Is Addiction A Mental Illness: An Overview of the Science of Addiction
COURSE OVERVIEW Addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences (DSM-5, 2013). It is a brain...
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...
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...
Family Systems Therapy
COURSE OVERVIEW The family plays a pivotal role in a person’s life: past, present, and future. But what happens when the family dynamics are in chaos and breakdown? Family Systems Therapy is described as a form of psychotherapy that places …
CLINICAL SUPERVISION: Ethics and Boundaries in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Ethics and Boundaries in Clinical Supervision will review, consider and learn the guiding principles which define ethical practice for mental health supervisors of provisionally licensed professionals. Across all disciplines, ethical care and service to patients and supervisees are …
An Introduction to Compassion-Focused Therapy
COURSE OVERVIEW More than a buzzword, compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is an evidence-supported model for treating the shame and self-criticism that often co-occur with mental illness and substance use disorders. CFT is applicable in trauma-informed treatment settings. This profound treatment approach …
Best Practices in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Are you interested in sharing your knowledge with behavioral health clinicians? Are you already a clinical supervisor and need to enhance your knowledge and skills? This course will explore best practices in clinical supervision. We will explore the …
The Inner Child Model: Effective Treatment for Addictive Behaviors
COURSE OVERVIEW Three factors play a critical part in an individual’s inability to break free of addictive behaviors. Unresolved childhood pain points Undeveloped emotional IQ Inability to sit with emotional discomfort Unfortunately, these elements are often overlooked during the recovery …
Overcoming Supervision Challenges During COVID and Beyond
COURSE OVERVIEW Jay Ostrowski is a Licensed Clinical Supervisor and expert in Telebehavioral Health and Telesupervision. Jay will walk through the logistics of how to provide Tele Supervision in the age of COVID, answer timely questions like “How has COVID …
Using the DSM-5 TR in Practice: A Fresh Look at Diagnosis
COURSE OVERVIEW The DSM-5 represents the most significant change in diagnosis in decades. There is a major impact on professionals and agencies as they use the new codes, categories, and diagnostic criteria effectively. This training will provide a comprehensive overview …
Implicit Bias Awareness for Mental Health Professionals
COURSE OVERVIEW Implicit bias refers to the unconscious attitudes & stereotypes we have towards people, which affects our understanding, actions, and decisions without us even knowing. We all have our own implicit biases. It’s just how our brains are wired to unconsciously think …
Mental Wealth: How to Leverage Psychology to Improve Financial Health
Date of event Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 12:00-1:00 PM EST To register for this FREE event you must create an account (if you don’t have an account yet) to add this course to your account. COURSE OVERVIEW There is …
Effective Treatment for Trauma and Stress
COURSE OVERVIEW Trauma & stress is a fact of life. 1 in 5 Americans has been molested… 1 in 4 Americans grew up with alcoholics… 1 in 3 couples have engaged in physical violence… and not to mention our veterans …
Dual Diagnosis: The Chicken & Egg Relationship Between Mental Illness & Addiction
COURSE EVALUATION A dual diagnosis occurs when somebody has both a mental disorder and an alcohol/drug addiction. (This is also known as Co-Occurring Disorder). Research reveals that 45% of people who struggle with addiction also have a co-occurring mental health disorder …
LSWC EXAM PREP ONLINE TRAINING
End of Summer Sale! Total value = $148 Summer Sale = $74 If you aren’t fully licensed yet, and you’re ready to take your Exam to become a fully licensed… And now is your perfect chance to save with our End …
AADC EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP ONLINE TRAINING
End of Summer Sale! Total value = $148 Summer Sale = $87 Sale EXTENDED If you aren’t fully licensed yet, and you’re ready to take your AADC Exam to become a fully licensed addiction specialist… And now is your perfect …
Addicted Brain: Brain’s Role in Gambling Disorder
COURSE DESCRIPTION Recently, our understanding of the brain’s role in addictive behaviors has improved dramatically. Because addiction is a consequence of fundamental changes in the brain function, the goal of treatment must be to reverse or compensate for those brain …
Clinical Supervision Bundles Fall Series 2022
This course bundle is for Certified Clinical Supervisors or Supervisor Candidates looking to meet all CE requirements and enhance their clinical skills. Completing all your supervision requirements in one place can also serve as a convenient way to achieve your …
Opioid Crisis: Problems and Solutions
COURSE OVERVIEW In recent years, the use and abuse of opioids have reached record highs, negatively impacting the lives of many Americans. While most physicians prescribe medications to make their patients’ lives better, prescribing opioids for pain has led to …
Brain’s Role in Alcohol Use Disorders
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Patterns of Substance Use: The Resurgence of Stimulants
COURSE OVERVIEW Substance abuse is an area of concern in our nation, particularly with the opioid crisis still creating difficulties today. Although this crisis is receiving attention in popular media, one area is making a hasty resurgence within the world …
Opioid Use Disorders: Pharmacology of Medications Used*
COURSE OVERVIEW The United States is currently experiencing an opioid epidemic. There are 2 million Americans meeting criteria for opioid use disorders due to prescription opioid use and an additional 0.5 million meeting criteria due to their heroin use. Deaths …
Is Addiction A Mental Illness: An Overview of the Science of Addiction
COURSE OVERVIEW Addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences (DSM-5, 2013). It is a brain disease because it involves structural and functional changes to brain circuits involved in reward, stress, and …
Diagnosis & Treatment for Complex PTSD
COURSE OVERVIEW When it comes to treating clients who struggle with Complex PTSD… it can feel overwhelming when it comes to knowing what to treat first, or how to even start. Because the slightest mistake can hurt your traumatized clients or possibly derail therapy …
How to Overcome Trauma and Connect with the 11 Qualities of Your Soul
COURSE OVERVIEW When we go through trauma, we disconnect from the essence of who we are to survive. Spiritual psychology & recovery teaches us that everything you need for your essential nature is always there, and there is a spiritual solution …
Mastering The ASAM Criteria Assessment
COURSE OVERVIEW The focus of this webinar is to provide an overview of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria and its dimensions. Following a case presentation, the learners will review each dimension in a comprehensive clinical substance use …
Working with Grief and Loss in Adults and Older Adults
COURSE OVERVIEW Grief and loss show up in many of our clients in a multitude of ways. It’s much more than just death. We experience grief when we are diagnosed with a chronic illness, when we move, or when we …
Practicing Self-Care & Defeating Burnout As A Mental Health Professional: Your Personalized Action Plan
COURSE OVERVIEW As a Mental Health Professional who is passionate about helping people, it’s a common problem to experience burnout due to putting other people’s needs in front of your own. Many clinicians are extremely motivated to provide excellent care …
Psychopharmacology Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW This CE workshop is designed to give attendees an overview of the complexities of the human brain and nervous system in regards to the various chemicals associated with moods and various psychological disorders, as well as the mechanisms …
Psychopharmacology Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW This CE workshop is designed to give attendees an overview of the complexities of the human brain and nervous system in regards to the various chemicals associated with moods and various psychological disorders, as well as the mechanisms …
Understanding Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs): What they are, why they matter, and what you can do to help
Date & Time of Event Thursday, December 15, 2022 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST COURSE OVERVIEW Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) can have a strong negative impact on the life course of an individual, increasing the risk of developing numerous …
Motivational Interviewing 101: Concepts and Applied Exercises
