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


Student
Student
125.00 USD

Members
Whole Conference
300.00 USD
First Day Only
125.00 USD
Second Day Only
175.00 USD

Non-Members
Whole conference
350.00 USD
First Day Only
175.00 USD
Second Day Only
200.00 USD

Agenda

Friday, August 28
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
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
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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
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.
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout 2
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
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Friday Poster Sessions
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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
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.
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.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
This presentation provides clinicians with a practical framework for effective couples therapy, including session structure, communication tools, conflict management strategies, and interventions.
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.
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
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 - 9:30 AM
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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.
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.
Many trauma survivors don’t look dysregulated, they look capable, insightful, and successful, yet remain internally stuck. This presentation explores how trauma organizes identity around safety rather than authenticity, how fawning shows up in therapy
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Keynote Speaker Description
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Saturday LUNCH & Learn
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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
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
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
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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
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
The Common Ground Model introduces a systemic framework for couples nervous system co-regulation, mapping the feedback loops that keep partners stuck and the conditions that create safety. Drawing on EFT, polyvagal theory, and systems theory.
5:00 PM
5:00 PM

Exhibitors

TheraPrac

TheraPrac is a simple, modern practice platform built for therapy practices. We help clinicians manage scheduling, documentation, telehealth, reminders, intake, and client communication without the clutter of oversized EHR systems.

Purple Sky Counseling

Purple Sky Counseling provides trauma-focused, neuro-affirming therapy for all ages at 8 locations across Utah — specializing in EMDR and deep healing for clients who need more than coping skills. Led by EMDRIA Approved Trainer™ Cassidy DuHadway.

Healthy Mind Map

Healthy Mind Map helps people track their mood, sleep, and daily habits, then see the patterns connecting them. For clinicians, it turns the 167 hours between sessions into something you and your client can look at together.

Center for Change

Center for Change is a program committed to helping those suffering from eating disorders. We offer Inpatient, Residential, Partial Hospitalization Program, Intensive Outpatient Program, and Outpatient services. Located in Orem and Salt Lake City.

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Location

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