Addressing Childhood Traumatic Stress in Schools
ID: 1048WEBChildhood trauma is a common occurrence in our society that can have a lasting impact on the psychological wellbeing of children. Our schools particularly in urban settings are tasked with instructing our students in the core subjects while providing a safe and effective environment in which students can achieve their fullest potential. As educators, mental health professionals and administrators we are often left with an arduous task of instructing children who do not come to school equipped and ready to learn. Too often we blame the parents for our students’ difficulties and failures, but we fail to recognize the role that trauma plays on our students and often the parents’ lives, which deeply affects school preparedness. Understanding how complex trauma manifests itself in the classroom and using a preventive approach rather than reactive can help these students heal and begin to achieve their potential.
Fee: $30.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 1.50 Clinical
Beyond Checking and Washing: Understanding and Treating the Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum
ID: 5056WEBOnce thought to be a rare psychiatric illness, obsessive-compulsive disorder is now recognized to be quite common as 2-3 million Americans are believed to have it. Although they are not as well known as OCD, several other disorders share significant characteristics with it, and are now considered as part of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. These include body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis, and impulse control disorders such as trichotillomania and compulsive skin picking. The primary purpose of this webinar is to familiarize attendees with the various diagnoses on the spectrum, to review cognitive and behavioral manifestations of each, and to thoroughly explore forms of treatment.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Scott Granet
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| Date: | Thursday, July 9, 2020 |
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| Time: | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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CBT for Illness: Using CBT Skills for Disease Related Anxiety
ID: 5734WEBThis workshop will provide clinicians with the necessary tools and techniques to help clients and caregivers make meaning out of a life-altering illness such as cancer, HIV, or heart disease. When clients and caregivers are informed of life-altering illness, the question of “Why” is often rhetorically asked. This question can raise existential angst. For some, thinking of mortality or the pressure to now “seize the day” can feel overwhelming. This workshop will provide clinicians the opportunity to guide and support clients through these evidence-based techniques to improve their coping.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Kristy Case, LCSW, OSW-C
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| Date: | Friday, July 31, 2020 |
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| Time: | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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CBT with Anxiety Disorders
ID: 5481WEBAn estimated 40 million adults in the U.S. reportedly suffer from one of the anxiety disorders in a given year. Anxiety disorders that bring clients to our offices often contribute to considerable life dysfunction, yet they are highly treatable. The primary focus of this webinar is to identify clinical manifestations of each disorder, and to thoroughly review the most effective treatment strategies for each. Participants will learn how to; a) Identify cognitive and behavioral manifestations of each disorder, b) Explore considerations for treatment, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, group therapy, and medications., c) Recognize considerations for differential diagnosis and d) Identify support resources.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Scott Granet
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| Date: | Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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| Time: | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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Cultural Competence and Equity in LGBT Health Care: Strategies for Medical and Mental Health Providers
ID: 4204WEBThis webinar provides health care practitioners with strategies to promote culturally competent medical and mental health care to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Topics include affirmative terminology and LGBT cultural information, as well as discussion of the unique medical and mental health needs of LGBT individuals, including needs associated with coming out, gender-confirming transition, sexual activity, STDs, aging, minority stress, suicide, and substance use. The workshop also explores the reasons for historical inadequacies in LGBT health care that might affect current health status, including disproportionate lack of insurance coverage, non-disclosure to health care practitioners, lack of provider awareness of LGBT health care needs, and previous negative health care experiences.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Social/Cultural
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Phil McCabe, CSW, CAS
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 15, 2020 |
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| Time: | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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Daniel Siegel, MD: Interpersonal Neurobiology: The Social Brain and the Embodied Relational Mind
ID: 70805WEBDr. Daniel Siegel is a renown psychiatry professor and best-selling author who is known for his unique ability to make complicated scientific concepts exciting and accessible He takes neurobiology and translates it into clear and useful concepts for mental health professionals. Attendees leave a presentation given by Dr. Siegel feeling enlightened and energized.
Interpersonal Neurobiology: The Social Brain and the Embodied Relational Mind This presentation will provide an overview of the field of Interpersonal Neurobiology and its view of the mind as an embodied and relational process that regulates the flow of energy and information. This perspective of a mind, broader than the brain and bigger than the body, will be contrasted to studies of neuroscience, and in particular to views of the social brain. Is mind simply an “output of brain firing” as is so often stated? Or is the mind and its several facets of subjective experience, consciousness, and information processing actually part of a system that includes the brain in the head, but extends far beyond that skull-encased organ of the body?
This webinar is also APA Approved for Psychology CE Hours.