Date and Time of Event Wednesday, November 16, 2022 1:00-4:10 PM EST 10 Minutes Break COURSE OVERVIEW Motivational Interviewing is one of the most-studied modalities for helping clients resolve ambivalence and achieve the changes they would like to see in …
Trauma & Dissociation: An Overview of Dissociative Identity Disorder
COURSE OVERVIEW Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is when an individual develops two or more distinct personality identities. Dissociation can be a common response to exposure to trauma and DID is generally considered to be …
Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW When it comes to implementing telehealth therapy into your practice, there are lots of challenges to consider. Some of these challenges include ethical & legal implications, selecting the appropriate therapeutic treatments, identifying the appropriate clients for telehealth, screening, …
Risks and Therapeutic Uses of Medical Marijuana
COURSE OVERVIEW Although medical marijuana is legal in 42 states… widespread confusion exists about what cannabinoids can and can’t do, since most professionals do not receive formal education about marijuana. And as the presence of marijuana/cannabis continues to grow, our clients …
Addiction State of the Union 2022
Date of Events Wednesday, October 12, 2022 3:30-5:30 PM EST 2:30-4:30 PM EST COURSE OVERVIEW Addiction is a rapidly evolving field, with new substances, trends, industries, and treatment paradigms constantly emerging. Addiction State of the Union 2022 will cover all …
Personality Disorders, The Challenges of the Hidden Agenda
COURSE OVERVIEW Whether you want to or not, getting in contact with clients who have personality disorders is highly probable. And clients who meet the DSM criteria for a Cluster B Personality Disorder can be the most challenging clients on …
The DSM-5-TR: Getting Up To Date With The New Disorders & Changes Recorded Webinar
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 …
Treating Racial-Based Trauma
COURSE OVERVIEW BIPOC clients (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) want to feel understood, in a way where they feel that their therapist “gets it”. Race-Based Traumatic Stress (RBTS) is categorized as the mental and emotional injury caused by encounters with racial bias, …
Competence in Treating LGBTQ Clients
COURSE OVERVIEW When it comes to your clinical practice, LGBTQ clients can sometimes become unique challenges to assist. Due to the specific needs that require their own knowledge base. With all the terminology in today’s LGBTQ culture, feeling lost in …
Mastering the New DSM 5-TR Substance Related and Addictive Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW With the release of the new DSM-5-TR, there have been many changes in substance-related and addictive disorders. Over 50 coding updates for substance intoxication and withdrawal disorders. Plus, the criteria for “substance/medication-induced bipolar and related disorder” in the …
Intuitive Eating: 10 Principles that Can Be Life-Changing*
Thursday, May 19, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern Time 3:00-5:00 PM Central Time 2:00-4:00 PM Mountain Time 1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time 12:00 PM-2:00 PM Alaska Time 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Hawaii Time COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will provide insight and in-depth …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 sustain talk. There will be a discussion about appropriate target behaviors. An overview of the …
Treating Trauma Using DBT Techniques
Time of Event Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 6:30-8:30 PM EST COURSE OVERVIEW DBT frameworks focus on pointing out negative thought patterns and correcting them. Ultimately giving your clients more control over their emotions. Because trauma can alter brain structure to …
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 skills to recognize and treat your most difficult personality, disordered clients. Untangle the mystery of antisocial, …
Stepping off the Wheel of Anxiety and Onto the Wheel of Healing and Joy
Time of Event Monday, October 3, 2022 6:30-8:30 PM EST COURSE OVERVIEW In this interactive, live training, participants will discover a roadmap that will help their clients and themselves identify and move beyond the wheel of anxiety and panic and …
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: Using the Present Moment to Free your Mind and Connect with your Soul
COURSE OVERVIEW In this interactive, live training, participants will discover the power of mindfulness to free themselves and their clients from pain, mental health issues, stress reactions, compulsive behavior, and more. Experiential and research-based, MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) has been …
Overview of the New DSM-V-TR
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will provide insight and in-depth training on the newly released DSM-5-TR. This training will discuss the major changes from DSM-5 to DSM-5-TR and how these changes impact how we diagnose individuals. This training will also …
Overview of the New DSM-5-TR Online Training
To register for this training please click HERE It is a a home study course COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will provide insight and in-depth training on the newly released DSM-5-TR. This training will discuss the major changes from DSM-5 …
The Changing “Tide” of Alcohol Consumption for Women
COURSE OVERVIEW This webinar presents the historical attitudes towards women who consumed alcohol in the past, the societal attitude changes and progress that has been made in treating women, and the challenges of providing needed female-specific treatment today. The risk …
The DSM-5-TR: Getting Up To Date With The New Disorders & Changes
Monday, July 25, 2022 6:30-8:30 PM EST 5:30-7:30 PM CST COURSE OVERVIEW The new DSM-5-TR has just been released and is now available. The DSM-5-TR consists of fully revised text and references, updated diagnostic criteria, and ICD-10-CM codes since the …
“Waves of Grace,” Healing from Grief and Loss
COURSE OVERVIEW Coping effectively with unexpected loss such as the death of a loved one, a terrible accident, or serious health problems can be challenging and evoke strong emotions. This webinar will assist therapists in helping them process grief effectively …
Clinical Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Addiction
COURSE OVERVIEW Addiction takes place when the brAin’s reward system has been hijacked and neural pathways have been redirected. The reward system is activated by the pleasure derived through various stimuli: substances, compulsive behaviors, and relationships. Clinical hypnotherapy uses the …
Non-Violent Crisis Prevention: De-Escalating Aggressive Behavior September Session
Friday, September 30, 2022 9:45-11:45 AM Eastern Time COURSE OVERVIEW Evidence-Based Protective Interventions (EBPI) is a comprehensive training model that offers two and four two-hour training webinars. This two-hour training includes supplementary materials and serves as a general overview/review of …
New DSM-V-TR Live Webinar
This training is full. Please click the link below to register for our next session. https://www.ecarebehavioralinstitute.com/courses/live-webinars/new-disorders-in-the-dsm-5-tr-2/ COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will provide insight and in-depth training on the newly released DSM-5-TR. This training will discuss the major changes from …
A Strength-Based Motivational Approach for Treating Addictions and other Mental Health Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW Attending and participating in this workshop will deal more effectively with clients exhibiting treatment resistance and denial. An important goal of this workshop is to educate, normalize and de-pathologize the psychological defense mechanism known as denial so we …
Unmasking Manipulative Relationships: Effective Strategies for Countering Covert Abuse PART TWO
COURSE OVERVIEW The destructive and thoroughly crazy-making dynamics of living in a relationship with an emotional manipulator can convince even the most intelligent individual to remain in a harmful and toxic relationship for decades. On the outside, these relationships appear …
Effective Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW Stimulant Use Disorders can present challenges that differ from other substance use disorders. Join us in the informative training to build insight on recent trends of stimulant use in The United States, including collaborative discussion on amphetamines, methamphetamine, …
Unmasking Manipulative Relationships: Effective Strategies for Countering Covert Abuse PART ONE
COURSE OVERVIEW The destructive and thoroughly crazy-making dynamics of living in a relationship with an emotional manipulator can convince even the most intelligent individual to remain in a harmful and toxic relationship for decades. On the outside, these relationships appear …
CLINICAL SUPERVISION: The Battle of Compassion Fatigue Vs. Self-Care in Clinical Supervision
