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Ignite Talks

Previously Recorded
Moderated By: Elan Javanfard, MA, LMFT
$30.00 Cost For Member: $20
This unique 2-hour continuing education session brings together diverse clinical voices in a rapid-fire format designed to deliver focused, evidence-informed insights across a wide range of practice areas. Each of the nine featured presenters will speak for seven minutes, sharing research-based perspectives and tools on topics including artificial intelligence in therapy, body image and eating recovery, emotional and behavioral school-based prevention, suicide bereavement in children, culturally responsive bullying interventions, and trauma-informed religious education.

The session is anchored by Elan Javanfard, MA, LMFT, who will serve as the primary presenter and clinical facilitator. Elan will introduce the overarching theme of integrative, community-based, and culturally competent care, provide context for each topic, and synthesize the key clinical takeaways throughout the session. Through transitions, commentary, and reflective prompts, he will guide participants in connecting themes across disciplines and apply them to their own mental health practice.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify at least three current or emerging clinical topics relevant to mental health professionals across diverse populations and settings.
  2. Describe brief, evidence-informed interventions or frameworks introduced across the 9 topic areas.
  3. Integrate multi-disciplinary insights from the session into their own clinical, supervisory, or programmatic work.
  4. Apply culturally competent approaches to areas such as trauma-informed education, suicide loss, abuse prevention, and AI integration in clinical care.Apply culturally competent approaches to areas such as trauma-informed education, suicide loss, abuse prevention, and AI integration in clinical care.

Agenda:

Session Title: 7 Minutes to Impact: Clinical Pearls from the Field
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Total Contact Hours: 2.0 (120 minutes)
Format: Live, online (Zoom or other platform)

TimePresenterTopic
4:00 – 4:05 PMElan Javanfard, MA, LMFTWelcome, Objectives, and Thematic Framing
4:05 – 4:12 PMRus Devorah Wallen, LCSW, ACSW, CIMHPTech-Savvy, Soul-Centered: A Therapist’s Mini-Guide to AI
4:12 – 4:19 PMElisabeth Wajnryt, Clin Psy.DMaking Peace with Food and Body
4:19 – 4:26 PMRabbi Avi Landa, LCPC, Mrs. Shira Berkowitz, LCSW, Rabbi Eli Farkas, MSWThe Case for SEL in Yeshivos
4:26 – 4:33 PMShmuel Zuckerman, LCSWThe Straw That Broke The Human’s Back
4:33 – 4:40 PMMotti Polityko, MA, LMFTAn Ounce of Prevention: Therapists Igniting Prevention Education for Our Youth
4:40 – 4:47 PMSarah Rivkah KohnAnalyzing the Aftershocks: Six Secrets Shared by Children Who Lost a Parent to Suicide
4:47 – 4:54 PMShir Atias Shahravan, MAChinuch Through the Lens of Psychology and Torah
4:54 – 5:01 PMYaakov Boruch Beren, JD, MBA, MA.Ed.Strengthening Every Child: A Cultural Approach to Bullying Prevention
5:01 – 5:08 PMRebecca Saleman, LMSW, LSW, SIFIBuzzword Breakdown: The Abuse Glossary You Didn’t Know You Needed
5:08 – 5:20 PMElan Javanfard, MA, LMFTThematic Integration, Case Reflections, and Clinical Application
5:20 – 5:50 PMElan Javanfard & All PresentersLive Q&A and Guided Discussion
5:50 – 6:00 PMElan JavanfardSummary of Key Takeaways 

This workshop offers 1.5 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
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Refund Policy:
Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.