Join the Utah Mental Health Counselors Association's Graduate Student & Emerging Professionals committee every Thursday from 12 - 1 to engage in community, collaboration, and connection! Make of this time what you will: studying; networking; receiving support; gaining access to resources you may find beneficial! Join for however long you can whenever you're able to, every week!
Link: https://meet.google.com/obc-bekf-snt?hs=224
Join us for a supportive processing group for clinicians of marginalized identities to gather in a safe, affirming space. This group offers an opportunity to process lived experiences, connect with peers, and receive mutual support.
meet.google.com/gpv-odan-kav
Join us for the
2026 AMHCA Annual Conference
Register here Will be held in Portland Oregon
(an in-person-only event)
Yet clients bring up concerns about intimacy, desire, sexual functioning, relationships, body image, trauma, and shame all the time. These conversations matter, but they can also feel uncomfortable or leave us wondering if we're asking the right questions.
Join us for NextTherapist Hour:
Talking About Sex in Therapy: Building Clinician Confidence and Competency in Sexual Health Conversations, taught by Hailey Maire-Grant LCSW, CST.
Friday, June 26, 20269:00 AM Mountain TimeLive Online Webinar1 Hour NBCC CE Credit
In this training, we'll explore ways to approach sexual health conversations with greater confidence and less awkwardness. You'll walk away with practical strategies, helpful language, and a better understanding of how sexuality intersects with mental health, trauma, body image, and relationships.
Whether you're new to these conversations or just want to feel more comfortable navigating them, we'd love to have you join us.
Register here:https://nexttherapist.com/events/making-sex-a-comfortable-topic-in-the-therapy-office/
This is a 2.5-hour workshop that provides 2.5 Ethics continuing education credits (approved by the Utah Mental Health Counselors Association)
Join us for our Monthly Meeting! (No CEU's)
General Agenda:
TBD
We look forward to collaborating with you!
Jessica Black, CMHC, RPT - LPPC Chair
Carlie Lyons, CMHC - LPPC Co-Chair
**Once you register you will receive a confirmation email with the link for the meeting.
Join the Utah Coalition of Mental Health Professions for a virtual open office hours event on Friday, July 10, 2026, at 12 PM. This town hall-style gathering is open to all social workers, clinical mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists in Utah to discuss challenges, share experiences, and build community. Members of NASW-Utah, UAMFT, or UMHCA will receive 1 CEU for attending (CE is only for those who have registered).
Registration:
https://forms.gle/cvHeqG4zwJB9LpUr6
Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/f-s9KxM7R5SoLkpp_mPd-g
ARE HOSTING
August 27-28, 2026 — 9:00am-5:00pm PDT
Something special is happening in August!
For the first time in nearly seven years, our founders Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman are returning together for a LIVE Virtual Art and Science of Love workshop on August 27–28, 2026!
This rare live virtual event brings the Gottmans themselves into your home for two powerful days dedicated to helping couples strengthen connection, improve communication, deepen intimacy, and navigate conflict with greater care and understanding.
What can I expect from the event?
This workshop is just what we need!
What makes this workshop different from all the others?
It is being hosted live by Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, the founders of The Gottman Institute! This is an opportunity that won't come along again any time soon.
No appointments, no waiting rooms, no travel time. Just practical guidance from THE relationship experts themselves to help you reconnect, repair conflict, and strengthen your relationship together from the comfort of your own home.
What are you waiting for? Join Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, who have led millions of couples worldwide to heal and strengthen their relationships with The Art and Science of Love.
John Gottman, PhD, is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. Dr. Gottman has conducted over fifty years of breakthrough research with thousands of couples. He is the co-founder of The Gottman Institute and Affective Software, Inc., as well as the author of over 200 published academic articles and author or co-author of more than forty books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, The Love Prescription, and Fight Right and the national bestseller Eight Dates.
Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, is the co-founder of The Gottman Institute and co-founder of Affective Software, Inc. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she is the author of the national bestseller Eight Dates and the New York Timesbestsellers The Love Prescription and Fight Right. She is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert adviser on marriage, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorders, gay and lesbian adoption, and parenting issues.
Curious to know more about Dr. John Gottman, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, or The Gottman Institute? We welcome you to check us out→
Join us for a 2.5-day in-person supervision training designed to meet the requirements* to become a supervisor for pre-licensed clinicians in Utah.
Taught by: John Robbins PhD, LMFT Jennifer Morgan Smith LMFT
When:
Wednesday October 28: 9:00AM - 5:00PM Thursday October 29: 9:00AM - 5:00PM Friday October 30: 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Location:
Primary Children's Hospital 100 Mario Cappechi Drive Salt Lake City, Utah
*This course meets the new requirements according to R156-60e. Mental Health Professional Practice Act Rule.
This course will award 20 CEs upon full completion. Four of these CEs will count towards Ethics.
Contact our Executive Director with questions
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