Date and Time of Event Tuesday, October 18, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM EST. COURSE EVALUATION Clinical supervision can be a challenging yet rewarding process for all individuals involved. In this course, you will learn about compassion fatigue and its related terms …
At Ease: Treating Anxiety Disorder Effective Strategies to Calm the Anxious Mind
COURSE OVERVIEW Counselors and physicians frequently diagnosed Anxiety Disorders in patients who present with conditions such as depression, trauma, adjustment disorder, and family/marriage problems. At EASE: Treating Anxiety Disorder is designed to provide training for the clinician in how to …
CLINICAL SUPERVISION: Managing Supervisee Responses to Hard Stories: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Clinical Supervision
Date & Time of Event: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern Time COURSE OVERVIEW Over two decades the idea of trauma-informed services grew to define an approach to mental health and substance use disorder treatment that recognizes the prevalence …
The 4 Rs in Action: Trauma-Informed [SUD] Services
Date & Time of Event: Friday, October 28, 2022 from 12:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time COURSE OVERVIEW Over two decades the idea of trauma-informed services grew to define an approach to mental health and substance use disorder treatment that recognizes the …
Twelve Step Traditions and Philosophies of other Recovery Support Groups
COURSE OVERVIEW This webinar presents the variety and nature of self-help groups, also known as mutual help, mutual aid, or recovery support groups, that help clients with substance use disorders. Alcoholics Anonymous and numerous other 12 Step groups, secular groups, …
Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: Assessment & Treatment
COURSE OVERVIEW This course will focus on the basics of screening, assessment, and the fundamentals of treating sex addiction. Starting with various ways to open up the therapeutic engagement to effectively discuss sexual issues, outlining the various screening questions, tests, …
Introduction to Polyvagal Theory
COURSE OVERVIEW In this ever-changing world, it is more important than ever for mental health professionals to practice new and innovative techniques. Polyvagal theory, introduced by Stephen Porges (2018) in 1994, has been receiving much attention in the literature lately …
CLINICAL SUPERVISION: Cultural Awareness in Supervision in the Era of Cancel Culture
Date of event: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 6:30-8:30 PM EST COURSE OVERVIEW This introductory course is designed to provide information to clinical supervisors to help them understand what it means to be culturally competent. The course also explores things that …
Compassion Fatigue: Tools to Thrive in Challenging Work
COURSE OVERVIEW As a Mental Health Professional, it’s common and very likely to experience compassion fatigue & burnout. Matter of fact, it’s been shown that Helping Professionals have experienced more difficulty than at any other time in recent memory… with high risk …
The Correlation Between Substance Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence Populations
COURSE EVALUATION This interactive live training will provide an overview of the prevalence of substance abuse in intimate partner relationships. We will focus on the correlation between substance abuse and IPV. Upon completion of this module, clinicians will be more …
Eating Disorders in Children It’s a Family Problem
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will provide training on disordered eating or eating disorders in children. Parentings/parents also play a large role in children with eating issues or patterns that can be a form of disordered eating; However, many of …
Express Yourself! An Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy
COURSE OVERVIEW Expressive Arts Therapy is a form of treatment that uses creative expression such as art, writing, music, and dance to help clients heal & transform. Although Expressive Arts Therapy is fairly new to the field of mental health counseling… it’s now …
Take Charge of Your Memory: 7 Secrets of Brain Science to Boost Your Memory and Stay Sharp
COURSE OVERVIEW Memory and brain health can be strengthened at virtually any age. In her relatable and engaging style, Dr. All will review the new neuroscience of brain health and offer you 7 key lifestyle strategies that will help you optimize …
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic, and Histrionic: Effective Treatment for Cluster B Personality Disorders Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW Join Ellen Biros, MS, LCSW, as she delivers an intensive workshop and seminar designed to provide you with the knowledge, tools, and skills to recognize and treat your most difficult personality, disordered clients. Untangle the mystery of antisocial, …
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic: Effective Treatment for Cluster B Personality Disorders Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW Join Ellen Biros, MS, LCSW, as she delivers an intensive workshop and seminar designed to provide you with the knowledge, tools, and skills to recognize and treat your most difficult personality, disordered clients. Untangle the mystery of antisocial, …
7 Subconscious Survival Traps
COURSE OVERVIEW Do you ever wonder why you or your clients don’t have the success, love, or joy that is deeply desired? Have you or your client’s done lots of things but still keep repeating similar patterns or outcomes? Are you …
Adlerian Theory Approaches in Modern Therapy
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern Time 3:00-5:00 PM Central Time 2:00-4:00 PM Mountain Time 1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time 12:00-2:00 PM Alaska Time 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Hawaii Time COURSE OVERVIEW Developed by Alfred Adler, Adlerian Therapy was established with …
Understanding Intergenerational Trauma
Thursday, November 3, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern Time 3:00-5:00 PM Central Time 2:00-4:00 PM Mountain Time 1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time 12:00-2:00 PM Alaska Time 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Hawaii Time COURSE OVERVIEW Until recent times, Intergenerational trauma (also known as transgenerational …
LCSW EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY FOUR
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series designed to help Master’s level social workers pass the CLINICAL level exam administered by the ASWB (Association of Social Work Boards). This webinar includes lessons on the question type, how to prepare for and …
LCSW EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY THREE
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series designed to help Master’s level social workers pass the CLINICAL level exam administered by the ASWB (Association of Social Work Boards). This webinar includes lessons on the question type, how to prepare for and …
The New Tools for Treating Chronic Pain: A Body Mind Spirit Approach for Relieving Suffering
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 12:00-2:00 EST. COURSE OVERVIEW The landscape of chronic pain treatment is changing rapidly as we wean ourselves off the traditional biomedical approach that emphasizes harmful opioid-based pain management approaches. In this presentation, you will learn the …
Breaking Codependent Habits: Treating your Most Vulnerable Clients
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 3:00-6:15 PM Eastern Time 2:00-5:15 PM Central Time COURSE OVERVIEW Codependency is a frequently used term these days, but the actual disorder is quite complicated. Codependency is an addiction to controlling other people, their feelings, and …
Marijuana: Effects on The Brain, Body, & Behavior
Monday, November 21, 2022 6:30-8:30 PM Eastern Time COURSE OVERVIEW This course provides a comprehensive presentation on marijuana, including medicinal marijuana and synthetic marijuana. Specifically, the potential effects of both natural and synthetic marijuana use on the brain, other body …
It’s A Difficult Time: Eating Disorders & The Holidays
Monday, December 12, 2022 6:30 PM Eastern Time 5:30 PM Central Time COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will focus on “how the most wonderful time of the year” for some of us can also be the “most difficult time of …
Thinking Outside the Box: Creative and Effective Therapy for Children
Friday, September 23, 2022 12:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Central Time 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Mountain Time 9:00 AM-11:00 AM Pacific Time 8:00 AM-10:00 AM Alaska Time 7:00 AM-9:00 AM Hawaii Time COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will provide …
LCSW EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY TWO
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series designed to help Master’s level social workers pass the CLINICAL level exam administered by the ASWB (Association of Social Work Boards). This webinar includes lessons on the question type, how to prepare for and …
