June 3–4, 2027
Call for Presenters
The Rocket City Mental Health Conference is seeking engaging, relevant, and thought-provoking presentations for mental health professionals. We encourage topics that go beyond overused content, offering fresh perspectives, emerging information, and practical strategies. Join us in sharing knowledge that empowers clinicians and improves patient care across our community.
Presenter Benefits Include
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Complimentary Conference Registration: Enjoy full conference registration at no cost.
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Continuing Education Credit: Earn applicable continuing education credit for eligible conference sessions you attend.
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Presenter Spotlight & Professional Visibility: Be featured on the conference website and select promotional materials with your name, credentials, headshot, professional biography, presentation title, and session description.
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Individual Social Media Spotlight: Receive a dedicated presenter feature across conference social media channels leading up to the event.
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Official Presenter Certificate: Receive a certificate recognizing your participation as an official presenter at the 2027 Rocket City Mental Health Conference.
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Digital Presenter Badge: Receive an official “2027 Rocket City Mental Health Conference Presenter” digital badge or graphic to share on LinkedIn, your website, email signature, or social media.
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Professional Networking Opportunities: Connect with counselors, social workers, therapists, behavioral health professionals, community partners, and other professionals throughout the conference.
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Professional Session Photos: When available, receive access to select conference photographs from your presentation for professional use.
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Opportunity to Share Professional Resources: Presenters may share approved resources and a QR code during their session, providing attendees with convenient access to relevant educational materials and professional information.
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Discounted Co-Presenter Registration: Approved co-presenters may receive 50% off conference registration.
Lead the Conversation
The Rocket City Mental Health Conference (June 3–4, 2027) is seeking engaging, relevant, and thought-provoking presentations. We encourage topics that provide fresh perspectives, practical strategies, and emerging information for mental health professionals.
Due: 10-30-2026
Conference Presenters
Founder & Therapist: Save It for Therapy
Cassie Shropshire LPC-S, NCC
Cassie N. Shropshire is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, National Certified Counselor, and founder of Save It for Therapy, LLC. Her clinical work addresses trauma, grief, emotional expression, boundaries, and workplace stress. As co-founder of the Black Girl Burnout Society, she creates spaces for Black women to explore burnout, rest, and community care. She brings experience as a therapist, trainer, and speaker to culturally responsive conversations about anger, expectations of strength, and healing for both clients and clinicians.
Permission to Rage: Processing Anger and Creating Space for Healing in Clients and Clinicians
Anger has a place in the therapy room including the anger clinicians carry themselves. Yet cultural expectations, professional norms, and racial and gender stereotypes can influence whose anger is acknowledged, whose is suppressed, and whose is interpreted as threatening. For Black women, expectations to remain strong while avoiding the “angry Black woman” stereotype can complicate emotional expression and help-seeking. Permission to Rage invites mental health professionals to explore how acknowledging and processing anger can support healing, agency, and connection. Drawing on research concerning gendered racism, the Strong Black Woman Schema, self-silencing, and anger-focused interventions, this session examines anger in the context of injustice, grief, boundary violations, and chronic stress. Participants will distinguish emotional validation from endorsement of harmful behavior and explore processing strategies that extend beyond venting. Through guided reflection, case discussion, and skills practice, participants will examine how their own experiences with anger may influence assessment, therapeutic responses, and professional boundaries. The session will address research-informed approaches to emotional awareness, regulation, assertive communication, and values-guided action, alongside the role of supervision and consultation in processing clinician anger. Participants will leave with practical tools for making room for anger in ways that support client care and clinician well-being.