Fee: $65.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
DSM-5: What to Know and How to Apply It
ID: 5283WEBCompetence in assessment and diagnosis is an ongoing area of development in clinical practice. For most practitioners, this requires having a solid understanding of the DSM. This interactive and highly applied workshop addresses the history of the DSM as well as the substantial changes made to the most recent version "the DSM-5. Through lecture, discussion, and case study, participants will leave with a greater understanding of the main changes made to the manual and how to effectively utilize the diagnostic system’s coding, reporting procedures, and integrated assessment tools. This workshop will cover some major diagnostic categories in detail, in order to enhance participant’s application of the DSM-5 in their practice.
Fee: $100.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.00 Clinical
Grief in the Time of COVID-19
ID: 20001WEBThis webinar will provide a basic foundation for assessing and treating clients who have lost a loved due to or during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar is designed to equip therapists with tools for assessment and treatment and will also explore how we expect the COVID-19 pandemic will complicate and delay the grieving process.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Jennifer Vazquez, LCSW
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| Date: | Thursday, July 2, 2020 |
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| Time: | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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Helping Couples Get the Love they Want
ID: 5700WEBCounseling couples can be the most challenging work of all. Do you ever find yourself working with couples and feeling like you have no idea what to do? Imago Theory and skills will give you a clinical road map to help you feel more effective in your work. In this master trainer led workshop, you will receive a toolbox that will assist you in helping couples to have necessary breakthroughs that move them from conflict into connection. This webinar is led by Maya Kollman, a dynamic and internationally sought trainer. She is one of five Imago Master Trainers and has worked closely with Harville Hendrix, the originator of Imago Therapy.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
Mini Certificate in Complex Trauma Webinar
ID: 1043WEBThis four part webinar series provides an introduction to the essential practice principles of providing ethical, compassionate and helpful psychotherapy for adults who have experienced complex trauma. Each session is three hours in length, with breaks and small group exercise/discussion sessions built into the webinars. The workshop is designed for clinicians who may be new to working with complex trauma-spectrum problems, as well as for more experienced clinicians in various clinical settings. Drawing upon the most current conceptualizations of complex trauma, clinicians will learn the essential principles of a phase-oriented, relational approach. Utilizing a resilience based, attachment-focused framework, clinicians will learn and explore strategies for establishing safety and stability; processing traumatic memories while simultaneously safely exploring traumatic experiences; and mourning the losses of childhood while building a life of choice and agency in adulthood. In order to foster the kind of depth-oriented learning required to address the topic, the workshop is designed as a “closed cohort model”, i.e., the same group of participants will be enrolled for the multi-part online learning sequence, which will include working in small groups to promote experiential learning.
Fee: $275.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 12.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Monica Indart
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| Date: | July 10, 2020 / July 17, 2020 / July 24, 2020 / July 31, 2020 |
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| Time: | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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More than Two: Working with Nonmonogamous and Polyamorous Clients in Therapy
ID: 1027WEBThis webinar is structured to assist the participant in understanding variations in non-monogamous and polyamorous relationship structures in order to enhance their therapeutic skills when working with individuals and relationships that are not traditionally monogamous. Participants will be guided to deconstruct their existing views on non-monogamy before learning about the various options for non-monogamous and polyamorous relationship structures. The differences between ethical non-monogamy and non-ethical cheating/infidelity will be discussed and understood within the context of working with individuals navigating relationships. Participants will learn about common challenges of non-monogamy and polyamory, and will enhance their therapeutic skills necessary to work effectively with non-monogamous and poly individuals/relationships.
Fee: $40.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Katherine Glick, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS, MAC
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 29, 2020 |
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| Time: | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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Navigating the Digital World: Helping Young People & Parents Understand the Impact of Social Media
ID: 5416WEBAdolescents are developing while constantly exposed to technology, using various platforms both academically and socially. This webinar will discuss the influence social media has on the social and emotional development of adolescents, highlighting both the benefits and risks. Attendees will learn about specific social media behaviors utilized by teenagers and how it can impact their sense of self and their relationships. As a result of this workshop, clinicians will know how to assess a teenager’s social media use, address specific problematic social networking behaviors, and will gain insight into the impact of particular online activities. Clinicians will be provided with strategies to help adolescents and their parents navigate these rapidly changing platforms.