LCSW EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY ONE
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series designed to help Master’s level social workers pass the CLINICAL level exam administered by the ASWB (Association of Social Work Boards). This webinar includes lessons on the question type, how to prepare for 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 help us identify body dysmorphia in regards to its epidemiology, clinical features, comorbidity, its impact psychologically, …
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 you or your clients feel scattered and/or going in too many directions often wishing you could …
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 pass the National Counselor Examination. The duration of this exam is 4 hours in which you’re …
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 the adolescent population. We will spend time focusing on understanding key components of what defines adolescence, …
Improving Clinical Supervision Skills
COURSE OVERVIEW In today’s clinical settings Clinicians, Therapists, and Practitioners are charged with delivering care to acute and chronic clients. In addition, they are often charged to deliver clients’ care while maintaining current documentation, exceeding high caseloads, and in some …
Introduction to Polyvagal Theory*
COURSE OVERVIEW In this ever-changing world, it is more important than ever for mental health professionals to practice new and innovative techniques. Polyvagal theory, introduced by Stephen Porges (2018) in 1994, has been receiving much attention in the literature lately …
Authentic Healthy Relationships
COURSE OVERVIEW We all want healthy relationships in our lives but sometimes that can be a challenge. In this training, you will discover more about the pitfalls and stages of relationship development. We will also highlight common characteristics of healthy …
Cultural Competency in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW This introductory course is designed to provide information to clinical supervisors to help them understand what it means to be culturally competent. The course also explores things that clinicians can do to become culturally competent. several illustrations are …
Relapse Prevention Competency Final Session
COURSE OVERVIEW This clinical skills training is for professional clinicians who want to learn how to help their clients identify and manage the warning signs and high risks situations that lead to relapse despite a commitment to sobriety. The main …
Navigating Ethical and Boundaries Issue in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Dual relationships are at the core of many ethical issues. Boundary problems comprise the most ethical violations. The supervisor’s job is to manage his or her own attention to dual relationships with supervisees and be on the lookout …
Creative Techniques in Treating Adverse Childhood Experiences
COURSE OVERVIEW Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) are traumatic events that occur before the age of 18. These experiences have a significant impact on lifelong physical and mental health, future victimization or perpetration, and overall well-being. According to the Centers for …
Borderline Personality Disorder: Identifying your Most Challenging Clients Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW Emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, problems with perception and reality, and tumultuous relationships. These can all be descriptors of clients with Borderline Personality Disorder. This seminar is designed to enhance your understanding of the features of Borderline Personality Disorder, recognize …
Borderline Personality Disorder: Identifying your Most Challenging Clients Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW Emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, problems with perception and reality, and tumultuous relationships. These can all be descriptors of clients with Borderline Personality Disorder. This seminar is designed to enhance your understanding of the features of Borderline Personality Disorder, recognize …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Twenty
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Nineteen
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Eighteen
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
“Not My Child,” How to Help Families of Addicted Youth
COURSE OVERVIEW This course is the result of hundreds of hours of interviews and observations from clients in substance abuse group treatment. It answers many of the questions families have about the “why” people become addicted. Utilizing narratives and interviews, …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Seventeen
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Sixteen
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Fifteen
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Fourteen
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Thirteen
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Twelve
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Eleven
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Ten
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Nine
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
“From the Green Cloud,” Continuing the Marijuana Debate
Note: The presenter’s audio was distorted in some parts due to an unstable internet connection. COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive course explains the pros and cons of marijuana use and presents the at-risk issues of many youths. It includes up-to-date information …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Eight
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Seven
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Six
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Five
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
NCE/NCMHCE 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 pass the National Counselor Examination. The duration of this exam is 4 hours in which …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Four
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
NCE EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY THREE
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 pass the National Counselor Examination. The duration of this exam is 4 hours in which you’re …
NCE EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY TWO
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 pass the National Counselor Examination. The duration of this exam is 4 hours in which you’re …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Three
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
NCE EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY ONE
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 pass the National Counselor Examination. The duration of this exam is 4 hours in which you’re …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session Two
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Skills Booster
COURSE OVERVIEW You’ve read the books, you’ve taken some introductory training, but your ACT interventions still don’t seem quite natural or intuitive. Many clinicians new to ACT start off with a basic set of skills that work well. . . …
Nutritional Mental Health Management: A Holistic Approach Therapy Session One
This workshop meets the educational requirement eligibility towards Certification COURSE OVERVIEW Despite living in one of the most technologically advanced and economically blessed countries in the world today, Americans have some of the worst dietary habits around. Most don’t do …
Binge Eating vs Emotional Eating
COURSE OVERVIEW This live, interactive webinar will explore and compare two different forms of addictive eating patterns and identify how to distinguish binge eating from emotional eating. Both eating patterns are often equally compared, but this course will help identify …
Forgiveness Work in Clinical Practice
COURSE OVERVIEW “(… what if I, myself, stand in need of the alms of my own kindness…what if I, myself, am the enemy who must be loved?…”, Carl Gustaf Jung. At the root of much suffering of those who enter …
Breaking Codependent Habits: Treating your Most Vulnerable Clients Part Two*
COURSE OVERVIEW Codependency is a frequently used term these days, but the actual disorder is quite complicated. Codependency is an addiction to controlling other people, their feelings, and their behaviors. Codependent clients navigate relationships with others through a series …
A Clinician’s Guide to Servicing At-Risk Youth and Their Families
COURSE OVERVIEW Oftentimes mental health professionals pose the reflective question “How do I best help this client?” This pivotal question can be the difference between feeling as if you are floundering trying to understand the best practices or techniques to …
Breaking Codependent Habits: Treating your Most Vulnerable Clients Part One*
