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The Story Beneath the Story

A Trauma Training Series Designed for Helping Professionals to Enhance Their Clinical Knowledge and Access Valuable Mental Health Resources.

Sometimes it’s a pebble. Sometimes it’s been rain. Not every ripple begins the same way.

The Story Beneath the Story is a five-session Front Porch Learning series designed to enhance clinical knowledge by helping clinicians look beyond what is immediately visible. This series aims to deepen understanding of the experiences, adaptations, and survival patterns related to mental health and trauma. Each session stands on its own, but as you follow the full series, the pieces begin to connect. Through this trauma training series, you will gain the tools to understand, connect, apply, and ultimately make a difference.

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THE STORY WE SEE — AND THE STORY UNDERNEATH

Looking Beyond What Happened

We often think of trauma as the event—the pebble that hits the water. However, not every trauma story starts with a single identifiable event. Instead, it can resemble rain: experiences that repeat, accumulate, or subtly alter the landscape over time. Typically, what leads someone to seek therapy is not just the original pebble or the continuous rain, but rather a desire for clinical knowledge and understanding. Utilizing mental health resources, such as a trauma training series, can help individuals navigate these complex experiences.

It's the Ripple.

Looking Beyond What Happened

The anxiety. The shame. The emotional flashback. The inner critic. The need to please. The urge to withdraw. The difficulty trusting other people—or themselves.

Front Porch Learning invites clinicians to deepen their clinical knowledge by becoming curious about those ripples:

What happened? What accumulated? What adapted? And what might the client still be carrying today? Explore our mental health resources and consider joining our trauma training series to enhance your understanding.

ONE SESSION or THE WHOLE STORY?

CHOOSE YOUR SEAT

Attend One Session to enhance your clinical knowledge. Choose the individual workshop from our trauma training series that resonates with your current work and explore valuable mental health resources.

STAY FOR TWO

Select TWO of the November–February intensives focused on enhancing clinical knowledge and mental health resources, and enjoy a 10% savings on your registration for our trauma training series.

USE CODE: 2FOR10

CHOOSE TWO

THE FULL PORCH

All Four Intensives + October's Trauma Foundation material on us

Register for our trauma training series covering all four intensives from November to February, and we'll send you a video of the October session material, PTSD vs. C-PTSD, at no additional cost. This series provides 18 total CEs, enhancing your clinical knowledge and offering valuable mental health resources.

USE CODE: FULLSERIES

JOIN US FOR THE FULL SERIES

FRONT PORCH AFTER HOURS

Because sometimes the conversation needs a little more room.

The workshop may conclude, but often the questions and conversations continue on.

Front Porch After Hours is an optional, small-group extension available after select learning sessions. This time creates an opportunity to delve deeper into case consultation, clinical questions, and practical application of mental health resources, while also fostering reflection and dialogue with other helping professionals.

More conversation focused on how client experiences are impacting you.

SAVE ME A SEAT "AFTER HOURS"

After Hours is After Workshops

Monthly: November–February Workshops on clinical knowledge and mental health resources.

Time: One Hour after the Workshop. Investment: $59 - includes lunch.

Space: Limited to 12 participants.

CEs: Yes - 1 hour.

Don't miss out on our trauma training series designed to enhance your skills.

YOUR FRONT PORCH GUIDES

Different Experiences. Shared Table.

JJ Larson, LPC-S, NCC

SereniTea Solutions Founder

JJ brings extensive experience in behavioral health, substance-use treatment, healthcare, higher education, school-based mental health, crisis services, clinical supervision, and leadership.

Her role with Front Porch Learning emphasizes the importance of clinical knowledge by connecting theoretical concepts to practical applications in the field. This includes clinical judgment, case application, ethical questions, and documentation, as well as addressing the real-world concerns of professionals with the common query, “Okay...but what do I actually do with this on Monday?” Additionally, her work involves providing mental health resources such as a trauma training series to help practitioners effectively utilize these concepts in their daily practice.

Denver Dykes, LPC-S, CCTP-II

Front Porch Learning

In Denver, the approach to mental health resources emphasizes a trauma-focused lens that combines clinical knowledge with an understanding that healing is often anything but straightforward.

Her teaching invites clinicians to look beyond symptoms, grasp the experiences underlying them, and engage in trauma training series that foster curiosity, humanity, and a space for the client's complete narrative.

Real Talk. Real Tools. Real Change.

Together, we create room for clinical knowledge, practical application, and honest conversations about mental health resources—along with the occasional trip completely off-script during our trauma training series.

WHERE WE’LL GATHER

Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge

9601 Fossil Ridge Road · Fort Worth, TX 76135

In-Person Learning

From Loop I-820, exit Hwy 199 (Jacksboro Highway) and go west 4 miles. Exit Confederate Park Road to the right and stay on the service road. At the stop sign, turn right onto Buffalo Road into the Nature Center entrance.

Stop by the gatehouse and get your day pass; it's included with registration. Here, you can also find valuable mental health resources and information about our trauma training series to enhance your clinical knowledge.

Map showing Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge location in Fort Worth, TX.

Transform your CEUs into a rejuvenating retreat into nature, where you can enhance your clinical knowledge while utilizing vital mental health resources. Explore our trauma training series to deepen your understanding and skills in a serene environment.

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CURRENT LEARNING SERIES

The Story Beneath the Story

Sometimes it’s a pebble. Sometimes it’s been rain. Not every ripple begins the same way.

THE STORY WE SEE — AND THE STORY UNDERNEATH

Looking Beyond What Happened

Looking Beyond What Happened

Looking Beyond What Happened

It's the Ripple.

Looking Beyond What Happened

Looking Beyond What Happened

FOLLOW THE STORY

ONE SESSION or THE WHOLE STORY?

CHOOSE YOUR SEAT

STAY FOR TWO

THE FULL PORCH

FROM LEARNING to PRACTICE

FRONT PORCH AFTER HOURS

Because sometimes the conversation needs a little more room.

After Hours is After Workshops

YOUR FRONT PORCH GUIDES

Different Experiences. Shared Table.

JJ Larson, LPC-S, NCC

Denver Dykes, LPC-S, CCTP-II

Real Talk. Real Tools. Real Change.

WHERE WE’LL GATHER