support, cope with distress, and make decisions about their mental health. Youth and adults are increasingly using AI chatbots and “companion” tools for emotional support, self‑diagnosis, and crisis‑related conversations, often without understanding the limitations, privacy risks, or potential harm. At the same time, agencies, schools, and clinicians are adopting AI for screening, documentation, triage, and care coordination, which raises new questions about bias, consent, surveillance, and role integrity.
Webinar participants will examine how AI can amplify concerns such as anxiety, depression, isolation, suicidality, body image distress, and misinformation.
Participants will also learn how to intervene at micro, mezzo, and macro levels through clinical conversations, family guidance, safety planning, group work, and organizational policy.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify key ways AI tools influence mental health (risk and protective factors), including emotional reliance, misinformation, identity/body image impacts, and crisis-related risks across youth and adult populations.
2. Apply an ethical, trauma-informed, culturally responsive framework to assess client AI use and integrate interventions that uphold privacy, confidentiality, informed consent, and role clarity.
3. Implement practical strategies for clinical practice, school settings, and agencies, including screening questions, documentation guidance, safety planning considerations, family coaching, and referral pathways.
Use coupon code AIWEBINAR (case sensitive) for $5 off.
Presenter: Dr. Marina Badillo-Diaz
Date: Monday, March 30, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Format: Live Interactive Webinar via Zoom
Cost: $49 (Includes 3.0 Contact Hours of Continuing Education Credits - NY Social Workers, LMHCs, LCATs, LMFTs, NBCC, OASAS)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS WEBINAR
Register Now! ***ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM***
Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping how people seek support, cope with distress, and make decisions about their mental health. Youth and adults are increasingly using AI chatbots and “companion” tools for emotional support, self‑diagnosis, and crisis‑related conversations, often without understanding the limitations, privacy risks, or potential harm. At the same time, agencies, schools, and clinicians are adopting AI for screening, documentation, triage, and care coordination, which raises new questions about bias, consent, surveillance, and role integrity.
Webinar participants will examine how AI can amplify concerns such as anxiety, depression, isolation, suicidality, body image distress, and misinformation.
Participants will also learn how to intervene at micro, mezzo, and macro levels through clinical conversations, family guidance, safety planning, group work, and organizational policy.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify key ways AI tools influence mental health (risk and protective factors), including emotional reliance, misinformation, identity/body image impacts, and crisis-related risks across youth and adult populations.
2. Apply an ethical, trauma-informed, culturally responsive framework to assess client AI use and integrate interventions that uphold privacy, confidentiality, informed consent, and role clarity.
3. Implement practical strategies for clinical practice, school settings, and agencies, including screening questions, documentation guidance, safety planning considerations, family coaching, and referral pathways.
Use coupon code AIWEBINAR (case sensitive) for $5 off.
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
The Family Service Society Professional Training Institute provides and sponsors high quality educational conferences and workshops pertaining to mental health, psychological and sociological issues for:
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION Family Service Society, Inc.'s Professional Training Institute is approved to provide continuing education for the following disciplines: NY State Licensed Creative Arts Therapists Family Service Society, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0022. NY State Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists Family Service Society, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0033 NY State Licensed Mental Health Counselors Family Service Society, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0058. NY State Board for Social Work Family Service Society, Inc., SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0071. NBCC Family Service Society, Inc. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #5930. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Family Service Society, Inc. is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. OASAS Family Service Society, Inc. is a New York State OASAS-approved education and training provider (Provider #0290). Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors The State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors recognizes Family Service Society (as a sponsor approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors NBCC - #5930), to be a pre-approved provider of continuing education programs for Social Workers (Sec. 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapist (Sec. 48.36), and Professional Counselors (Section 49.36). |
For more information about the Professional Training Institute, please contact Janalee Orfanides at [email protected] or by phone at 607-542-5330 (cell phone) |
Telephone607-962-3148
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