COURSE OVERVIEW Codependency is a frequently used term these days, but the actual disorder is quite complicated. Codependency is an addiction to controlling other people, their feelings, and their behaviors. Codependent clients navigate relationships with others through a series …
Modern Drug Trends in the United States
COURSE OVERVIEW Addiction is a rapidly evolving field, with new substances, trends, industries, and treatment paradigms constantly emerging. This webinar will cover all the most relevant trends healthcare professionals need to know, including updates on opioids and fentanyl, high-potency marijuana …
AADC/MAC EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP ONLINE TRAINING
DATE OF EVENTS Sunday, August 7, 2022, from 3-5 PM EST Tuesday, August 9, 2022, from 3-5 PM EST Thursday, August 11, 2022, from 3-5 PM EST Saturday, August 13, 2022, from 12-2 PM EST COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar …
It’s Not Helping: It’s Enabling
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will provide insight and training on enabling behaviors and how enabling impacts our behaviors and hinders rather than helps us and our patients achieve success. Enabling presents with other mental illnesses from addiction, eating disorders, …
Trauma and PTSD
COURSE OVERVIEW Trauma is the experience of severe psychological distress following any dreadful or life-threatening event. Trauma affects people in various ways and at times can lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Trauma can be as substantial as a car …
Substance Use Disorder: The Essentials of Diagnosis
COURSE OVERVIEW Join Corey Pitts, MA, LCMHC, LCAS in an informative/collaborative webinar in efforts to gain insight in reducing jargon surrounding the use of diagnosis and diagnostic criteria within the realm of substance use diagnosing! Portions of DSM 5 will …
Neuroscience for Mental Health Providers Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW See your treatment interventions through a whole new lens. The field of neuroscience has been turned upside down over the last 20 years. What we used to think was fixed and hard-wired, we now know that the adult …
Neuroscience for Mental Health Providers Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW See your treatment interventions through a whole new lens. The field of neuroscience has been turned upside down over the last 20 years. What we used to think was fixed and hard-wired, we now know that the adult …
Working with The Shadow in Clinical Practice
COURSE OVERVIEW Swiss Psychologist, Carl Jung, claimed: “Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering”. Yet much of our education and training ignores this profound concept in typical clinical practice. This webinar is designed with three parts: understanding the shadow …
The Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Matrix Evolved
COURSE OVERVIEW The ACT Matrix, a graphical user interface for learning and practicing Acceptance & Commitment Therapy has been an invaluable tool for clients and clinicians since its invention in 2009. Recent innovations in the ACT Matrix have made it …
Suicide, Parasuicide, Assessment, and Prevention Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW Suicide and parasuicide can occur at any point in the lifespan, and in some countries, suicide is the leading cause of death among young people ages 15–24 years. Rates of completed suicide are higher in men than women—with …
Achieving Balance: Basic Concepts and Applications
COURSE OVERVIEW Nature exists in a balanced continuum of such constructs as light and dark, fire and water, land and air, liquid and solid, etc. Humans, with their advanced prefrontal abilities, often forget that they, too, are a part of …
Taking the Mystery Out of Relapse Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar is for professional mental healthcare clinicians who want to learn how to assist their clients to identify and manage the progressive warning signs and high risks situations that lead to alcohol or other drugs (AOD) …
Tele Clinical Supervision in the Digital Age
COURSE OVERVIEW This course is appropriate for professional counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other professionals providing clinical supervision in the telehealth model. The course provides an overview of the telehealth model, including discussion of the history of telehealth, advantages/disadvantages of …
Spotting a Narcissistic Client: Diagnostic Considerations for Treatment*
COURSE OVERVIEW One of the most challenging disorders to treat as a mental health clinician is Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Can we effectively recognize and treat a narcissist client if he or she walked into our office? Join Ellen Biros, MS, …
Tobacco Use Disorders and Smoking Cessation: Diagnosing, and Treating Nicotine Dependence
COURSE OVERVIEW Tobacco use is the single most important cause of mortality and morbidity globally. It has been considered one of the strangest human behaviors, which is not necessary for the maintenance of life nor for the satisfaction of social, …
Taking the Mystery Out of Relapse Part One*
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar is for professional mental healthcare clinicians who want to learn how to assist their clients to identify and manage the progressive warning signs and high risks situations that lead to alcohol or other drugs (AOD) …
New Approaches to Managing Trauma in Individual and Group Treatment for Substance Use
COURSE OVERVIEW A presentation that highlights prevalent trends in the understanding/management of trauma in situations of PTSD, severe depression, etc. Highlights certain texts, as well as articles surrounding more effective ways to understand trauma, as well as aid clients through …
Spiritual Recovery: Rediscovering your Higher Power
COURSE OVERVIEW It has been said that religion produces both the greatest sources of destruction and the greatest resources for good in our world. And for some of us, and our clients, this collective battle takes on a much more …
Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Care Part Two*
COURSE OVERVIEW Join Dr. Sherrie All as she provides you with the assessment tools and critical interventions you need to identify and differentiate between dementias, prevent and reduce difficult behaviors, and improve your ability to communicate with cognitively impaired patients! …
Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Care Part One*
COURSE OVERVIEW Join Dr. Sherrie All as she provides you with the assessment tools and critical interventions you need to identify and differentiate between dementias, prevent and reduce difficult behaviors, and improve your ability to communicate with cognitively impaired patients! …
DBT with the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally developed by Marsha Linehan as a way to help individuals with suicidal ideation. Later on, it became an evidence-based treatment for treating individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, in order for this …
DBT with the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally developed by Marsha Linehan as a way to help individuals with suicidal ideation. Later on, it became an evidence-based treatment for treating individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, in order for this …
Modern Ethics in Addiction Treatment*
COURSE OVERVIEW Working with substance use disorders can be an ethically complex terrain – a biopsychosocial disorder with numerous stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and clinical philosophies to juggle as you make clinical and organizational decisions. This seminar focuses on applied ethics …
Conduct Great Intakes With the ACT Matrix
COURSE OVERVIEW Do you often get clients who attend one session and then never return? Establishing rapport and setting goals for treatment early is vitally important for work to unfold. This workshop will show you how to use the ACT …
Ethics: The Major Moral Theories in Applied Ethics
COURSE OVERVIEW Many of us strive to be ethical in our personal and professional lives. But most of us have little idea of the major moral theories underlying our ethical decision-making. This webinar will start with a tour of the …
Addressing Racial Issues in Clinical Therapy Practice
COURSE OVERVIEW Racial tensions within the United States continue to rise due to systematic and institutionalized racism. Culturally sensitive knowledge and skills are needed now more than ever. Ongoing introspection and reflection of self in a sociocultural world is critical …
12 Core Functions: Case Management and Client Education
COURSE OVERVIEW Case Management is an activity that brings services, agencies, resources, or people together within a planned framework of action toward the achievement of established goals. It may involve liaison activities and collateral contacts. The Global Criteria to be …
Trauma Informed Care, Creating A Safe Environment For Our Clients
