2026 UCMHP Fall Conference
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2026 UCMHP Fall Conference

THE SUMMIT of all the therapists in the great State of Utah

August 28 - 29, 2026  ·  Davis Conference Center
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)

The Summit is Utah’s premier gathering of all mental health professionals. It is a powerful two days of inspiration, connection, and professional growth designed for clinicians, and community leaders across the mental health professions. This only happens every two years, so grab a colleague and reserve your seat today!


Tickets


Members
Early Bird Whole Conference
250.00 USD
First Day Only, Early Bird
125.00 USD
Second-day, Early Bird
150.00 USD

Non-Members
Whole Conference, Early Bird
300.00 USD
First Day, Early Bird
150.00 USD
Second Day, Early Bird
175.00 USD

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Agenda

Friday, August 28
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Registration
Start your Summit experience here, check in, gather your materials, and settle in for a day of connection, learning, and collaboration with the best of Utah’s mental health community.
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Event Start
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome by the Presidents
The long awaited conference is here. Welcome! You are with all your peers. This is your time to learn from the latest and greatest in Utah!
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Beyond the Rescue: Ethical and Trauma-Informed Care for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Breakout 1B Description
Ethics
Hormones and Mental Health: A Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective
This presentation explores the critical relationship between hormonal health and mental health across the lifespan, with a particular focus on the perimenopausal and menopausal transitions.
Suicide Prevention
Secrets of the Spectrum: Working with the Spectrum and Other Disorders
Breakout 1A Description
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Acceptance Pending...
Breakout 2
Acceptance Pending...
Family Therapy
MFT
The State of Mental Health Practice in Utah: Trends, Challenges and Clinical Realities
This session presents data examining clinicians’ current practice realities. Presenters will share results from a recent statewide survey showing trends in caseloads, insurance challenges, supervision, and sustainability
Ethics
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Poster Sessions & Lunch (ON YOUR OWN)
Friday Poster Sessions
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Echoes in the Playroom: Navigating Countertransference When Working With Children
Explore the invisible dynamics of child therapy by identifying personal triggers and emotional echoes. This workshop provides practical tools for child therapists to manage countertransference, and deepen self-reflection
Ethics
Holding the Human While Using the Tools: Ethics of AI in Therapy
This presentation explores the ethical use of AI in counseling through a relational, humanistic lens. Grounded in research and professional ethics, we will reflect on presence, use of self, and the therapeutic relationship.
Ethics
Sustaining a Legacy of Care: Self-Energy as a Foundation of Supervision
The supervision experience is our first glimpse at what it means to be a therapist. It sets a foundation for what we believe about ourselves as therapists and what we believe about our clients. Let's explore our legacies of supervision.
Supervision
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Acceptance Pending...
MFT couples therapy training
MFT
Good Intentions… Bad Therapy: The Hidden Skill We’re Not Teaching Our Clients.
Well-intentioned, supportive strategies can keep clients comfortable… but also stuck. This interactive session explores the balance between validation and forward movement, highlighting how participation in therapy is a learned skill.
Ethics
The “Good Childhood” Myth: Understanding and Treating Emotional Neglect in Therapy
Many clients report a “good childhood” yet struggle with anxiety, disconnection, and relational distress. This presentation explores emotional neglect as an often-missed form of trauma and teaches clinicians how to identify, conceptualize, and treat.
Saturday, August 29
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration
Optional check-in is available on day two for those who did not register on day one to pick up materials, confirm attendance, and get oriented before sessions begin.
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote with Anna Lieber, LCMHC
Keynote Speaker Description
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Acceptance Pending...
General topic
How Rituals Strengthen Connection and Healing in Group Therapy
Rituals can be powerful tools for fostering meaning, connection, and emotional integration in group therapy settings. This presentation explores how intentional, therapist-guided rituals support cohesion, help clients process transitions and grief.
PANEL: That's Me in the Spotlight: Losing My Identity
As Utah expands cross-discipline supervision, what happens to professional identity? This interactive panel brings LCSWs, LMFTs, and LCMHCs (including rehabilitation counselors) together to explore bias, ethical tensions, and supervisory responsibility.
Supervision
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sponsored Lunch (INCLUDED)
Saturday LUNCH & Learn
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Bridging the therapist's lived experience of therapeutic relationships: An exploration of the human experience.
This workshop focuses on therapists' lived experiences within therapeutic relationships, recognizing their profound impact both personally and professionally. Participants will engage in experiential exercises to explore relational dynamics
The Playful Deep: Play Therapy as Depth Work Across the Age Spectrum
This introductory session traces play therapy’s theoretical roots before introducing Jungian psychology as a depth-oriented clinical lens. Participants explore core concepts: psyche, persona, and shadow, through instruction and hands-on mask-making
The Resilient Clinician: Interventions to Reduce Burnout and Improve Job Satisfaction
This experiential workshop helps clinicians assess burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction using the ProQOL. Participants will engage in guided experiential learning to reduce compassion fatigue and enhance compassion satisfaction
Ethics
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Acceptance pending...
Family therapy presentation
MFT
Beyond "I'll Refer Them Out": A Cisgender, Heterosexual Therapist's Guide to LGBTQ+ Affirming Care
Ever wondered if you're the right therapist for your LGBTQ+ client? This session equips cisgender, heterosexual clinicians with foundational knowledge, self-awareness practices, and concrete clinical skills for delivering affirming, ethical care
Ethics
Bottom to top healing: Reduce anxiety and depression symptoms through somatic interventions.
This course is designed to assist mental health providers to better understand the fundamentals of Somatic base therapies and how to prepare clients for these modalities. Body-based (somatic) therapies focus on the mind-body connection
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Event End

Location

Location: Davis Conference Center, 1651 North 700 West, Layton, UT 84041