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Develop New Skills with The Network’s Spring 2026 Webinar Series
The Network for Professional Education at BU School of Social Work’s (BUSSW) spring webinar series offers research-driven programming on timely topics for social workers and health and human service professionals. Strengthen your practice with professional learning opportunities from experts in social work and behavioral health.
2/5: What Not to Say: An Overview of Grief Counseling in Clinical Practice
In this 3-hour interactive session, you’ll build a strong foundation in grief counseling to better address death and non-death loss with your clients. Erena DiGonis, LCSW-R, trains participants in critical skills to address grief reactions and address grief as a DSM-5-TR diagnosis.
3/5: The Anxiety Treatment Roadmap: An Integrative, Step-by-Step Guide with Practical Tools
Instructor Erena DiGonis, LCSW-R, presents a structured roadmap to help practitioners work with clients experiencing anxiety. In this webinar, you’ll explore both conventional and integrative evidence-based interventions and build a robust toolkit of techniques to address anxiety in your practice
4/16: End of Life Experiences, Services, & Resources
Explore the full spectrum of end-of-life services, including palliative care, hospice, medical aid in dying, caregiving support, and the emerging field of death doulas with Instructor Jill Dellich, gerontologist and geriatric case manager. Delich guides participants through activities that will deepen knowledge about end-of-life conversations, decisions, and client support needs.
5/28: Understanding and Implementing Skills for Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a powerful modality to help clients manage emotions, develop effective communication strategies, and cope with distress. In this introductory session for professionals at all levels, develop the skills and confidence to implement DBT in your day-to-day practice.
6/15 – 6/16: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Dr. Bernard Showers returns to The Network for this two-part workshop to review CBT and its uses in the treatment of substance use disorders. Through interactive roleplay scenarios and mock case-conceptualization exercises, you’ll develop knowledge to apply CBT to substance use disorder interventions.