COURSE OVERVIEW Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) understands and considers the pervasive nature of trauma and promotes environments of healing and recovery. Trauma-informed care calls for a change in organizational culture, placing an emphasis on understanding and responding to the effects of …
12 Core Functions: Individual, Family, & Group Counseling
COURSE OVERVIEW COUNSELING: (Individual, Group, Family, and Significant Others): The utilization of special skills to assist individuals, families, or groups in achieving objectives through an exploration of a problem and its ramifications, examination of attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative …
12 Core Functions: Treatment Planning & Reports and Record Keeping
COURSE OVERVIEW TREATMENT PLANNING is the process by which the counselor and the client identify and rank problems needing resolution, establish agreed-upon immediate and long-term goals, and decide upon a treatment process and the resources to be utilized. REPORTS AND …
Cultural Competence in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW This introductory course is designed to provide information to clinical supervisors to help them understand what it means to be culturally competent. The course also explores things that clinicians can do to become culturally competent. several illustrations are …
Ethics in Tele Mental Health
COURSE OVERVIEW Telehealth has become ever-growing popular and it will likely continue to grow and increase following the recent COVID-19 pandemic. While telehealth is a great option to get services when not otherwise possible it does also generate a need …
12 Core Functions: Assessment
COURSE OVERVIEW This session presenter will review the core function of assessment and its importance in the substance use disorder treatment process. The procedures by which a counselor/program identifies and evaluates an individual’s strengths, weaknesses, problems, and needs for the …
Practical Issues of Clinical Supervision Including Documentation and Record Keeping
COURSE OVERVIEW Dual relationships are at the core of many ethical issues. Boundary problems comprise the most ethical violations. The supervisor’s job is to manage his or her own attention to dual relationships with supervisees and be on the lookout …
12 Core Functions: Intake and Orientation
COURSE OVERVIEW This session will review the core functions of intake and Orientation and their importance in the substance use disorder treatment process. In this session, the global criteria will be discussed. For intake discussion like as follows: Documents for …
Online Counseling & Supervision
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Grief: From Pain to Hope
COURSE OVERVIEW Grief encompasses the range of unpleasant emotions that occur after a loss. Grief is most associated with death, but many other types of loss can result in differing levels of grief. It can be a strong and overwhelming …
12 Core Functions: Screening & Crisis Intervention
COURSE OVERVIEW Substance abuse counselors are judged on their competency in what is called the 12 Core Functions. These specific functions were developed as the critical criteria for addiction counselors through a form of meta-research. By looking at the competencies …
Overview of EMDR: Basic Concepts and Applications
COURSE OVERVIEW Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) is a treatment modality designed by Francine Shapiro in the late 80s as a result of her own experiences with distressing memories she was having at the time. Since then, it has evolved …
Unmasking Manipulative Disorders: Assessments, Strategies & Interventions
COURSE OVERVIEW Without proper training, clinicians may struggle to identify and successfully work with emotionally manipulative clients. Join expert, Ellen Biros, MS, LCSW, as she delivers an intensive seminar designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to …
Normalizing Denial: Identifying And Managing Your Inner Saboteur
COURSE OVERVIEW Using terms like the “inner saboteur” or self-defeating defenses is an important part of helping our clients recognize and manage their denial. One important goal of this workshop is to educate, normalize, and de-pathologize denial so we can …
Balancing Clinical & Administrative Functions in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Dual relationships are at the core of many ethical issues. Boundary problems comprise the most ethical violations. The supervisor’s job is to manage his or her own attention to dual relationships with supervisees and be on the lookout …
Harm Reduction Associated with Drug Use and Drug Policies
COURSE OVERVIEW Harm reduction includes policies, programs, and practices that aim to keep people safe and minimize death, disease, and injury from high-risk behavior, especially substance use and abuse. Harm reduction recognizes that high-risk behavior may continue despite the risks. …
The Neuroscience of Anxiety and Stress
COURSE OVERVIEW Stress is a normal part of life, but for many, it can lead to crippling anxiety. By learning the neuro-biology behind the stress response and its function, people are often better able to manage stress and anxiety. Sherrie …
Transference and Countertransference in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Transference and Countertransference can be challenging topics to address in supervision and left unchecked, they can wreak havoc on the counseling or supervisory relationship. Counselors in training often struggle to understand transference and countertransference and may rely on …
Relational Frame Theory: How Verbal Behavior Shapes Our Life
COURSE OVERVIEW This course provides an overview of Relational Frame Theory, a behavioral account of human language and cognition, and details how RFT principles can help you create consistent case conceptualizations. Participants will learn how our verbal ability can both …
Marijuana & Vaping: Emerging Drug Trends in Today’s Youth, and What Caregivers Can Do About It
COURSE OVERVIEW Marijuana and Vaping are both growing in popularity and use among teens in the United States, showing no signs of slowing down with large industries supporting them. Both neurologically and socially, young people are at greater risk for …
Central Principles & Functions of Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW This webinar on the Central and Functions of Clinical Supervision aims to introduce the basic principles and functions that come with being a clinical supervisor. Those in attendance will get a grasp of the function played by Clinical …
Supporting Recovery from Opioid Addiction: How Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Saves Lives
COURSE OVERVIEW Training that highlights and attempts to advocate against beliefs surrounding negativity and Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). Provides education surrounding MAT, including types of medications prescribed, incorporation of integrated health solutions, as well as roles in which counselors/helping professionals play …
Sex Addiction: Integrating Individual and Couples’ Therapy
COURSE OVERVIEW This course focuses on the coordination of treatment for both the addict and the partner. Quite typically, both partners experience a destabilizing number of issues with the discovery or disclosure of sexual breaches in the relationship: relational trauma …
DBT for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW DBT is intended to help people who experience pervasive emotion dysregulation, which means frequent, intense emotional responses that the individual finds difficult to change. In DBT, most problem behaviors are viewed as attempts to change intense emotions or …
AADC EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY ONE
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series that aims to help aspiring counselors pass the AADC (Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor) Exams. The webinar includes lessons on exam construction and terminologies, practice questions on item structures, and items related to Areas …
AADC EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY FOUR
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series that aims to help aspiring counselors pass the AADC (Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor) Exams. The webinar includes lessons on exam construction and terminologies, practice questions on item structures, and items related to Areas …
AADC EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY THREE
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series that aims to help aspiring counselors pass the AADC (Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor) Exams. The webinar includes lessons on exam construction and terminologies, practice questions on item structures, and items related to Areas …
AADC EXAM PREP BOOT CAMP DAY TWO
COURSE OVERVIEW A four-day webinar series that aims to help aspiring counselors pass the AADC (Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor) Exams. The webinar includes lessons on exam construction and terminologies, practice questions on item structures, and items related to Areas …
