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A Holistic Client Functioning Profile Comparison of People

Title:
A Holistic Client Functioning Profile Comparison of People With Serious Mental Illness
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Michael K. Schmit, Marianna L. Oller, Jose L. Tapia-Fuselier, Jr., and Erika L. Schmit, PhD
Description:
This article addresses holistic client functioning as measured by the Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment in people with serious mental illness. The authors look at functioning across various serious mental illness diagnoses, after clients have received one year of recovery-oriented, usual-care services. This article includes implications for clinicians, limitations and suggestions for future research.
Learning Objectives:
1.Explore the challenges in implementing research-based programs and practices within the current mental health system.
2.Examine holistic functioning profile differences in clients who have been diagnosed with depression, bipolar or schizophrenia.
3.Identify implications for use in developing treatment and services for people who have serious mental illnesses.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
June 03, 2022
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$22.00
$42.00
$42.00
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ABCs of Trauma

Title:
ABCs of Trauma
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
A. Stephen Lenz, PhD
Description:
A. Stephen Lenz, Ph.D., LPC, discusses pertinent facts pertaining to trauma and trauma-informed counseling in the United States. He describes sources of trauma and types of responses, and covers various assessments and treatment strategies. Dr. Lenz is an assistant professor of Counseling at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. His work has primarily focused on applications of trauma-focused treatments among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Learning Objectives:
1.Provide an overview of the ABCs of Trauma webinar by A. Stephen Lenz, Ph.D., LPC.
2.Discuss pertinent facts pertaining to Trauma in the US.
3.Describe sources of trauma and types of responding, as well as various assessments and treatments.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
October 07, 2015
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$29.00
$49.00
$49.00
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Assessment in Counseling, Seventh Edition

Assessment in Counseling: Procedures and Practices, Seventh Edition

To view the table of contents and selected opening book pages, click here
August 01, 2023
978-1-55620-415-9
528
$67.95
$94.95
$94.95

Assessment/Emerging Measure/Recording-Coding

Title:
Assessment/Emerging Measure/Recording-Coding
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Casey A. Barrio Minton, PhD
Description:
Casey A. Barrio Minton, Ph.D., discusses philosophical shifts in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Participants will learn about nonaxial diagnoses and how to transition to ICD-10 coding. Dr. Barrio Minton will discuss cross-cutting and dimensional assessment measures, and she will provide tips on how counselors can incorporate these changes into their clinical practice. Dr. Barrio Minton is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This is the sixth webinar in a series of seven about the DSM-5.
Learning Objectives:
1.Summarize the basic tenets of Dr. Casey Barrio Minton’s webinar presentation.
2.Discuss philosophical shifts, the transition to ICD-10 coding, and practice considerations.
3.Provide an overview cross cutting and dimensional assessments.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 0 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
May 13, 2015
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$29.00
$49.00
$49.00
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CBT and Mental Health Assessments: Multicultural Competence

This special offer includes the following two CE products:

Title:
Racial Bias in Mental Health Assessments: Shifting Standards Paradigm and Racial Triangulation Framework
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
George Vincent Gushue, PhD; Tina R. Lee; and Jung Fun Kim
Description:
Racial triangulation and shifting standards in mental health assessments (Gushue, Lee, & Kim, 2021) use the shifting standards paradigm and the racial triangulation framework to investigate the presence of racial bias in mental health assessments that White mental health trainees and practitioners apply to Black and Asian clients. This Continuing Professional Development resource provides counselors with a rationale to explain the shifting paradigm and the racial triangulation framework, understand the contexts an instance in which racial biases potentially shape the clinical judgments of White examiners in their mental health assessments, and describe the implications for multicultural competence in counseling training, research, and practice.
Learning Objectives:
1.Explain the shifting standards paradigm and the racial triangulation framework,
2.Understand the contexts and instances in which racial biases potentially shape the clinical judgment of White examiners in their mental health assessments,
3.Describe the implications for multicultural competence in counseling training, research, and practice.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 1 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 0 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours

Title:
Culturally Adapted CBT with African American
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Janeé M. Steele, PhD
Description:
Dr. Janee Steele, LPC presents on CBT Approach to Internalized Racism Among African Americans. During this 1-hour CE, counselors will review research on the use of CBT with African Americans and the impact of internalized racism on the mental health of African Americans. This CE provides professional counselors with information to better understand the lived experiences of African Americans, historical influences of internalized racism, and strategies to inform how counselors can best serve African Americans with the use of culturally adapted CBT interventions.
Learning Objectives:
1.Demonstrate a basic understanding of the cognitive behavioral therapy approach to internalized racism among African Americans including the cognitive conceptualization and treatment planning
2.Summarize the impact of internalized racism on the mental health of African Americans.
3.Discuss the cognitive-developmental model of internalized racism and implications of social justice advocacy as described by Dr. Janee Steele.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 1 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
July 20, 2022
2
$29.00
$79.00
$79.00

