• The Confessional Community Clinical Training Program™ Application Form

  • Personal Information

  • Please be aware that communicating personal information electronically poses a risk to your confidentiality. New Story Staff will not disclose any personal information provided on this application form.

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  • Application Information

  • Please be prepared to provide additional information about any of the above issues to your screener.

  • As a result of participation in this event, participants may experience distress related to greater awareness of the impact of events or circumstances on their psychological well-being. Each participant must identify a mental health or pastoral care professional who is available to provide support after this event should the participant need it. New Story staff can provide referrals for support within the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Participants from outside the DC area should find resources before attending the event.

  • Please note that we try to avoid placing participants who have a pre-existing relationship in the same Confessional Community. Discuss any concerns with a New Story staff member.

  • Photo/Video Image Release:

    New Story Behavioral Health reserves the right to photograph and record videos of large group teaching sessions during the Opening and Closing Events. Photos and videos captured during these times will be used for promotional purposes for future training events, including but not limited to print media, website, and social media. The identity of persons in images or videos that are not employed by New Story Behavioral Health will not be released. Anyone who chooses not to have their image distributed should make their wishes known via email to events@newstorybh.com. Such email should include a photo for identification purposes and will be held confidential.

  • Notice of Observers

    New Story Behavioral Health invites qualified individuals to participate as silent observers of the Confessional Community Training Program™, including but not limited to large group teaching and in-person and virtual Confessional Communities™. These observers are present to observe group leaders and learn the skills necessary to successfully lead Confessional Communities™.

  • Disclaimers and Notices:

    The Confessional Community Clinical Training Program ("Program"), provided by New Story Behavioral Health (“New Story”), is educational and consultative in nature and does not constitute mental health treatment. Participants should not consider participation in the Program, or any of its events, as a substitute for mental health treatment. Participants in need of mental health referrals or treatment should contact New Story staff to request assistance. 

    Participants in the Program understand that conversations and interactions in the context of interpersonal groups may, at times, produce emotional discomfort (e.g. anxiety). Participants acknowledge and accept this risk and are reasonably confident in their ability to tolerate emotional discomfort. Participants agree to discuss any mental health concerns with a staff member before participating in the Program. Mental health concerns that warrant discussion include but are not limited to: active addictions; psychotic episodes; panic attacks; or persistent emotional dysregulation. New Story staff members may, at their discretion, at any time, suspend a participant’s participation in the Program, or its events, if there are concerns about the participant’s or other participants’ safety or well-being.

    Participants agree to maintain strict confidentiality both during and after Program events. Confidentiality includes not disclosing identifying information or personal content shared by other participants.

    Participants may not reproduce any written or digital material obtained from New Story without written permission.

    Participation in the Program is by application only. Applicants must complete this application form and participate in a screening appointment with a New Story staff member. Acceptance of participation in the Program is not guaranteed regardless of an applicant’s previous experience with New Story. Acceptance of participation in the Program does not guarantee acceptance as a patient at New Story or imply that accepted participants will be able to receive mental health treatment at New Story at any time. Acceptance of participation in the Program does not guarantee acceptance to subsequent programs, events, or services at New Story.

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