Trainings Offered Through Life Within

Life Within trainings are NBCC certified and equip counselors with applicable approaches to effective counseling.

 

Working with Families:
Systemic approaches to addressing high conflict in families.

with Riley Pate, PhD, LPC/MFT
& Thomas Ritchie LPC-S

This training is designed to help therapist working with children navigate the complex family dynamics that sometimes arise; specifically high conflict scenarios in diverse family contexts...

Cost: $50
Free to Life Within Employees

Worth 3 CEs

 

April 24, 2026

8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

106 N Pecan St.
Beebe AR 72012

Learning Objectives

  • Learner will identify differing family structures and their impact on children and family conflict.

  • Learner will explore techniques for navigating high conflict family sessions.

  • Learner will apply systems theory to working with children and their families.

Qualifications:

Riley Pate, Ph.D, LPC-S, LMFT-S, is trained in evidence-based therapies, including the trauma therapy Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and the marital assessment tool Prepare/Enrich. He offers a variety of therapeutic services including premarital counseling and treatment for issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma, parent-adolescent relationship problems, and marital conflict.
Thomas Ritchie, LPC-S, is the founder of Life Within Counseling Group. The primary focus of his career has been working with children and families. Whether in the homes of families or the classrooms with children, he is passionate about seeing children and families succeed. He is trained in various approaches to improve attachment and also clinically proven treatments for trauma, TF-CBT and EMDR-II.

 
 

Life Within Counseling Group, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7240. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Life Within Counseling Group, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Complaint Policy

If a participant or potential participant would like to express a concern about his/her experience with Life Within Counseling Group, LLC, he/she may e-mail info@lifewithin.us or call 501-232-2600. Although we do not guarantee a particular outcome, the individual can expect us to consider the complaint, to make any necessary decisions and respond within 2-4 weeks.