Grow as a clinician. Expand as a person.
The Clinician Development Lab translates contemporary psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, and integrative ideas into clear, usable CE courses — designed to help clinicians expand their clinical toolkit and themselves, because we believe the most alive, creative clinicians are the most effective ones.
Education that grows the whole clinician
We believe the best care happens when clinicians are supported, resourced, and free to keep becoming themselves. Our courses pair skill-building with creative and personal expansion, so you can keep doing this work well for years to come.
- Clinically practical, real-world content
- Courses shaped by clinicians, for clinicians
- Built-in attention to wellbeing and creative expansion
Somewhere in the scheme of things there can be room for everyone to live creatively. This involves retaining something personal, perhaps secret, that is unmistakably yourself.
— D.W. Winnicott, Playing and Reality
Featured courses
A selection of upcoming and on-demand continuing education offerings.
A three-part introductory series for clinicians without formal analytic training — core concepts, the therapeutic relationship, and simple case formulation in plain clinical language.
Three 2-hour sessions via Zoom
Deepen any therapeutic approach — learn how transference and countertransference can enrich psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS, and integrative work alike.
2-hour session via Zoom
Integrate adjunctive and emerging modalities — EMDR, somatic approaches, and Internal Family Systems — into social work practice with attention to ethics and scope of practice.
2-hour session via Zoom
Support and develop your own creative capacities as a clinician — a hands-on, experiential workshop on how creative practice enriches clinical presence, flexibility, and growth.
8 sessions · 1 hour each via Zoom
One case, many lenses — see how psychodynamic, CBT, IFS, and integrative clinicians each understand the same material, and sharpen your own way of thinking.
2-hour session via Zoom
Sustain your presence and identity as a clinician — explore what keeps you feeling like yourself in the room, and what drains or dulls that over time.
2-hour session via Zoom
How we teach
Every course is designed to be immediately useful, deeply respectful of the work, and grounded in the realities of clinical practice.
Clinically grounded
Content is rooted in research and translated into real-world interventions you can use in your next session.
Experiential learning
We make space for practice, reflection, and discussion—because clinicians learn best by doing.
Whole-person growth
Sustainability isn't an afterthought. We make space for creativity, reflection, and the personal expansion that makes clinicians more present and effective.
Who we serve
Our courses are built for clinicians at every stage, in every setting. By clinician we mean social workers, psychoanalysts, psychologists, counselors, creative arts therapists, and anyone who does this work — not only those who call themselves therapists.
Solo practitioners
Deepen your niche, expand your creativity, and protect your energy while running a private practice.
Group practices
Train your team with shared language, ethical approaches, and room for creative growth.
Early-career clinicians
Build confidence, competence, and a sense of yourself in the work — from day one.
Ready to keep growing?
Explore our courses or get in touch to learn about group training and custom programming.