Upcoming Events
Compass Health Center is proud to offer webinars and events to its community. Please see below for upcoming events as well as links to past videos.
Upcoming Events
December
1 Credit CE Webinar | Healing Together: Supporting Clients During and After Collective Trauma
December 11, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM CSTThis presentation will draw upon Compass Health Center’s expertise in trauma, grief, and mental health to offer practical, trauma-informed strategies for supporting adults, caregivers, and youth during and after individual or community tragedy.
Attendees will gain insight into the psychological impact of collective and personal trauma and learn actionable skills to promote safety, recovery, and healing. The session will address how clinicians, educators, nurses, and caregivers can support children and parents navigating complex grief, ambiguous loss, and post-crisis adjustment.
This live webinar will feature expert clinical perspectives, guided discussion, and take-home tools to strengthen confidence and compassion when responding to moments of crisis.
As a result of attending this presentation, attendees will be able to:
- Explain and differentiate between individual and community loss, trauma, and grief through a trauma-informed lens.
- Describe, in a more nuanced and deep way, how children of various ages as well as parents experience individual and community loss, trauma, and grief, including ambiguous losses.
- List concrete, applicable evidence-based interventions to aid children and parents in managing emotions resulting from trauma, loss, and grief.
- Demonstrate self-awareness of the impact of one’s own trauma experiences when working within an affected community and compile strategies to balance one’s own needs with the care of one’s clients.
Presenters:
- Melissa Blitz, M.Ed., LCPC, Director, Center of Excellence
- Katrina Shannon, LMFT, Director, Center of Excellence
- Kaitlin Thompson, MBA, LCSW, CADC, Director, Center of Excellence
- Katie Torres, LCSW, Director, Center of Excellence
Past Event Highlights
Advancing Mental Health in Maryland: A Community Conversation
On October 30, 2024, Compass Health Center brought together top mental health advocates and experts for an impactful community conversation. Featured panelists included Maryland State Senator Will Smith (D-20), Salma Sparklin, MPH, CareFirst, Meryl Heyliger, PhD, NCSP, Georgetown Day School, Captain Jordan Satinsky, Montgomery County Police Department, and Compass Health Center’s Marissa Leslie, MD, and Chad Wetterneck, PhD.
Explore key insights and innovative strategies shared during this event to enhance mental health outcomes.
Compass Health Center Presents: Virtual Deskside Briefing- The Impact of School Anxiety, Refusal and Absenteeism on Youth
National Public Radio recently reported that almost one-third of K-12 students in the United States, totaling more than 14 million youth, are not attending school regularly.
On Thursday, April 4th, 2024, Compass hosted a community conversation with expert panelists about reducing school absenteeism due to mental health challenges.
Creating Space Skillfully: Continued Coping in the Aftermath of Tragedy
On Wednesday and Thursday, July 20th and 21st, Compass clinicians hosted community webinars for a deeper dive into the skills discussed in our recent post-crisis support webinars. This presentation was designed for individuals ages 16 and up, and explores how to practice the coping skills needed to navigate strong emotions that can follow a crisis. It is not necessary to watch the prior recordings to gain insights from this one. Please view our recording of Creating Space Skillfully: Continued Coping in the Aftermath of Tragedy recorded on Thursday, July 21, 2022.
Skills for Coping in the Aftermath of Tragedy for Adults (Ages 24+)
On July 6th and July 7th, Compass Clinicians hosted a series of post-crisis support webinars open to the community in response to the tragedy that took place on July 4th. Please view our recording of Skills for Coping in the Aftermath of Tragedy for Adults (Ages 24+) recorded on Thursday, July 7th, 2022.
How To Talk to Children about Tragedy for Parents and Caregivers
On July 6th and July 7th, Compass Clinicians hosted a series of post-crisis support webinars open to the community in response to the tragedy that took place on July 4th. Please view our recording of How To Talk to Children about Tragedy for Parents and Caregivers recorded on Thursday, July 7th, 2022.
Skills for Coping in the Aftermath of Tragedy for Young Adults (Ages 16-23)
On July 6th and July 7th, Compass Clinicians hosted a series of post-crisis support webinars open to the community in response to the tragedy that took place on July 4th. Please view our recording of Skills for Coping in the Aftermath of Tragedy for Young Adults (Ages 16-23) recorded on Wednesday, July 6th, 2022.
Supporting Student Mental Health Needs In The 2020/2021 School Year:
Compass Health Center Adolescent OCD and Complex Anxiety LCSW and Education Specialist discuss:
- Supporting changing mental health and educational needs of students and families
- Identifying the range of reactions to COVID-19
- Understanding symptoms of depression, anxiety, and grief/loss
- Presenting coping skills and more
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Compass Health Center’s experts join in a 2 part webinar series to discuss Suicide Prevention.
Loyola Webinar
Loyola Academy and Compass Health Center are partnering to present this parent webinar. Please join Margaret Lewis, LCSW, and Emily Crane, M.Ed., education specialist, as they focus on self-care, limits, coping tools, and how parents can support their teen during hybrid learning with strategies for academics and social-emotional wellbeing. Registration is required.
District 113 Webinars
Supporting Teachers Mental Health | Compass Health Center’s team works in conjunction with District 113 to support the mental health of school administration and teachers.
From School to Summer | District 113 Webinar & Compass Health Center’s Child and Adolescent Therapy team discuss opening up conversations about COVID-19 as a family.
Loyola Webinar
Compass staff presented on “How Parents Can Support their Students’ Mental Health Over the Summer” for Loyola Academy faculty. As the school year ends, students are preparing for their next transition to summer which can bring a lot of anxiety and uncertainty during COVID-19.
Catch Webinars
Compass Health Center partnered with CATCH – Community Action Together for Children’s Health to present “Managing the Flood of Emotions Brought on by a Pandemic,” a two-part webinar designed to help our community navigate these uncertain times and protect our mental health. Compass Health Center clinical staff, including trauma experts, are the presenters.