Social Distancing Syndrome
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will focus on how social distancing generated at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it continues to impact our lives, our patient’s life, and how we all act and react in the new …
Recovery and Treatment Models
COURSE OVERVIEW What is recovery and what is the best way to achieve it? By looking at the past and present modalities of substance abuse treatment we will explore their effectiveness of helping people recover. We will review the various …
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Fundamentals*
COURSE OVERVIEW This course provides an overview of the latest developments in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT is a part of the third wave of cognitive behavioral therapies and has grown to prominence over the past decade as a …
The One Sided Mirror of Narcissism
COURSE OVERVIEW According to the dictionary Narcissism is an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance. A narcissistic personality disorder is found more commonly in men. The cause is unknown but likely involves a combination of …
Non-Violent Crisis Prevention: De-Escalating Aggressive Behavior
COURSE OVERVIEW This two-hour training includes supplementary materials and serves as a general overview/review of fundamental intervention techniques, coupled with an emphasis on the unique and changing needs of your clinical environment (whether you work in an individual practice or …
Sex Addiction: Understanding Partner Trauma
COURSE OVERVIEW This webinar will begin with an understanding of Relational Trauma (sometimes called Partner Trauma), particularly as juxtaposed with Co-Addiction and Codependency. Next, we will look in-depth to relational trauma, the signs and symptoms as particularly associated with various …
Relational Cultural Theory
COURSE OVERVIEW Relational cultural theory (RCT) is grounded in feminist theory and supports the notion that chronic disconnection of humans causes suffering. RCT counselors believe clients must be understood within their contextual and socio-cultural impacts on the well-being of clients. …
Restoring Stolen Pleasure: Reclaiming Authentic Sexuality After Sexual Trauma Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW In today’s society, female sexuality is often very confusing and misunderstood, and when women are sexually traumatized a whole new level of confusion and shame emerges. Often sexual trauma survivors make great strides in the physical and emotional …
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Basic Concepts and Applications
COURSE OVERVIEW Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a treatment modality developed originally as Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) by Albert Ellis. It shares some commonalities with other cognitively based therapies that include Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy. REBT is …
Pornography Addiction: Assessment and Treatment
COURSE OVERVIEW Pornography addiction is something we will often kid about but is ultimately a behavior that can seriously damage relationships and take precedence over more important functions and responsibilities in our lives. What separates a porn addiction from a keen …
Sex Addiction: Assessment & Treatment*
COURSE OVERVIEW This course will focus on the basics of screening, assessment, and the fundamentals of treating sex addiction. Starting with various ways to open up the therapeutic engagement to effectively discussing sexual issues, outlining the various screening questions, tests, …
Borderline Personality Disorder, The Chameleon of Psychopathology
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Freedom From Chronic Pain Suffering: Moving Out of the Problem and Into the Solution*
COURSE OVERVIEW Chronic pain includes both physiological and psychological pain symptoms, and participants of this presentation will learn how to differentiate between the two types of symptoms in order to support patients who are experiencing chronic pain. The multidisciplinary Addiction-Free …
Creative Arts Therapies: Basic Concepts and Applications
COURSE OVERVIEW Creative Arts Therapies have been in use in America for more than 75 years, but have evolved and expanded over the years. Most of the modalities have involved some form of art, poetry, dance, drama, and/or music as …
Ethics & Boundaries for Community Based Counselor
COURSE OVERVIEW Our codes of ethics provide guidelines for navigating ethical dilemmas that may arise however certain ethical situations will arise for professionals who work in the community. For example, accepting gifts, setting boundaries with families to conduct counseling within …
Overview of the Cognitively-Based Therapies: Cognitive Therapy, CBT, REBT, & DBT
COURSE OVERVIEW Many therapeutic modalities share aspects in common with each other. This is never more the case when looking at the various cognitively-based therapies that include Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy. In this …
Freedom From Chronic Pain Suffering: Managing Pain and Coexisting Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW Chronic pain is an incapacitating medical condition that includes many treatment challenges. Many healthcare providers struggle to adequately support patients living with chronic pain and coexisting conditions such as substance use disorders and other mental health conditions, including …
The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health Practitioners and Patients
COURSE OVERVIEW This interactive webinar will focus on how COVID-19 has transformed the mental health world. This course will help us identify the changes and challenges we now have to face and consider working in the mental health field at …
Person-Centered Experiential Therapy
COURSE OVERVIEW Do you pride yourself on being the kind of clinician who meets the client where they are? If so, then implementing Person-Centered Experiential Therapy (PCET) can be pivotal to your practice. Carl Rogers, the founder of Person-Centered Therapy, …
Marijuana: Effects on The Brain, Body, & Behavior*
Course Overview This course provides a comprehensive presentation on marijuana, including medicinal marijuana and synthetic marijuana. Specifically, the potential effects of both natural and synthetic marijuana use on the brain, other body structures, and behavior are presented. Additionally, how marijuana …
Overcoming Panic Attacks and Anxiety: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
COURSE OVERVIEW Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental health issue in the world. Science shows us that these ongoing anxiety patterns will add to stress-related health conditions, earlier death, and lots of suffering if left untreated. Mild to Severe …
HIPAA Compliant and Risk Management in Digital World
COURSE OVERVIEW Since HIPAA compliance is much more than “encryption and a BAA”, this training teaches you how to turn the complex requirements of HIPAA compliance into simple monitoring and management activities for any size business. In this training you’ll …
Developmental Perspective of Personality Development
COURSE OVERVIEW Note: The presenter’s audio was static due to the poor connection and bad storm. We apologize for the inconvenience. This presentation offers a historical view of earlier DSM III-DSM 4-TR diagnostic criteria in relation to social, cultural and …
Damaging the Soul: New Approaches to Managing Trauma
COURSE OVERVIEW A presentation that highlights prevalent trends in the understanding/management of trauma in situations of PTSD, severe depression, etc. Highlights certain texts, as well as articles surrounding more effective ways to understand trauma, as well as aid clients through …
Counseling the Parents of LGBTQ+ individuals using Narrative Therapy Techniques
COURSE OVERVIEW Homelessness, suicide, and self-harm rates continue to plague the LGBTQ+ community despite great strides made in society at large towards love and acceptance. Many parents still struggle when finding out that their child is not straight or may …
Schizophrenia, “Living in the Shadows of Who I AM”
COURSE OVERVIEW The etiology of Schizophrenia has been and continues to be perplexing and debatable despite tremendous strides in research findings. This interactive webinar will provide an in-depth overview of the Schizophrenic Spectrum as a historical reference in order to …
Essentials in Implementing Telemental Health
COURSE OVERVIEW This “How-To” course will enable you to begin to provide legal, ethical, and HIPAA-compliant video services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic within one day. This “essentials” course will show you the routines to create that make these …
Supervising Counselor Development in Core Practice Dimensions
COURSE OVERVIEW The webinar focuses on the responsibility of clinical supervisors for helping supervisees develop a professional identity as a mental health counselor and to master the core counseling skills needed to practice effectively. The CACREP standards of the Mental …
