Presented October 2, 2026 • Licensed Clinical Counselors of North Carolina (LCCNC)

Stop Treating the Behavior — keep the learning going.

Thank you for joining our LCCNC First Friday webinar. This post-presentation page keeps practical ESFT-informed tools, selected materials, and presenter information in one place for continued learning and application.

Dr. Patrice Banks, M.Ed., LCMHCS•Alicia Goodman, LCSWA

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BEHAVIOR IS THE SIGNAL • THE CYCLE IS THE TARGET • SYSTEMS TELL THE STORY

Presented October 2, 2026

Stop Treating the Behavior: An ESFT Approach to Mapping and Interrupting Family Interaction Cycles

Presented by Dr. Patrice Banks, M.Ed., LCMHCS & Alicia Goodman, LCSWA

This page now serves as a focused post-presentation resource page. Revisit the core ideas, use the selected practical tools, and take the learning into clinical practice and supervision.

TrainingLCCNC First Friday Webinar • October 2, 2026

Continuing Education1 hour • Counseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship

Core takeawayBehavior is a signal. Map the interaction cycle before choosing the next intervention.

Practice lensESFT-informed tools for mapping systems, interaction cycles, and supervision conversations.

LCCNC

Licensed Clinical Counselors of North Carolina

FIRST FRIDAY • OCTOBER 2, 2026

LEARN • REFLECT • MAP • APPLY

Presenting Organization

Licensed Clinical Counselors of North Carolina

LCCNC is a nonprofit professional membership association dedicated to licensed clinical mental health counseling in North Carolina. Its mission centers on advancing the development of LCMHCs through professional excellence, advocacy, and continuing education that responds to the needs of counselors across the state.

Professional Development LCCNC provides live and home-study continuing education and professional learning opportunities for clinical counselors.

Advocacy & Professional Excellence The association advocates for the licensed counseling profession while promoting strong professional practice and development.

NBCC Approved Provider LCCNC is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5807, and is responsible for its approved programs.

October 2 Webinar The one-hour ESFT webinar was presented live on October 2, 2026. This page now preserves post-presentation resources for continued learning.

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Meet the Presenters

Experience that connects clinical practice and systems thinking.

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Youth Extensions, Inc.

Dr. Patrice Banks

M.Ed., LCMHCS

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor • Clinical Supervisor • School-Based Intervention Coordinator

Dr. Patrice Banks, M.Ed., LCMHCS, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor supervisor with over 16 years of experience in community mental health, school-based services, and clinical supervision. She holds additional licensure as a principal and superintendent and currently serves as a clinical supervisor and school-based intervention coordinator. Patrice works within a practice setting where Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) is the primary treatment model and brings that lived clinical knowledge directly into her training and supervision work. She is committed to preparing clinicians to think systemically, intervene strategically, and build relationships that drive real change for children, adolescents, and families.

Youth Extensions, Inc.

Alicia Goodman

LCSWA

Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate • Clinician

Alicia Goodman, LCSWA, is a licensed clinical social worker associate with over a decade of experience providing evidence-based care across individual therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, and case management settings. Her clinical work spans mental health, trauma-informed care, behavioral concerns, addiction recovery, and personal growth. She brings a strengths-based lens to her practice, meeting clients where they are and supporting them in developing the self-awareness and skills needed for lasting change. Alicia currently serves as a clinician with Youth Extensions, Inc., where she applies Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy principles in direct service with children, adolescents, and families.

Professional & Training Context

The presenters' work is grounded in direct clinical practice and supervision within Youth Extensions, Inc.

OrganizationYouth Extensions, Inc.

Primary Treatment Model in Practice SettingEcosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT)

NBCC Content AreaCounseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship

Disclosure / Conflict of Interest

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Dr. Patrice Banks, LCMHCS

I am employed as a clinician at Youth Extensions, Inc., where Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) is the primary treatment model. I receive no financial compensation for this presentation. This presentation does not promote any commercial product or service.

Alicia Goodman, LCSWA

Post-presentation resourcesSelected presentation materials and practical ESFT-informed tools, together with presenter background, training context, and disclosures.

Keep Going

The webinar ended. The practical work continues.

Return to the tools whenever you need to slow a case down, map the system, identify a repeating interaction cycle, or support a supervisee in moving beyond the behavior description.

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