Ahhhh!! There are so many continuing education (CE) training courses out there, but how do I know how well established the approach or methods I am signing up to learn are?

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Latest Continuing Education

PTSD and the brain: Train in the latest

There has been an increasing interest in understanding how PTSD affects the brain (and vice versa). Ideas like the body...
PTSD and the brain: Train in the latest

Impacts of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)

Borderline personality disorder can be very hard to treat, but don’t worry, Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) has your back. MBT...
Impacts of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)

ERP: Our best OCD treatment. Training is out there!

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be extremely difficult for those who experience it. The best OCD treatment options to help...
ERP: Our best OCD treatment. Training is out there!

Does exposure therapy harm clients?

“The only thing to fear is fear itself.” Was Roosevelt onto something in his attempts to encourage citizens to face...
Does exposure therapy harm clients?

CBT training: CBT for trauma – Reliable old faithful.

Good ole’ straightforward cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)…. Research and major treating organizations (e.g., APA, Veterans Affairs) have established Prolonged exposure...
CBT training: CBT for trauma – Reliable old faithful.

Philip Zimbardo trains in Systemic Engagement

It could be argued that the mental health field does not borrow enough insight from social psychology. I mean we...
Philip Zimbardo trains in Systemic Engagement

New integrative therapy: The Unified Protocol

-“My type of therapy is the best.” -“No my theories are better.” “-You’re both wrong, my perspective is the best….”...
New integrative therapy: The Unified Protocol

CBT for ADHD: An effective non-medication option?

Medication has long been the frontline treatment for both child and adult ADHD. But medication can be a big decision...
CBT for ADHD: An effective non-medication option?

AI therapy chatbots for mental health??

Robots doing therapy??! We’ve all heard of the advent of AI tools, like Chat GPT. AI tools like “chatbots” that...
AI therapy chatbots for mental health??

Mental health conference: APS 2024 – San Francisco

Careful – the locals hate it when you call it “San Fran”…. But San Francisco will hold the Association for...
Mental health conference: APS 2024 – San Francisco

How to build self-compassion in therapy

Compassion focused therapy is a CBT-like approach to therapy that helps clients build more self-compassion. Is it all just warm...
How to build self-compassion in therapy

How do we provide good gender-affirming care?

Gender-affirming care has become a hot topic in the medical field. This is probably because some U.S. states have been rolling...
How do we provide good gender-affirming care?

Ethics training: Are my ethics up to snuff?

Ahhh ethics training…. Some people love building their understanding of it and some trudge through it like chewing glass. But...
Ethics training: Are my ethics up to snuff?

Treatment of trauma and shame

So trauma isn’t all just based on fear?? Shame has been increasingly recognized as a key component of PTSD reactions...
Treatment of trauma and shame

CBT for insomnia, CBTi: Training, research, and resources

Complaints about sleep and insomnia are something we hear from clients all the time. There are medical reasons for some...
CBT for insomnia, CBTi: Training, research, and resources

Abandonment sucks. Real or Perceived.

Real abandonment. Perceived abandonment. It’s all valid. And it all suuucks. We as humans are mostly programmed to find and...
Abandonment sucks. Real or Perceived.

Motivational Interviewing in Substance Use Treatment

Motivational interviewing helps a wide range of clients who walk through our doors to move from a state of ambivalence...
Motivational Interviewing in Substance Use Treatment

Therapy with resistant clients

Ever have those sessions where a resistant client really doesn’t want to be there? Or perhaps believe they are having...
Therapy with resistant clients

Psychology Conference: APA 2023 – Washington D.C.

The American Psychological Association (APA) psychology conference takes place August 3-5, 2023. Many of us are always trying to get...
Psychology Conference: APA 2023 – Washington D.C.

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD was initially developed in the early 1990s for victims of sexual assault. Patricia Resick...
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD

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