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SUMMARY:Not Just Hot Flashes: What to Know about Menopause and Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Date: Session 1 June 3\, 2026\, from Noon -1:30 p.m. \nSix consecutive weekly follow up sessions (Noon – 1 p.m. each session): \nSession 1: June 10\, 2026 \nSession 2: June 17\, 2026 \nSession 3: June 24\, 2026 \nSession 4: July 1\, 2026 \nSession 5: July 8\, 2026 \nSession 6: July 15\, 2026  \nLocation: Online via Zoom. \nEligible for 7.5 virtual Continuing Education credits. \nPlease note: Full CE credit requires attendance at all seven sessions.  \nOnce a taboo subject\, the public conversation about menopause has opened up in recent years—but the mental health aspects remain undiscussed. This presentation is designed for peer workers\, community health workers\, recovery coaches\, or anyone who provides support to women and people ages 35 – 55. We will learn about the vital importance of person-centered\, gender-inclusive menopause support tailored to the unique needs of this critical phase of life. Participants will receive a Menopause Map\, a plan designed to assist in navigating midlife and beyond with dignity\, respect\, and access to appropriate care and support.  \nLearning Objectives: \n\nStages of the Menopause Transition.\nHow menopause impacts the mind/brain.\nSupport peers in identifying changes in how their medications are working and encourage informed conversations with providers.\nLearn about early onset of perimenopause and how to support neurodivergent peers or others who may experience perimenopause earlier than expected. \nDeepen your awareness of how trauma\, neurodivergence\, autoimmune conditions\, and reproductive history can shape someone’s menopause experience\, allowing for more individualized\, trauma-informed support.\nIdentify key warning signs: Increase your ability to recognize and respond to concerns like sleep disruption\, brain fog\, mood changes\, suicidality\, or first-time altered states\, and connect peers to appropriate supports.\nNavigating contact with medical professionals\, many of whom receive little to no training in menopause. Help peers prepare for appointments\, ask questions\, and advocate for themselves within systems that may lack menopause knowledge.\nStrategies to avoid “diagnostic overshadowing” and learn how to support peers in having their physical and hormonal experiences taken seriously\, rather than dismissed as purely mental health issues.\nUnderstanding menopausal hormone therapy and how it can help with mental health and overall well-being. \n\nTrainer: \nLeah Harris\, MA\, has been a lived experience educator and peer trainer for 25 years\, with a focus on trauma-informed care\, person-centered care\, burnout prevention\, and peer-led innovations. After experiencing an extremely difficult onset of menopause in her early forties\, and enormous challenges accessing appropriate care\, Leah became committed to sharing with the community what she has learned on the intersection between menopause and mental health. Leah is also a certified Menopause Educator with the Menopause Experts’ Group (MEG). She has presented on menopause and psychosis at the World Hearing Voices Congress and ISPS-US and has been a guest on the Depth Work Podcast. Leah is the Board President of Hearing Voices Network USA and co-facilitates a monthly women and nonbinary-centered Hearing Voices group.  \nRegistration: Please register below (on this site) using a credit or debit card\, which is the quickest way to confirm your attendance. \nONLY if you need to pay by check\, please complete this form (click here) and email it to: registration@mipeers.org. Do not use this form if you are paying by credit/debit card. Please note that this form takes up to 5 business days for processing\, and registration is not assured until we receive the check\, and you receive a confirmation of your registration. \nCancellation Policy: Registrations may be transferred to another employee of the same agency upon written request to registration@mipeers.org. Cancellations must be received in writing at least 12 days prior to the date of the training. Failure to cancel registration within the allotted time will result in registration fees being forfeited. For questions\, e-mail registration@mipeers.org. \nAttendance Policy: You must attend the entire training. If you are more than 10 minutes late you will not be allowed to attend as part of the CE requirements. Please note there is absolutely NO driving during the training. If you are driving while attending the training\, you will be removed from the training for your own safety. Training guidelines must be read\, signed\, and returned back to the office before a zoom link is sent to the participant. Attendees must follow the training guidelines.
