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Cara Gruhala, EdS, LPC, NCC, PMH-C


Training Opportunities
Seeds of Change Counseling & Consulting, LLC is so excited to host Jessica Stone, Ph.D, RPT-S for an exclusive Kansas City Metro area training!
Dr. Stone will present an engaging, hands on training supporting your understanding, utilization, and documentation of play therapy themes. This training is appropriate for beginner to experienced play therapists, school counselors, school based mental health professionals, hospital based mental health professionals, and other mental healthcare workers who regularly use play-based interventions with children, teens, and/or adults.
We are pleased to be able to offer 6 IN-PERSON CEUS for the Association for Play Therapy (APT) ,as well as The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) for this training.
Training will take place on the beautiful Unity Village Campus in Lee's Summit, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. Discounted hotel reservations are available at Unity Hotel and Conference Center, where our training is located, for those who book by July 27th. Snacks, beverages, and lunch provided. Please indicate any special dietary needs when purchasing your ticket.
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW:
Use code "SOCGROUP" for discounted purchases of 5 or more tickets!
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Professional Trainings
Cara's experience in human resources, school counseling, providing direct services to clients, and as an adjunct professor at the university level provides her a unique blend of knowledge and experience to provide training to a variety of groups. She enjoys blending these worlds to provide group trainings on mental wellbeing, self and community care, resilience, stress management, burnout and compassion fatigue, neurodivergent affirming practices, and trauma informed care to professional groups in education, medical, and business settings. Please contact Cara with any questions.
Creating and Utilizing a
Check Box Therapy Note
Interested in spending less time on progress notes? Trying to develop a more uniform process? We'll be exploring the use of checkbox notes for therapy note-taking purposes. Cara covers what they are, how they can be used to save time and streamline note-taking, and shows how to build and utilize a checkbox note in two different platforms. Appropriate for those working in community or school mental health roles.
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Sessions are $75 for mental healthcare providers and include LIVE WEBINAR, small course size, 7-day access to a recorded version of the webinar, example note forms, and other helpful links for starting your own check box note system.
Register for An Upcoming Session
*Sessions repeat - choose one only*
No current sessions scheduled. Contact Cara for upcoming dates.
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