What You’ll Learn
This article provides more details about our upcoming June 2026 Continuing Education courses for both therapists and coaches. Read on to learn more and sign up today!
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| Course Title | Foundations for Recognition and Response: Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Behavioral Health |
| Date & Time | Thursday, June 11th, 2026 | 3 - 4pm ET |
| Target Audience | Beginner - Advanced |
| Credit Amount | 1.0 |
| Credit Provider(s) | APA, ASWB, NBCC |
| Registration Deadline | Wednesday, June 10th | Sign up here |
| Course Title | Coaching Adults with ADHD & ADD |
| Date & Time | Tuesday, June 24th 2026 | 1 - 3pm ET |
| Target Audience | Beginner to Intermediate (appropriate for coaches seeking to build confidence and competency when working with neurodivergent adult clients) |
| Credit Amount | 2.0 |
| Credit Provider(s) | ICF |
| Registration Deadline | Monday, June 23rd | Sign up here |
For Therapists:
Course Details
Delivered for years as Human Trafficking 101 in hospitals, universities, and professional conferences worldwide, this foundational training brings HEAL Trafficking’s expertise directly to behavioral health providers. More than a basic awareness session, this course builds a shared understanding of human trafficking and domestic violence as interconnected forms of abuse rooted in power, control, and coercion, with significant impacts on mental health and well-being.
Designed specifically for therapists and behavioral health professionals, the training explores how trafficking and domestic violence intersect with clinical practice and how providers can recognize, engage, and respond in ways that are trauma-informed, ethical, and survivor-centered. Participants will gain practical frameworks they can apply immediately in therapeutic and care settings.
The training explicitly integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the presentation. Participants will explore how trafficking and domestic violence disproportionately impact marginalized communities, including people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and those experiencing poverty.
By the end of this 60-minute session, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate human trafficking and domestic violence using federally recognized definitions.
- Identify at least three behavioral, psychological, or relational indicators of trafficking or coercive control that may present in therapy.
- Describe how structural inequities (e.g., racism, immigration status, poverty, gender identity discrimination) increase vulnerability to exploitation and create barriers to accessing care.
- Apply at least two trauma-informed, culturally responsive engagement strategies when responding to suspected trafficking or domestic violence within a therapeutic context.
- Outline one ethically appropriate next step for response or referral that prioritizes client autonomy, safety, and survivor-centered principles.
Course Agenda
Coming soon!
Instructor Bio and Qualifications
Amanda M. Stylianou, PhD, LCSW, is a nationally recognized expert in the anti-violence field. She has a decade of nonprofit leadership experience working at Safe Horizon, Rutgers Health, and Easterseals. Dr. Stylianou had developed and implemented numerous nonprofit programs, including multidisciplinary approaches to supporting survivors of human trafficking.Dr. Stylianou is a thought leader in the field. She co-led a critical study focused on increasing our understanding of practices used throughout the globe with adult human trafficking survivors, the results of which were published in the Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work. She also co-created the first evaluability study of an anti-human trafficking program, funded by the National Institute of Justice, and published in the International Journal for Equity in Health.She served as a member of the National Institute for Justice’s Violence against Women Research Consortium hosted by Rutgers University’s Center for Research in Ending Violence. She served as an expert on the development of the Office for Victims of Crime’s Human Trafficking Action Research Kit. Dr. Stylianou has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in BMC Public Health, the Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Trauma, Violence & Abuse, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and Violence against Women. She is the co-author of Building Financial Empowerment for Survivors of Domestic Violence, published by Rutgers University Press.
For Coaches:
Course Details
Registration is now open for our next live CCE course, Coaching Adults with ADHD & ADD. In this session, participants will explore how ADHD presents in adulthood and learn practical coaching approaches to support clients navigating executive functioning challenges in work, relationships, motivation, emotional regulation, and daily life.
As adult ADHD diagnoses continue to rise, many clients are seeking coaching support to better understand how their brains operate and to build sustainable systems that work with — rather than against — their cognitive style. This course emphasizes a strengths-based, non-pathologizing framework grounded in the ICF Core Competencies and designed to help coaches foster self-trust, agency, and confidence in neurodivergent clients.
Participants will explore:
- How ADHD and ADD present in adults and how these presentations may differ from childhood manifestations
- The impact of executive functioning differences on planning, follow-through, emotional regulation, time management, and self-concept
- Essential ADHD-related terminology, including executive function, neurodiversity, emotional regulation, hyperfocus, and rejection sensitivity
- Common myths and stigma surrounding ADHD and strengths-based approaches that reduce shame and increase client self-understanding
- Coaching strategies that help clients work with their brains rather than forcing neurotypical systems
- Practical methods for goal-setting, accountability, and building sustainable support systems aligned with clients’ cognitive styles
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Define and differentiate ADHD and ADD in adults, including key characteristics, executive function impacts, and common misconceptions
- Demonstrate familiarity with essential ADHD-related terminology and explain these concepts clearly within a coaching context
- Identify common myths and stigma surrounding ADHD and articulate evidence-informed, strengths-based perspectives
- Recognize common ADHD-related patterns in coaching conversations, including procrastination, perfectionism, emotional dysregulation, hyperfocus, rejection sensitivity, and inconsistent follow-through
- Apply ICF Core Competencies when coaching neurodivergent clients, with a focus on cultivating trust and safety, evoking awareness, and facilitating growth
- Partner with ADHD clients to co-create realistic, sustainable goals aligned with their cognitive style
- Help clients break goals into actionable commitments and develop systems that support executive functioning
- Design adaptive accountability structures and translate client insights into measurable progress
Course Agenda
0:00 – 0:15: Welcome, orientation, ADHD overview, and coaching framework
0:15 – 0:45: Understanding adult ADHD, executive functioning, and neurodiversity concepts
0:45 – 1:15: Common ADHD patterns in coaching conversations and strengths-based reframing
1:15 – 1:45: Practical coaching strategies, accountability systems, and goal-setting approaches
1:45 – 2:00: Ethical considerations, ICF competencies, and application exercises
Instructor Bio and Qualifications
Dragan Mitric is an ICF-certified Executive and Career Coach who specializes in helping professionals lead with clarity, confidence, and authenticity. With experience coaching mid-career professionals through career transitions, burnout, leadership development, and performance growth, Dragan brings a pragmatic, human-centered approach grounded in evidence-based coaching and ICF Core Competencies. Prior to his coaching work, he led Agile transformation initiatives at Capital One, where he facilitated leadership development, psychological safety workshops, and organizational change efforts across large cross-functional teams.
Spring Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spring Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Spring Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7660. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Spring Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Spring Health, ACE Provider Number 2191, 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: 2/7/2026 - 2/7/2029. Social workers completing "Foundations for Recognition and Response: Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Behavioral Health" receive 2.0 continuing education credits.
"Coaching Adults with ADHD & ADD" has been approved by the International Coaching Federation. Spring Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
There is no commercial support for this program.