Guiding the Conversation with Motivational Interviewing
COURSE OVERVIEW The presentation, Guiding the Conversation with Motivational Interviewing: Focus on Change Talk and Sustain Talk, will begin with definitions of change talk and...
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic: Effective Treatment for Cluster B Personality Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW Join Ellen Biros, MS, LCSW, as she delivers an intensive workshop and seminar designed to provide you with the knowledge, tools, and...
Is this Me: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will focus on body dysmorphic disorder/body dysmorphia from assessment, through the challenges, and into treatment successes. This course will...
Mind-body-Spirit Holiday Reboot
COURSE OVERVIEW Ever felt like you just lose your center around the holidays ending up with more stress than rest, play, and rejuvenation? Do...
NCE EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY FOUR
COURSE OVERVIEW This boot camp is a 4-day training series. Two hours each session total of 8 hours will prepare mental health professionals to...
Screening, Assessment, Intervention for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder
COURSE OVERVIEW A training that highlights best practices as it relates to the core functions of screening, assessment, and intervention, with emphasis placed on...
Thinking About Ethics: Best Practices for Mental Health Professionals
COURSE OVERVIEW Thinking About Ethics is designed to review, consider and learn the guiding principles which define good ethical practice for mental health practitioners/therapists in counseling settings. Across all disciplines, ethical care and service to patients are stressed in “best …
A Bio-psychosocial Overview of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Date of Event: Monday, June 27, 2022 6:30 PM EST. 5:30 PM CST COURSE OVERVIEW Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MIP) is one of the most controversial disorders in the mental health field. Dissociation can …
New Disorders in the DSM-5-TR
COURSE OVERVIEW The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) has just been released. The DSM-5-TR features a new disorder, Prolonged Grief Disorder, as well as new diagnostic categories of Suicidal Behavior Disorder and Non-Suicidal …
Mastering the New DSM 5-TR Substance Related and Addictive Disorders
Date of Event Tuesday, May 31, 2022 6:30-8:30- PM Eastern Time 5:30-7:30 PM Central Time COURSE OVERVIEW The course will provide clinicians with the knowledge to make accurate DSM-5-TR Substance Use Disorder and gambling disorder diagnoses based on updated criteria, …
Emotional Manipulators and Codependents: A Recipe for Disaster*
COURSE OVERVIEW Emotional manipulators and codependents in relationships are in a highly destructive and unhealthy dynamic, yet these relationships are fairly common. The attraction of these two types of individuals seems random and coincidental but is actually a dance of …
The Trauma Triangle: From Childhood Experiences to Chronic Pain to Opioid Misuse Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW We have ample evidence that trauma from childhood experiences, chronic pain, and opioid misuse often co-occur. Each of these conditions has a negative impact on the others, causing distress and impairment to the people we serve. It starts …
Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW The presentation, Motivational Interviewing (MI) for Substance Use Disorders, will begin by explaining the four elements of Motivational Interviewing “spirit”: Acceptance, Collaboration, Evocation, and Compassion. The “four processes” of MI will be defined. Attendees will learn about the …
The Trauma Triangle: From Childhood Experiences to Chronic Pain to Opioid Misuse Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW We have ample evidence that trauma from childhood experiences, chronic pain, and opioid misuse often co-occur. Each of these conditions has a negative impact on the others, causing distress and impairment to the people we serve. It starts …
The Neurobiology of Addiction
COURSE OVERVIEW Addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences (DSM-5, 2014). It is a brain disease because it involves structural and functional changes to brain circuits involved in reward, stress, and …