Addictive Behaviors: Excoriation and Trichotillomania Disorders*
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Skill building and Empowering Supervisee
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The needs of Pregnant and Parenting Women with Substance Use Disorder
COURSE OVERVIEW Opioid use in pregnancy has escalated dramatically in recent years, paralleling the epidemic observed in the general population. Untreated SUDs during pregnancy pose increased risks for life-threatening health problems for mothers and their infants. This presentation will review …
An Introduction to Tele Therapy
COURSE OVERVIEW In this two hour course, you will learn how to begin the process of moving some of your clients to teletherapy. We will discuss some of the pros and cons of this type of delivery, as well as …
Confidentiality Issues in Clinical Supervision
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Reality Therapy: Helping Clients to Focus on Solving Problem*
COURSE OVERVIEW Reality therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on problem-solving and making better choices in order to achieve specific goals. Developed by Dr. William Glasser, reality therapy is focused on the here and now rather than the past. …
Forensic Issues with Substance Use Disorders
COURSE OVERVIEW In this 2-hour workshop, attendees will learn some of the basics about forensic psychology in general and, in particular, how it applies to evaluation and testimony when substance use disorders are involved with adults and teenagers. Practical and …
Comprehensive Clinical Assessments (CCA)
COURSE OVERVIEW A Comprehensive Clinical Assessment is a biopsychosocial intensive clinical and functional face-to-face evaluation of a client’s presenting mental health, developmental disability, and substance use disorder that results in the issuance of a written report that provides the clinical …
Evaluation of Supervisee Competence and Supervision Process
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Sexual Trauma: Spiritual Psychological Approach
Note: There was a minor technical issue during the session on the presenter’s side due to an internet connection. The audio was not stable in a few parts of the session. COURSE DESCRIPTION Sexual trauma is more rampant than we …
Cultural and Diversity Issues in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Culture is one of the major contextual factors that influence supervisory interactions. Other contextual variables include race, ethnicity, age, gender, discipline, academic background, religious and spiritual practices, sexual orientation, disability, and recovery versus nonrecovery status. The relevant variables …
Cyberbullying, Hiding Behind the Mask of Deceit
Date of Event Thursday, October 20, 2022, from 6:30-8:30 PM EST COURSE OVERVIEW The Internet has created a false sense of anonymity and ease of sharing information that has fueled cyberbullying. These acts include spreading rumors, sending threats or hurtful …
The Song and Dance of Manipulation in Personality Disorder
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Suicide, Parasuicide, Assessment and Prevention Part One
COURSE OVERVIEW Suicide is defined as the intentional taking of one’s own life and comes from the Latin word suicidium, which means “to kill oneself.” Parasuicide, a form of attempted suicide, is an attempt to take one’s life that does …
Documentation & Organization Management in Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW In this 2 CE hour, clinical supervision session participants will learn appropriate boundaries within supervision and maintenance of clinical supervision documentation. Management can be defined as the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives …
Practical Issues of Clinical Supervision
COURSE DESCRIPTION Dual relationships are at the core of many ethical issues. Boundary problems comprise the most ethical violations. The supervisor’s job is to manage his or her own attention to dual relationships with supervisees and be on the lookout …
Ethical and Professional Boundaries in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW You are the organization’s gatekeeper for ethical and legal issues. First, you are responsible for upholding the highest standards of ethical, legal, and moral practices and for serving as a model of practice to staff. Further, you should …
Embracing Body, Mind, & Spirit in Psychotherapy
COURSE OVERVIEW It is a well-known fact in psychotherapy that clients’ cognitive and emotional associations (symbolic connections) can either enhance or inhibit therapeutic progress. What if: Instead of simply helping traumatized clients return to their previous level of functioning, you …
Program Development and Quality Assurance in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Counselors are at different stages of professional development. Thus, regardless of the model of supervision you choose, you must take into account the supervisee’s level of training, experience, and proficiency. Different supervisory approaches are appropriate for counselors at …
Supervisory Leadership Style: Building Trust
COURSE OVERVIEW This course offers lessons on improving leadership style in a clinical setting. A portion of the webinar will discuss the direct relationship between leadership and clinical supervision. Participants will learn how Ideal leadership characteristics, the right leadership mentality, …
Narrative Therapy Techniques in Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Just as counselors often look for new techniques and tools to use in session, supervisors, and supervisees can also benefit from having new and fresh techniques for supervision. Narrative therapy is a classic technique in counseling and has …
12 Core Functions: Referral and Consultation
COURSE OVERVIEW Referral identifies the need of a client that cannot be met by the counselor or agency and assisting the client to utilize the support systems and community resources available. The global Criteria to be discussed are as follows: …
Implementation Science with Evidence-Based Practices in Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW Across the helping professions, we have arrived at a point where it is possible to create statements of best practices in supervision that are based on available empirical research; credentialing, ethical, and legal guidelines; and consensus opinion. Best …
Theories, Roles, & Functions of Clinical Supervision
COURSE OVERVIEW This webinar revolves around helping participants understand the roles and functions of clinical supervisors. One of the major topics to be discussed here includes understanding what clinical supervision is and what it is not. With this webinar, participants …
Solution Focused Therapy
COURSE DESCRIPTION “If a miracle happened and the problem you have was solved overnight, how would you know it was solved, and what would be different? This question is known as the “Miracle Question” and is a well-known technique used …
Overview of Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders and Applicable Treatment Modalities
COURSE OVERVIEW While most people are familiar with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), few realize that there are several other disorders in the DSM-5 that fall under the new category of Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders. Since PTSD has been covered in …
Professional Ethics: Challenging Ethical Dilemmas*
COURSE OVERVIEW We will begin by applying our current, personal ethical discernment to several short clinical case vignettes, paying particular attention to the ethical priorities we tend to privilege. Next, we review the most significant ethical theories and approaches that …
Restoring Stolen Pleasure: Reclaiming Authentic Sexuality After Sexual Trauma Part Two
COURSE OVERVIEW In today’s society, female sexuality is often very confusing and misunderstood, and when women are sexually traumatized a whole new level of confusion and shame emerges. Often sexual trauma survivors make great strides in the physical and emotional …
Vaping and E-Cigarettes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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Basic Concepts and Applications of Emotional Intelligence
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Adolescent Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
COURSE OVERVIEW For the past decade, there has been a significant increase in Adolescent Suicide with no indication of slowing as well as significant changes in lethal methods, gender discriminations, and age categories according to SAMHSA, Preventing Suicide, A Toolkit …
Anorexia Nervosa: What Every Clinicians Need to Know
COURSE OVERVIEW The purpose of this interactive webinar is to provide more awareness and knowledge of mental health disorders with the highest mortality rate. While Anorexia Nervosa (AN) holds the highest mortality rate of any eating disorder and any other …
PTSD and Dual Diagnoses
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