FACES Conferences

FACES Conferences inception was in 1991 with their first major conference in Seattle, Washington. Over 350 mental health and alcohol/drug professionals attended this Co-Occurring Disorders conference.

FACES has a stellar reputation as one of the top mental health continuing education companies. They have trained tens of thousands of therapists, and given a voice and platform for a variety of mental health and alcohol/drug recovery topics to include – co-occurring disorders, mindful relapse prevention, PTSD and trauma treatment, depression and anxiety, family systems, couples therapy, domestic violence, ethics, and personality disorders. In 2009, FACES began to shift to mindfulness and compassion conferences and workshops. They are a brand that exemplifies high-quality continuing education for social workers, psychologists and therapists.

Mission:
Their mission is to bring mindfulness and compassion skills to the mental health field, alcohol/drug recovery field, their clients, and the general public. They are passionate about developing and delivering the best mindfulness and compassion conferences, with the best teachers/educators, clinicians/therapists, and researchers, on the most current mindfulness and compassion topics.