Fee: $40.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Christine Caporuscio, LCSW
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| Date: | Thursday, July 23, 2020 |
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| Time: | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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Parents as Healers: Recovering from the Trauma of Domestic Violence
ID: 1029WEBThis webinar will introduce an overall approach, Parents as Healers, which among other things gives the caregiver the knowledge and encouragement they need to be a dynamic partner with the therapist in the healing of their child’s trauma. Participants will learn how to create opportunities for parents and children to process traumatic experiences together using a variety of techniques including directive play therapy, verbal expression, creative arts, and more. Through experiential processing parents become more sensitized and responsive to their child. Participants will also be introduced to the importance of parent empowerment through effective discipline. Often after domestic violence, children can be irritable and oppositional. Some “step into” the role of the absent abuser and other times, the caregiver who had been victimized may not have developed the assertiveness skills needed to effectively manage his/her children. Guidelines for providing effective parent training for domestic violence survivors will be provided.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis, Current Research, and Providing Effective Treatment
ID: 5421WEBPerinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) occur in 1 in 5 pregnant mothers, and 1 in 7 new mothers. Experts agree that this statistic may be drastically underestimated, as more than 80% of new moms don’t seek help. Despite the pervasiveness of this diagnosis, most medical and mental health professionals receive very little education about maternal mental health. In this webinar, clinicians will gain an understanding of the range of PMAD diagnosis, risk factors for developing a PMAD, and the treatment available to new mothers. PMAD survivors will share their stories of recovery, and participants will apply treatment techniques in small groups. Attendees will leave with education and tools to support mothers’ mental health during the perinatal and postpartum period.
Fee: $40.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.00 Clinical
Play-Based Engagement, Rapport Building, and Assessment Techniques for Children
ID: 1045WEBThis webinar will explore engagement, rapport building, assessment, and psychoeducation with children through play and art based activities. We will review the concepts of attunement, attachment, co-regulation and the therapeutic relationship. The majority of the workshop will focus on play-based engagement, rapport building, and assessment techniques for children. Variations of techniques appropriate for in-person, remote therapy, group work, and family work will be discussed, and many activities will be explored experientially.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
Screen Smart Counseling: A Media Age Guide to Therapy
ID: 5733WEBDuring the last two decades there have been profound sociocultural shifts in how we use and experience technology. The purpose of this webinar is to demonstrate ways to effectively navigate and utilize technology and social media in clinical practice with adolescents and young adults and to teach mental health professionals and parents how to work with rather than against it. Background information on Generation Z will be presented to strengthen mental health professional’s ability to build therapeutic rapport with the adolescent population. Tools to assess technology usage and screen for risk as part of a bio-psycho-social assessment will be shared. Mental health professionals will also gain creative in-session technologically-based intervention strategies to use with their clients, and foster their abilities to effectively guide parents in the age of technology and social media. This workshop will help you develop more mindful, productive, and responsible consumers of media.
Fee: $40.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.00 Clinical
Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence and Trauma
ID: 5202WEBIn this webinar, we will look at the incidence, patterns, and occurrences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Additionally, the workshop will review how PTSD negatively affects children in various developmental stages and the potential lifelong impact. Further, a discussion of grief versus trauma, complex PTSD and its relation to self-concept and later anxiety issues, neurological issues, and the resilience that children employ will all be reviewed. CBT, EDMR, and other treatment modalities will be addressed - including their effectiveness. Finally, we will tackle how to avoid the pitfalls of burnout in the mental health and related fields.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Brett Novick, MS, LMFT, CSSW, MA
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 28, 2020 |
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| Time: | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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What Works in Therapy? Understanding the Common Factors of Psychotherapy
ID: 1006WEBDo you wish you had more time to learn what the research says makes psychotherapy truly effective? This webinar will provide an overview of the psychotherapy research literature and explore the factors that are essential for psychotherapy to be effective - regardless of the model being used. Understanding these factors will make your work more impactful and inclusive. This webinar will introduce the research-supported common factors of effective psychotherapies and explore practical ways to incorporate them into your work.
Fee: $40.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.00 Clinical
Yoga for Emotional Regulation and Resilience
ID: 1022WEBIn this three hour webinar, participants will learn yoga and mindfulness based interventions that aid in bolstering resilience and help tolerate distress. Participants will gain an understanding of the impact of yoga on the nervous system, discuss current research on the efficacy of yoga based practices, and experience practical applications of these somatic interventions. Participants should dress comfortably and be prepared to practice accessible yoga, meditation, deep breathing, and relaxation. A yoga mat, two pillows, two blankets, a towel and washcloth are recommended for the experiential portion of the workshop.
Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical
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Unavailable | | Instructor: | Jamie Hanley, MS, LPC
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| Date: | Saturday, July 18, 2020 |
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| Time: | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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| Location: | Zoom WEBINAR
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