Women in Private Practice Utah
Our Mission
Supporting high quality mental health care through education and networking
Our Vision
Building a community of thriving private practice therapists
Next Event:
Please join us for our next CEU event on February 12, 2026 from 8:30 am to 10:00. Paul Theilking, MD will present on Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
— About Us
The History of WPP Utah
Women in Private Practice Utah got its start somewhere in the 1980's. A small group of therapists led initially by Ruth Manville, started to meet to support each other.
Susan Lyons became the guiding leader for the group and contributed significantly to the overall development of WPP. Susan built a team of volunteers who added a list serve to facilitate communication, free virtual CEU events, annual social events and most recently an annual conference which is now provided both in person and online to meet the needs of our members statewide.
At present we are a group of approximately 600 members from multiple disciplines, including fully and provisionally licensed therapists as well as students across the state of Utah.
In order to become a member of Women in Private Practice, you must be committed to the support and development of female-identifying mental health therapists, and licensed for practice in Utah (fully or provisionally). We do offer a student membership that allows individuals access to our free CEU events. You must also be in private practice- whether at the very early stages or many years in!
Events
February 12, 2026 8:30 am to 10 am, online. Please join us for a presentation by Paul Theilking, MD on Psychelic Assisted Psychotherapy. 1.5 CEU's are available for this presentation.
March 12, 2026, 8:30 am to 10 am, online. Please join us for a presentation on Screening for High Maskers- Differential Diagnosis for Neurodivergent clients by Josie Bohling, LMFT. 1.5 are available for this presentation.
September 11, 2026 4th Annual WPP Conference: Ethical Considerations in Private Practice, featuring our Keynote Speaker, Dan Taube, JD PhD, from The Trust Risk Management Services. 8:00 am to 4pm, In person or online format. 6 Ethics CEU's are available for this conference. Lunch and networking time included!
Need CEU's? We have great options!
Once a year we offer a day long conference - participants can attend in person or online. We bring in a national key note speaker, have several local presenters and wrap up our day with an ethics panel. Previous keynote speakers include Julie Herres of Profit First for Therapists, Mauren Werbach of The Group Practice Exchange. and Susie Rigas of the Mental Health Professionals Equity Alliance.
In addition, we offer three virtual CEU events per year- in November, February and March. These events are held on the second Thursday of the month from 8:30 am to 10 am and are included in the price of your annual membership.