OUR FIRST FALL 2026 CE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: ENROLL TODAY!
OUR FIRST FALL 2026 CE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: ENROLL TODAY!
ACE Foundation Programs
Join us for a warm and experiential 3-hour virtual gathering exploring how ketamine-assisted therapy can support couples in deepening connection, softening defenses, and creating meaningful movement through painful relational patterns.
Many couples deeply love one another and genuinely want to stay connected, yet still feel trapped in recurring cycles of hurt, reactivity, and disconnection. Even with insight and strong communication tools, protective patterns can feel hard to shift. Ketamine, when offered thoughtfully and integrated with presence-based relational work, can help lower defenses, invite vulnerability, and open new pathways toward compassion, honesty, and healing.
Grounded in the spirit of Cultivating JOY and informed by Imago Relationship Therapy, mindfulness, and years of clinical experience, this live Zoom class will explore how ketamine can support couples in accessing emotional openness, relational safety, and renewed connection. We’ll touch on preparation, set and setting, nervous system regulation, guided experiential practices, and the powerful role of integration after a ketamine experience.
This event is designed for therapists, healers, and professionals curious about the intersection of ketamine and couples work, and for anyone interested in how presence, safety, and intentional connection can become part of the medicine.
Healing happens in relationship. And sometimes the doorway back to one another begins with slowing down, feeling deeply, and remembering we do not have to navigate this alone.
FOR CE CREDITS
Society Member
Non-Member
NON-CEU CREDIT OPTIONS
Society Member
$40*
Non-Member
$60
Student
FOR CE CREDITS
NON-CEU CREDIT OPTIONS
Society Member
Society Member
Non-member
Non-member
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Student
*NYSSCSW Discount applies to NYSSCSW current members only.
**Student Discount only applies to full time students currently enrolled in social work and MHP master level programs.
Please register by Thursday, February 4 at 5pm.
Live Online via Zoom
The Advanced Clinical Education (ACE) Foundation of the NYS Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0028; licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0045; licensed psychoanalysts #P-0017; licensed psychologists #PSY-0121; licensed social workers #SW-0056; and licensed creative art therapists #CAT-0120.
Out-of-state providers are welcome to request a certificate upon completion of the presentation evaluation but must check with their own state licensing boards to inquire about whether or not the certificate is recognized as transferrable for CEs in their state’s jurisdiction.
After attending this lecture, participants will be able to:
1. Understand how ketamine can help soften defenses and interrupt painful relationship cycles.
2. Explore ways to create emotional safety and prepare couples for ketamine-assisted work.
3. Learn practical tools for guiding connection and communication during and after sessions.
4. Deepen understanding of integration practices that support lasting relational change.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed psychoanalysts, nurse practitioners and family and marriage/couple therapists, mental health counselors and licensed creative art therapists.
This seminar is appropriate for clinicians with all levels of experience.
Carol Kramer, LCSW helps couples move from conflict to connection and trains therapists to do the same. A certified Imago Relationship Therapy trainer, she leads engaging, skill-based workshops for mental health professionals and transformative retreats for couples — including innovative programs combining Imago Dialogue with ketamine-assisted therapy. Carol has taught with Drs Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt at the Cape Cod Institute for over 10 years. With warmth, clarity, and decades of experience, Carol creates safe spaces where relationships heal and thrive.
Jayne Gumpel, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, educator, poet, artist, and public speaker with over 30 years of clinical experience. She specializes in couples therapy, relational healing, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Jayne is a longtime Imago Relationship therapist and workshop leader. She serves as faculty with Fluence, teaching clinicians in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. She also teaches with MAPS in the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Her work integrates Imago Relationship Therapy with mindfulness and Noble Communication.
She is the founder of Cultivating JOY retreats and trainings. Her teaching emphasizes presence, compassion, and the healing power of connection. Jayne brings warmth, creativity, and practical wisdom to her work with couples.
Poetry and expressive arts are central to her approach to healing and integration. She presents nationally on ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and relational transformation. Her work invites clinicians and couples alike toward deeper connection, courage, and joy.
Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed, as evidenced by signing in and out and completing a course evaluation. Instructions for evaluating the presentation will be emailed within 5 days of the course date. Once evaluation is complete, CE certificate will be emailed to you.
ACE welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact Kristin or Debbie at info.acefoundation@gmail.com, at time of registration, to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA), Section 505 of the Rehabilitation ACT.
Cancellations made at least five days before the event will be refunded less a 10% cancellation fee. For cancellation please call 1-800-288-4279, or email us at info.acefoundation@gmail.com.
Should Inclement weather occur, we will be notifying all registrants via the email by which the registrant signed up. Please be sure to check your email before you leave for the course.
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