Upcoming Monthly Meetings 

Monthly Meeting Schedule

DC EAPA meets the third Thursday of every month, typically at 9 AM. Please check the email announcement to see if the meeting time has changed.

You can register yourself for the monthly meeting — see the the “Choose Appointment” section on this page.

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

Topic: Slaps, Slay and Tea: Decoding Emerging Generations in the Workplace

Presenter:  
Christina K. Isenhower, LISW-CP, CEAP
Corporate Consultant, First Sun EAP          

1.5 PDHs

****Please make sure you are muted during the presentation.

Learning Objectives:
By 2025, 75% of employees in the workplace will be Millennials, and Gen Z is not far behind. Workplaces have always been challenged to meet the needs of various generations, but there are distinct differences in younger employees today. EAPs may also be unsure how to best empower and support workplaces faced with these generational challenges. However, EAPs are well-poised to provide guidance and support to workplace leaders. This training will offer valuable data on the top generational challenges facing workplaces and provide clear opportunities and solutions EAPs can offer organizations of all sizes and industries.

Key Objectives

  • Unique characteristics of Generation Y and Z

  • Role of work in the lives of emerging generations

  • Top three challenges for leaders managing younger generations today

  • Opportunities for leaders must seize to support, engage, and retain employees today

  • Various solutions EAPs can offer to support workplaces, both employees and leaders

Past Meetings

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Topic: Addiction Interaction Disorder

Presenter: Eric J. Webber, MA, CADC, CCS, CAST/CMAT, CCPG

Objectives

  • Identify impact of multiple addictive behaviors

  • Provide up-to-date data on increases in alcohol use, drug use, gambling and other addictive behaviors

  • List three to five types of addiction interaction disorders and how they manifest

  • Identify how AID issues can contribute to the relapse process

    • https://www.dceapa.org/s/2024-DC-EAPA-20.pdf

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Topic: Understanding Grief and the Workplace: an EAP Perspective

Presenter: Lucy Henry, LPC, CEAP

  • Understand grief loss theory amidst workplace culture

  • Understand the importance of finding meaning in loss

  • Understand the new dynamics of grief in a post covid world

    • https://www.dceapa.org/s/employee-griefpptx-Last-saved-by-user.pdf

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Topic: Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction: Achieving Better Treatment Outcomes

Presenter: George Kolodner, M.D. DFASAM DLFAPA TTS

Learning Objectives

  • Increase awareness of the importance of addressing tobacco and nicotine addiction and the feasibility of doing so.

  • Correct misconceptions about tobacco and nicotine addiction.

  • Review clinical obstacles and how to address them effectively.

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Topic: Purposefully Pursuing the Next Normal: The Psychologically Healthy Workplace.

Presenter: Jeff Gorter, MSW, LMSW

Vice President, Crisis Response Clinical Services

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the emerging concept of Cascading Collective Crisis and its impact on the workforce

  • Define the elements of a psychologically healthy workplace and how it supports an employees’ well-being and business performance.

  • Learn how EA Professionals can help employers prioritize and plan where to make changes in the workplace to improve the behavioral health of their employees.

2023 Past Meetings

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Topic: Elevating Ethical Awareness & Decision-Making for the EA Professional

Presenter: Margot Hawkins-Green PhD.,LPC., CEAP

Learning Objections

  • To educate EA Professionals on the role and significance of ethics in professional practice.

  • To identify the underlying tenets and codes of ethics relevant to EA practice.

  • To equip EA Professionals with tools and resources to support ethical decision-making.

    Domain Approval I - 3.0 PDHs  

Friday, October 6, 2023

  • San Diego and DC Chapters of EAPA present: Surviving an Epidemic: Navigating the Intersection of the Fentanyl Crisis and the Workplace

  • Speaker Panel: Alta DeRoo, MD, MBA, DFASAM, FACOG, Scott Havens, MD, and Dan Leavins, DMSc, MSHA, PA-C

Learning Objectives

Gain insights from seasoned professionals with extensive experience in addiction medicine and substance use treatment. During this virtual panel presentation we will explore the complex nature of the fentanyl crisis and its multifaceted impact on individuals, families, communities, and the workplace. We will also discuss evidence-based strategies and interventions for addressing fentanyl-related challenges in the realm of employee assistance.

Attendees will be encouraged to think deeply about how prepared they are to provide assessment and intervention support for complex situations of employee-related substance misuse, especially for those employees impacted by the fentanyl crisis.

Recording

Thursday, June 15, 2023

  • Topic: Meeting the Needs of Employees Through Family Educational Workshops

  • Presenter:  Dollnita Winston, MSW, CEO, Family Life Enhancement

  • 1.5 PDHs 

Learning Objectives: 

  • How can your company foster a supportive environment specifically for employees facing the everyday challenges of balancing work and family life. 

