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Events & Workshops

For practitioners & Trainees

Upcoming Events

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  • 🖤 Mental Health Professionals Networking Night at Autana

    Thursday, July 23rd | 6:00–8:00 PM
    Troy, MI

    Join us for an evening of connection, community, and collaboration!

    All mental health professionals, students, and friends in health and wellness are welcome. Bring your business cards, flyers, and anything else you’d like to share with the group.

    ♥️ This is a welcoming, low-pressure space to meet others and build meaningful relationships. Whether you’re a recent graduate looking for your first group practice, a current student looking for a future internship site, a group practice owner looking for business support, or an experienced professional just looking for community, there’s something for everyone.

    What to Expect:

    ✨ 6pm - 6:30pm : Open networking - grab a snack and settle in! Feel free to add your cards/flyers to our resource table.

    ✨ 6:30pm - 7:30pm : JAM session (Just A Minute!) – A quick chance to share who you are and what you're looking for in just one minute - whether it's an internship or job opportunity, a referral, or a resource!

    ✨ 7:30pm - 8:00pm : Follow up with anyone you want to further connect with

    Location

    PNC Center
    755 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 475
    Troy, MI 48084

    RSVP: Reserve your spot here

    Please be sure to RSVP so we can prepare our space! Past events have been incredibly well attended, and we will move to a larger space in our building if needed to accommodate everyone who RSVPs!

Free Therapist Resources

  • This is a practical, easy to use tool designed by one of our clinicians, Henry Marcano, to help enhance your self awareness as a therapist in your client sessions. It pairs well with Henry’s workshop series, From Knowing to Being: Therapist Presence + Clinical Confidence Training, but you do not have to attend to get this free resource!

Therapist Attunement & Self Monitoring Reflection Worksheet
Therapist Attunement & Self Monitoring Reflection Worksheet
$0.00

This is a practical, easy to use tool designed by one of our clinicians, Henry Marcano, to help enhance your self awareness as a therapist in your client sessions. It pairs well with Henry’s workshop series, From Knowing to Being: Therapist Presence + Clinical Confidence Training, but you do not have to attend to get this free resource!

Upcoming Workshops

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From Knowing to Being: Therapist Presence + Clinical Confidence Training From Knowing to Being: Therapist Presence + Clinical Confidence Training
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From Knowing to Being: Therapist Presence + Clinical Confidence Training
$50.00

From Knowing to Being

Therapist Presence + Clinical Confidence Training

You learned the skills—now what happens when you’re actually in the room?

Sometimes therapy feels like:

  • overthinking what to say next

  • reaching for techniques that don’t feel real

  • feeling pressure to help, fix, or meet an expectation

  • getting stuck in your head during sessions

  • leaving and wondering if you actually helped

When that happens, it’s usually not a knowledge problem.

It’s what’s happening inside of you in that moment.

This training is designed for counseling, social work, and psychology practicum students and interns who want to move beyond simply knowing the right interventions and begin developing deeper confidence, presence, and authenticity in the therapy room.

What You’ll Gain

  • stronger clinical presence

  • increased confidence during sessions

  • less overthinking and self-doubt

  • deeper awareness of internal reactions

  • practical tools for staying grounded

  • more authenticity in the therapy room

Training Details

Facilitated by: Henry Marcano, LPC
Location: Autana Family Therapy Center
Format: In-Person Clinical Training + Reflection
Duration: 2 Hours
Next Date: Friday, August 7th, 2026 from 11 AM - 1 PM
Investment: $50
Availability: Limited spots available

Small cohort. Intentional space. Real clinical growth.

Reserve your spot today.

(lovingly), You Need to Calm Down

A Monthly Workshop Series with Jenn

Starting in July

Regulating Ourselves in the Therapy Room ~ July 10th, 2026, 1:00PM. -2:30PM Regulating Ourselves in the Therapy Room ~ July 10th, 2026, 1:00PM. -2:30PM
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Regulating Ourselves in the Therapy Room ~ July 10th, 2026, 1:00PM. -2:30PM
$45.00

Basics of therapist regulation and reflexive responses

Therapists are often taught how to regulate others, but not how to notice their own urgency when sessions feel tense, uncertain, or high-stakes. This introductory workshop focuses on fixing, rescuing, over-explaining, and the subtle ways therapist anxiety can interfere with treatment progress.

You’ll learn to:

  • recognize signs of therapist activation

  • identify default responses under stress

  • reduce rescuing and over-functioning

  • stay present without rushing to solve

  • use motivational interviewing spirit to support autonomy

When You Feel Responsible for the Outcome ~ August 14th, 2026, 1:00PM - 2:30PM When You Feel Responsible for the Outcome ~ August 14th, 2026, 1:00PM - 2:30PM
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When You Feel Responsible for the Outcome ~ August 14th, 2026, 1:00PM - 2:30PM
$45.00

Managing urgency, pressure, and fear of getting it wrong

Many therapists carry a quiet belief that if therapy is not progressing, they are failing. This workshop explores how feeling responsible for the outcome increases urgency, rescuing, and burnout.

In this Workshop, you’ll learn to:

  • recognize outcome-driven urgency

  • reduce rescuing and over-functioning

  • stay in role during difficult treatment

  • tolerate uncertainty in the process

  • support change without controlling it

Each workshop includes:

  • practical teaching

  • reflection and self-assessment

  • case-based application

  • language shifts and clinical examples

  • discussion focused on sustainable, role-consistent practice

Format: 90-minute workshop
Location: In person at Autana Family Therapy Center
Address: PNC Center, 755 W. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 475, Troy, Michigan 48084
Fee: $45 per workshop

Emotional Labor, Burnout, and Chronic Activation ~ September 11th, 2026, 1:00PM - 2:30PM Emotional Labor, Burnout, and Chronic Activation ~ September 11th, 2026, 1:00PM - 2:30PM
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Emotional Labor, Burnout, and Chronic Activation ~ September 11th, 2026, 1:00PM - 2:30PM
$45.00

Understanding the cost of staying on high alert

Burnout rarely starts with paperwork alone. It starts in the nervous system — session after session of urgency, emotional labor, and unresolved activation. This workshop focuses on understanding the cumulative cost and building more sustainable practice patterns.

You’ll learn to:

  • recognize signs of nervous system overload

  • understand how burnout develops

  • reduce constant urgency

  • stay present without over-giving

  • build sustainable clinical habits

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At Autana, we offer individual, family, and group therapy for children, teens, and young adults. We meet families in the space between rupture and repair, helping them rebuild trust, strengthen bonds, and rediscover what feels steady again.

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