Vanya Garabedian, LCSW

Join me at the 2026 NM NASW conference

🌿 A sincere thank you to everyone who joined yesterday's workshop. It was a genuinely dynamic group, and the willingness to reflect honestly and show up fully, for yourselves and for this work, made the day what it was. I do not take lightly the opportunity to be in that room with you. Grateful for the work we get to do together. 🙏

Join me at the 2026 NM NASW conference https://naswnm.socialworkers.org/Events/Annual-Conference

🌿 Most of us are trained to gain knowledge about communities other than our own. That knowledge is important. It is also incomplete.

We examine culture, identity, and lived experience as they show up in clinical work. Each workshop is structured for discussion, reflection, and honest exchange.

📅 May 28: Culture, Identity, and Clinical Practice
Online | 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM MDT
6 Ethics in Cultural Awareness CEUs

Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/intentionalpathcounseling/2184721

Great resource!

I highly recommend Charlycia. She is fantastic

Most of us are trained to gain knowledge about communities other than our own. That knowledge is important. It is also incomplete.

We examine culture, identity, and lived experience as they show up in clinical work. Each workshop is structured for discussion, reflection, and honest exchange.

📅 May 11: Foundations of Cultural Awareness | In person | Albuquerque | 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM | 6 Ethics in Cultural Awareness CEUs

📅 May 28: Culture, Identity, and Clinical Practice | ZOOM | 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM MDT | 6 Ethics in Cultural Awareness CEUs

Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/intentionalpathcounseling

🔑 We use the word "safe" a lot in this profession. Safe space, safe enough, creating safety. What are we actually talking about?

For so many of the people we work with, safety is not an internal experience they have access to. It is a concept we keep naming for those who have not experienced it.

🧭 Healing-centered practice asks us to look beyond the behavior. What happened? What was needed? What did they learn to do without it? Day 1 is full. Days 2 and 3 still have space.

📅 April 24th: Healing-Centered Practice: Core Concepts and Approaches
📅 April 25th: Anchored in Uncertainty: Navigating the Unexpected in Therapy

9:30am-4:30pm | 6-12 CEUs | Small group | Sliding scale | $125–$175 + GRT

🔗 Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/intentionalpathcounseling

🌿 Healing-centered practice shifts the question from "what is wrong with this person" to "what has happened to this person and what do they need to heal."

It is not a new technique. It is a different orientation. One that requires us to examine our own assumptions, our training, and the systems we work within alongside the people we support.

A few spots remain for April 24th and 25th. April 23rd is full.

📅 April 24: Healing-Centered Practice: Core Concepts and Approaches
📅 April 25: Anchored in Uncertainty: Navigating the Unexpected in Therapy

In person | Capped at 10 | Albuquerque | 6 General CEUs each | $125–$175 + GRT | Sliding scale

🔗 Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/intentionalpathcounseling

🌱 No one teaches us what to do when the unexpected shows up in session. We figure it out in real time, often alone, often after the fact. That is what the third day is about. The first two lay the ground.

📅 April 23 | Trauma-Informed Care through a Healing-Centered Lens
📅 April 24 | Healing-Centered Practice: Core Concepts and Approaches
📅 April 25 | Anchored in Uncertainty: Navigating the Unexpected in Therapy

Healing-centered frameworks newer to you: April 23 and 24 are a strong place to start.Each one stands on its own and all three build on each other.

Three days. In person. Albuquerque. Ten people max. Breakfast and lunch provided. Spots are going faster than I expected.
📍Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/intentionalpathcounseling