2025 Southeast Regional Conference
9/8/2025 - 9/9/2025
Description
2025 Southeast Regional Conference
September 8-9
Let's continue the conversation about tech! The theme of the 2025 Southeast Regional Conference is Technology and Mental Health. This conference will provide expert presentations on mental health, education and technology. Full details on sessions, CEUs, venue, and opportunities to follow soon.
Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities
Expand your reach with NATSAP! View the Sponsor & Exhibitor Prospectus to see all the great opportunities available at the Southeast Regional Conference. Secure your sponsorship & contact us at events@natsap.org today!
2025 Fall Regional & 2026 Annual Conferences Sponsor & Exhibitor Prospectus
Registration
Registration for this conference can be completed online or by submitting the registration form below. Please email completed registration forms to events@natsap.org.
2025 Southeast Regional Registration Form
Early-Bird | $270 Member-Rate / $420 Non-Member Rate | Until August 8 |
Regular | $295 Member-Rate / $445 Non-Member Rate | August 9 - September 2 |
On-Site | $320 Member-Rate / $470 Non-Member Rate | After September 2 |
**NATSAP GROUP DISCOUNT - Members of NATSAP programs are eligible to receive a group registration discount. Every SIXTH registrant (of the same program) are eligible for the 50% discount. To take advantage of this discount, register your first FIVE staff members and then email events@natsap.org with the names, email, and titles of those staff members to receive the 50% off for the sixth staff member. You must be listed as a member in the current NATSAP membership directory in order to receive the discount.
Sky’s the Limit’s sponsorship helps support the Southeast Conference, making it easier to bring educational content to NATSAP members and local behavioral health professionals. Click here for more information on Sky’s the Limit Fund
Agenda
Monday, September 8
9:00am - 4:00pm Family Therapy Training Institute -- Hosted by John Stewart, VP of Clinical Training at Embark Behavioral Health
Therapeutic strategies in establishing "Relationship--Engagement--Partnership". Participants will be able to:
- understand and intervene with Homeostasis
- identify way to connect with key systematic pathways (i.e., Roles, Rules, Relationships) "work to understand with the System and what their resilience and growth dynamics are
- understand the WHAT in a system
- best practices utilizing Experientials with a system
- intervention skill sheet with extensive ides of working with Systems
- 6 CEs!
(*pre-conference training available to all members attending the conference, registration required for members only attending FTTI and registration required for all non-members)
1:00pm - 5:00pm Leadership Summit
For All NATSAP Member Programs, specific leadership role invitations only. To inquire further about attendance, reach out to events@natsap.org. (*invitation-only)
1:00pm - 5:00pm NATSAP Networking
Exclusive opportunity for NATSAP Member Programs and Educational Consultants to engage in scheduled meetings. NATSAP Programs and Educational Consultants email stephanie@natsap.org if interested in participating or to learn more!
Opening Reception 5:00 - 6:30 PM - Light Bites and Networking
Offsite Hosted Events
7:00 PM - Reception at The Grand Bohemian hosted by The Price Group
Tuesday, September 9
8:30 am – 9:30 am | Breakfast Teal Ballroom and Mezzanine | |
9:00 am – 9:45 am | Exhibit Hall Mezzanine
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9:45 am – 11:00 am | Opening Remarks: President or ED NATSAP Welcome and Opening Keynote | |
11:00 am – 11:15 am | Refreshment Break | |
11:15 am – 12:15 pm | A1: A Practical Application of Technology: Is Certainty Safe? - Erica Thiessen, LCMHC; Matt Nannis, CADC Studio A Studio B
A3: Pixelated Boundaries: Guiding Adolescents with Problematic Sexual Behaviors in a Digitally Saturated World - Richard Newton, LCSW, CSAT; Janis Taylor Studio C
A4: #NoFilderNeeded: Building Youth Resilience Against Eating Disorders in the Social Media Age – Rebecca Brumm, LPC, CEDS-S Think Tank | |
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch and Exhibit Hall Teal Ballroom and Mezzanine
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | B1: Student - Centered AI: Revolutionizing, Therapeutic Tools with a Focus on Individual Needs - Lauren Koffler, MSW; Rinat Hitelman, BCBA Studio A
B2: Connection Crisis: Understanding Friendship, Identity, and Belonging in Young Adults Today – Jack Hinman, Psy.D; Jake Tucker, LCPC Studio B
B3: Plugged in, Tuned out: Neurodivergence and the Neurological Impact of Technology Addiction - Amanda Hale, MPH; Marshall Young; Kelly Stamey, LBA Studio C
B4: Transforming Treatment: A Guide in Using Technology to Improve Everything! - Brandon Payne Think Tank
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2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | PM Break Mezzanine and Studio C | |
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | C1: Autism, Identity, and Information: Navigating the Diagnostic Landscape in the Age of Social Media – Shawn Hirsch, PhD, ABPP; Alton Bozeman, PsyD Studio A
C2: AI Use in Youth: Promise and Peril – Erika Nurmi, MD, PhD; Gabriel Bach, LMFT Studio B
C3: Connected but Disconnected: Addressing the Mental Health Impact of Technology through Experiential Therapy – Sheila Maitland, LCMHCS, CSAT Studio C
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3:15 pm – 4:15 pm | Final Panel: Title TBD Studio A Moderator: Panelists: | |
Exhibitors
Sponsors
2025 Southeast Refreshment Breaks
2025 Southeast Registration and Conference Lanyard
Early-Bird (Until August 8): $270 (Member) / $420 (Non-Member)
Regular (August 9 - September 2): $295 (Member) / $445 (Non-Member)
On-Site (After September 2): $320 (Member) / $470 (Non-Member)
Presenter: $0 (Member/Non-Member)
Please do not send registrations after September 2nd. If you want to register after this date, you must do so ON-SITE at the conference.
Substitution Policy: If a registrant is unable to attend this event for any reason, they may substitute someone else from the same organization for no change fee. On-site substitutions will be allowed for no fee.
Cancellation Policy: If an individual wishes to cancel his or her registration for the 2025 Southeast Regional Conference, please inform the conference organizers in writing, by August 19th. NO REFUNDS will be issued after August 19th. Attendee substitutions are allowed at any time.
Greenville, SC United States