Neuroscience Pathways to Healing: Cutting Edge Interventions for PTSD

4 CEUs - may be counted as Clinical

Friday, September 26th 2025 11:30am - 3:45pm CT via Zoom
4 CEUs - may be counted as Clinical
Hosted by: NASW-MN, NASW-MN, and NASW-TX
Presenters: Dr Louis Boynton, PhD, LPC, Charles D. Safford, LCSW and Celia Grand, LCSW, BCD, PA

This four-hour core clinical program will provide important information in asystematic, readily understandable and easily digestible way about how tointegrate emerging neuroscience related to trauma and PTSD into your clinicalpractice in a clinically appropriate and ethically compliant manner. Designed tobring the 21st Century clinician up to date on current research related toadvances in our understanding of trauma related disorders: etiology, assessmentand treatment, this course will provide practical tools and approaches to assistthe clinician in providing more effective treatment for clients affected by acuteand chronic trauma.

This is the sixth program of a series of programs designed to help master’s level clinicians advance their knowledge base in the integration of neuroscience into their practice.

About the Presenters
Charles D. Safford, LCSW is the President and owner of yourceus.com, Inc., a company that develops and markets web-based and live continuing education training for mental health clinicians on a nationwide basis. Having graduated from the Boston University School of Social Work in 1981, Mr. Safford has served as a clinician in private practice since 1990. Mr. Safford has been developing and delivering innovative training programs since 2001, when he merged his training and therapy skills to create yourceus.com, Inc., a company that teaches and trains mental health clinicians on a nationwide basis. Working in collaborative relationships with numerous state chapters of NASW, he has been offering both live and web-based programs encompassing the best and most recent knowledge and skills in the field of mental health and has delivered dozens of programs on various aspects of ethical practice. For the past 15 years, Mr. Safford has been building a comprehensive program to bridge neuroscience and clinical practice to help clinicians around the country meet their ethical obligations to remain current with emerging areas of knowledge relevant to clinical practice.

Celia Grand, LCSW, BCD, PA is an EMDR certified clinician with over 30 years of experience providing clinical services with specialization in Complex PTSD, integrating body-oriented psychotherapy, ego state psychotherapy with attention to attachment, and neuroscience underpinnings to healing trauma. She has served as a facilitator with the EMDR Institute since 1999 and has presented numerous workshops addressing neuroscience and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She was the co-developer of a training program on neuroscience and domestic violence for the Maine Chapter of NASW.

Dr Louis Boynton, PhD, LPC is a graduate of the doctoral program at the University of West Georgia and currently works as a clinician in private practice. He has served as the Western district chairperson and ethics chair for the Licensed Professional Counselor Association and presented numerous continuing education programs on both ethics and clinical topics. His instructional work has included presenting papers at several national and international conferences, and in 2011 was awarded the Humanistic Psychologist Award at the University of West Georgia. For the past eight years, he has delivered a radio program to the public on mental health called the Health Happiness and Harmony Hour and has served as a web consultant and research advisor to the University of West Georgia. He has served as a co-developer of a program designed to more quickly elevate the competency of newer clinicians called the Comprehensive Professional Development Program, integrating emerging knowledge from neuroscience with best practice clinical approaches and techniques.

Pricing & Registration
NASW Member $50
NASW Not-Yet-Member $85
NASW Student $25
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