Clinicians who want to deepen their practice through one of the most lasting spiritual tools in recovery and healing will find this reflective, skills-based training useful. The webinar examines the psychological depth of the Serenity Prayer’s threefold guidance, acceptance, courage and wisdom, and how it applies to therapy for anxiety, grief, addiction, life transitions and other concerns. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and existential psychotherapy, participants gain strategies for helping clients tell when to accept circumstances and when to take decisive action, and for building the inner wisdom to know which is which.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to
- Analyze the therapeutic relevance of the Serenity Prayer’s core themes—acceptance, courage, and wisdom—in the context of client decision-making and emotional regulation.
- Summarize principles from ACT, DBT, or existential therapy to help clients balance radical acceptance with values-driven action.
- Identify how to facilitate client exploration of personal control, responsibility, and surrender using reflective exercises, metaphors, or experiential techniques.
Syllabus:
Introduction
Objective #1: Analyze the therapeutic relevance of the Serenity Prayer’s core themes—acceptance, courage, and wisdom—in the context of client decision-making and emotional regulation.
- The ingredients of the Serenity Prayer
- How these ingredients impact client well-being
Objective #2: Summarize principles from ACT, DBT, or existential therapy to help clients balance radical acceptance with values-driven action.
- Defining Acceptance
- Acceptance is not resignation
- The connection between courage and values
Objective #3: Identify how to facilitate client exploration of personal control, responsibility, and surrender using reflective exercises, metaphors, or experiential techniques.
- Existential strategies
- Mindfulness strategies
- Reflective prompts
Summary/Q&A
Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 Clinical asynchronous continuing education credits.
For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 1.5 Clinical continuing education training.
Instructor: Dreya Blume, LCSW
Recording Date: January 20, 2026
CEUS On-Demand, LLC, provider #2274, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/7/2026 - 08/6/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5hrs Clinical continuing education credits.
CEUs On-Demand, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7091. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEUs On-Demand, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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