URL:https://mipeers.org/event/not-just-hot-flashes-what-to-know-about-menopause-and-mental-health/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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ORGANIZER;CN="MDHHS Peer Services Area":MAILTO:MDHHS-PeerSupport@michigan.gov
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SUMMARY:So Many Roads: A Multiple Pathways Training
DESCRIPTION:Explore new pathways in your recovery journey with our interactive online training. Learn how different recovery routes can support your personal growth and those you serve. Through collaboration and self-reflection\, you’ll uncover and share pathways you may not have realized were part of your recovery. Join us for a session of discovery and connection. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nBetter understand many different groups that support multiple pathways.\nLearn about the history of mutual aid groups.\nSelf-discover all the pathways you have used to support your recovery.\nBe able to help the people you serve build a roadmap of their own unique recovery pathway.\n\nTrainers: \nAndrew Brown (LLMSW\, CPRC\, CPRM) is a clinical social worker\, recovery coach\, and person in long-term recovery. He is passionate about a multiple pathways approach to recovery and is deeply committed to harm reduction. Andrew is also dedicated to expanding and improving services to ensure that resources are accessible for all individuals seeking help with substance-related issues. \nPriscilla Shafor (BS\, CADC\, CPRC\, CPRM\, RCPF) is a person in long-term recovery with over 20 years of experience working with individuals impacted by substance use disorders and involvement in the justice system. Her work focuses on expanding access to recovery support and empowering people to make informed choices about their recovery paths. \nShe is a contracted trainer with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)\, providing continuing education for Peer Recovery Coaches. Priscilla also holds the Recovery Coach Professional Facilitator (RCPF) designation through the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)\, authorizing her to facilitate all (CCAR) curricula. Her facilitation style blends lived experience with professional expertise and is grounded in a deep commitment to recovery-oriented systems of care. \nEligible for 4 virtual Continuing Education credits. \nRegistration: Please register below (on this site) using a credit or debit card\, which is the quickest way to confirm your attendance. \nOnly if you need to pay by check\, please complete this form (click here) and email it to: registration@mipeers.org. Do not use this form if you are paying by credit/debit card. Please note that this form takes up to 5 business days for processing\, and registration is not assured until we receive the check\, and you receive a confirmation of your registration. \nCancellation Policy: Registrations may be transferred to another employee of the same agency upon written request to registration@mipeers.org. Cancellations must be received in writing at least 12 days prior to the date of the training. Failure to cancel registration within the allotted time will result in registration fees being forfeited. For questions\, e-mail registration@mipeers.org. \nAttendance Policy: You must attend the entire training. If you are more than 10 minutes late you will not be allowed to attend as part of the CE requirements. Please note there is absolutely NO driving during the training. If you are driving while attending the training\, you will be removed from the training for your own safety. Training guidelines must be read\, signed\, and returned back to the office before a zoom link is sent to the participant. Attendees must follow the training guidelines.
URL:https://mipeers.org/event/so-many-roads-a-multiple-pathways-training-10/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:How to Process Your Own Grief and Loss
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever been stuck in grief? Have you had trouble “getting over” a loss? Everyone has experienced loss of one kind or another. Some experience the loss of a job\, a relationship\, or even the loss of expectations. This list of losses could go on. If you have experienced any loss\, especially if you are stuck in your grief\, this training will help you learn how to process your own grief. This will help you in your own recovery and help you be able to help those you work with at an even higher level. And that would be helpful to you\, wouldn’t it? \nIn This Training You Will: \n\nExplore individual experiences of loss in a safe\, supportive learning space.\nIdentify ways grief shows up in thoughts\, emotions\, and daily life.\nDiscover peer-based strategies for moving through grief at their own pace.\nRecognize strengths and resilience that support healing and recovery.\nGain new perspectives that promote hope and self-compassion.\nPractice practical tools they can use both for their own wellness and when supporting others.\n\nAbout the Trainer:\nChuck Hendrix is a Certified Peer Support Specialist\, Certified Life Coach\, and NLP Practitioner\, and a Board-Certified Hypnotherapist. He has been studying personal growth for more than 25 years. He is always developing special trainings to further the impact that CPSS and Recovery Coaches can make with those they work with. Chuck is known for his unique communication style that is both engaging and funny. You won’t want to miss this training. \nEligible for 4.5 Virtual Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Continuing Education credits. \nRegistration: Please register below (on this site) using a credit or debit card\, which is the quickest way to confirm your attendance. \nONLY if you need to pay by check\, please complete this form (click here) and email it to: registration@mipeers.org. Do not use this form if you are paying by credit/debit card. \nCancellation Policy: Registrations may be transferred to another employee of the same agency upon written request to registration@mipeers.org. Cancellations must be received in writing at least 12 days prior to the date of the training. Failure to cancel registration within the allotted time will result in registration fees being forfeited. For questions\, e-mail registration@mipeers.org. \nAttendance Policy: You must attend the entire training. If you are more than 10 minutes late you will not be allowed to attend as part of the CE requirements. Breaks are built into the training schedule. Participants who miss more than 10 minutes of the training outside of scheduled breaks will not receive CE credit. Attendees must follow the training guidelines.
URL:https://mipeers.org/event/how-to-process-your-own-grief-and-loss-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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