  • Domain Approval I, II - 1.5 PDHs  

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Topic: A Gun Violence and Suicide Prevention Continuum for the EAP Clinician 

Presenter: Chris E. Knoepke, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, FACC (Assistant Professor from Univ of Colorado School of Medicine 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Suicide Assessment/intervention as it pertains to firearm ownership/access

2. Where firearms fit into lethal means counseling for the EA Professional

3. Recent statistics on gun violence and red flag laws

4. Gaining cultural competence around firearm owners

Domain Approval I, II - 1.5 PDHs  

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Topic: Microaggressions in the Workplace: Death by a Thousand Cuts

Presenter:  Dr. Chantay P. White-Eley, PhD, CEAP, SAP, BCD

Learning Objectives:

1.    Define Microaggressions.

2.    Discuss the impact of microaggressions in the workplace.

3.    Have a guided group discussion on ways to respond.

4.    Provide ways to build a more inclusive culture in the workplace.

Domain Approval I, II - 1.5 PDHs

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Topic: Transgender Issues in the Workplace

Presenter:  Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Participants will learn how to assist employees who are transitioning navigate this change in the workplace. 

  2. A review of legal protections for transgender people in the workplace will be given. 

  3. Participants will learn how employers can be supportive of transgender people in their workplace. 

Domain Approval I, II - 1.5 PDHs

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Topic: "Exploring Threat Assessment and the Workplace: The Role of EAPs in Workplace Safety”

Presenter: Dr. Bryan McNutt, Ph.D., LMFT, CEAP

Learning Objectives: 

  • Participants will gain knowledge of the basic principles of threat assessment when evaluating a potential risk of workplace violence.

  • Participants will demonstrate the ability to identify critical warning signs indicative of potential workplace violence, including the five motivational typologies of threatening behavior in the workplace. 

  • Participants will explore relevant clinical and organizational interventions that EAPs can utilize as a means of supporting efforts of workplace safety and violence prevention. 

Domain Approval I, II  - 1.5 PDHs

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Topic Title: Retirement Readiness 

Presented by the Foundation for Financial Education

Learning Objectives:

  1. Retirement Accounts & Investments

  2. Planning for the "What Ifs.”

  3. Estates & Beneficiaries 

Domain Approval I, III - 1.5 PDHs

2022 Past Meetings

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Topic: Best Practices and Self-Care Resources in EAP 2022: A Moderated Discussion

Presenter: Rachel Kaufmann, LCMHC, CEAP

1.5 PDHs

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Topic: Elevating Ethical Awareness & Decision-Making for EAP Professionals

Presenter: Margot Hawkins-Green Ph.D., LPC, CEAP 

3.0 PDHs 

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Topic: Marriage: The Family of Origin Approach  

Presenter: Leticia Isidro-Clancey, LPC-MFT, LCADC, CCS

1.5 PDHs

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Topic: Employment Law for Employee Assistance Professionals

Presenter: Kevin J. Sheehan 

1.5 PDHs 

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Topic: Man Therapy: An Innovative Online Program to Prevent Suicide among Working-Aged Men.

Presenters: Dr. Jodi Jacobsen Frey, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP and Dr. Nathaan Demers, PsyD

1.5 PDHs

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Topic: Nicotine Addiction: "Not a Burning Issue"

Presenter: Dr. George Kolodner, MD

1.5 PDHs 

Thursday, May 19, 2022 

Topic: How to Help Those Journeying Through Grief

Presenter: Kathleen Sabek, MSW 

1.5 PDHs 

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Topic: “EAP/Clinical: Heal Thy Self: Ethical Challenges with Compassion Fatigue”

Presenter: Libby Timmons, M.Ed., LISAC, CEAP, SAP

1.5 PDHs

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Topic: "Facilitating an Intervention"

Presenter: Timothy Dunnigan, CIP, LSCW-C

1.5 PDHs 

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Topic: Welcome to the Wizard of Oz: Incorporating Diversity & Inclusion in EAP

Presenter: Chantay White Eley, Ph.D., LCSW-C, CEAP, SAP, BCD

1.5 PDHs

2021 Past Meetings

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Topic: Best Practices and Self-Care Resources in EAP 2021: A Moderated Discussion

Presenter: Amy Williamson, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEAP

1.5 PDHs 

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Topic: Elevating Ethical Awareness & Decision-Making for the EAP Profession

Presenter: Margot Hawkins-Green PhD, LPC, CEAP

3.0 PDHs

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Topic: From Surviving to Thriving: Mental Healthcare Following a Community Disaster

Presenter: Brian Gill, LICSW, Clinical Director, Kolmac

1.5 PDHs 

September 23, 2021

Topic: Roundtable Discussion: EAP Services in a Pandemic--What Works? 

Presenter: Rachel Kaufmann, LCMHC, CEAP

1.5 PDH

June 17, 2021

Topic: Mindfulness@Work: A Virtual Experience

Presenter: Dr. Paulette Baldwin and Holly Jamesen Carr

1.5 PDHs

May 20, 2021

Topic: Gambling Issues and Treatment

Presenter: Anthony Parente, MA, LCPC

1.5 PDHs

April 15, 2021

Topic: Retirement Communities- What do you need to know? The Rules of the Road

Presenter: Barbara Fornoff, LCSW

1.5 PDHs 

March 18, 2021

Topic: OCD in the Times of COVID-19  

Presenter:  Carrie Holl, Psy.D.  

1.5 PDHs 

Feb 18, 2021 

Topic: Exploring Approaches of Support for Diverse Employees During the COVID Crisis: Considerations for EA Professionals

Presenter: Bryan McNutt, PhD, LMFT, CEAP

1.5 PDHs