Choosing Assessment Instruments for PTSD Screening

Title:
Choosing Assessment Instruments for PTSD Screening and Outcome Research
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Gerta Bardhoshi, PhD; Kelly Duncan, PhD; Bradley T. Erford, PhD; Beth Dummett; Michelle Falco, MEd
Description:
Effect-size results from Erford et al.’s (2016) meta-analysis for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were used to compare 6 instruments’ usefulness in measuring counseling treatment outcomes. Effect-size comparisons indicated equivalent overall effect sizes using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale, the Impact of Event Scale•Revised, the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale, the PTSD Checklist, and the Structured Interview for PTSD. The Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related PTSD yielded significantly more conservative (i.e., lower) effect-size comparisons.
Learning Objectives:
1.Examine the utility of six PTSD assessment instruments
2.Understand how these assessment tools can be used for PTSD screening and outcome research

CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 0 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
February 03, 2016
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$22.00
$42.00
$42.00
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College Counseling and Student Development

Title:
College Counseling and Student Development: Stress and Anxiety
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Joshua C. Watson, PhD and Amanda Faucher, MA
Description:
For some students, stress and anxiety prevents students from having an enriching college experience. For this continuing education experience, you will explore stress and anxiety, particularly as they are experienced by college students. While not specific to the pandemic, this book chapter will offer practitioners issues to consider when counseling college students.
Learning Objectives:
1.Examine how they are separate constructs referencing different experiences.
2.Become familiar with a variety of assessment and treatment approaches to help college students.
3.Explore outreach implications and how college counseling center staff can work cooperatively with other campus offices and programs to help students succeed.
CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours

This CE is based on an ACA book. Click College Counseling and Student Development: Theory, Practice, and Campus Collaboration to view the Table of Contents and purchase the book.
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
October 01, 2020
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$22.00
$42.00
$42.00
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Counselors Within the Chronic Care Model: Supporting Weight

Title:
Counselors Within the Chronic Care Model: Supporting Weight Management
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Alison Phillips Sheesley, PhD
Description:
The Chronic Care Model developed for the multidisciplinary management of chronic diseases provides a blueprint for the integrated role of mental health counselors supporting clients with obesity seeking weight management treatment. Counselors can support clients and the team of health care professionals treating obesity within each of the 6 components of the model: (a) health care organization, (b) delivery-system design, (c) clinical information systems, (d) decision support, (e) client self-management support, and (f) community resources.
Learning Objectives:
1.Understand the Chronic Care Model (CCM) and how it can be utilized to support obese clients seeking weight management treatment.
2.Examine the role of mental health counselors within each of the six components of CCM.

CE Credit(s):
1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 0 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
February 03, 2016
Text-Based Continuing Education Product
1
$22.00
$42.00
$42.00
Available for Immediate Download

Course - Bipolar Disorder: Accurately Diagnosing and Ethical

Title:
Course - Bipolar Disorder: Accurately Diagnosing and Ethical
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Jason H. King, PhD and Matt R. Buckley, EdD
Description:
Part 1: In this video, counselors will learn and explore the assessment and diagnosis of bipolar and related disorders. Topics that are addressed in this webinar include: person-first language, bipolar and related disorders, assessment, DSM-5, labeling, ethical guidelines for diagnosing, culture, treatment plans, stigma, cross-cutting symptoms, diagnosing adolescents and cultural formulation interviews. Part 2: In this video, counselors will continue to explore the assessment and diagnosis of bipolar related disorders, including learning to differentiate between other common disorders that can look like bipolar-related disorders. Counselors will also explore the ethical benefits of a dimensional approach to diagnosis. Topics addressed include: disorder on a spectrum of severity, ethical benefits and ethical risks of using these assessment measures, key signs and symptoms of mania in contrast to hypomania, substance use/medication-induced bipolar and related disorders. Part 3: In this video, counselors will learn about Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), why it is in DSM-V and how it compares to bipolar disorder, including new disorders added to DSM-V. Counselors will also review and understand depressive disorders to properly diagnose bipolar related disorders. Topics addressed include: DMDD and its symptoms, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, four-point recommendation for diagnosis, bipolar disorder and circadian-rhythms, hypomania and mania, depressive and bipolar disorder specifiers. Part 4: In this video, counselors will focus on treatment planning particularly, exploring the Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) developed by Dr. Ellen Frank with focus on three aspects, interpersonal, social rhythm and social interactions. Counselors will also explore an aspect of Family-Focused Therapy in relation to IPSRT. Topics addressed include: ethical considerations when initiating treatment planning, IPSRT and Family-Focused Therapy.
Learning Objectives:
1.Part 1: 1. Review and explore the assessment and diagnostic considerations for clients with bipolar and related disorders. 2. Understand the pros and cons of diagnosing and the implications for treatment. 3. Explore the ethical usage of diagnoses, its limitations and best practices for diagnosing clients
2.Part 2: 1. Review and explore the assessment and diagnostic considerations for clients with bipolar and related disorders, including differential diagnostic aspects. 2. Learn the ethical implications of a dimensional approach to diagnosis. 3. Analyze differential diagnoses of bipolar related disorders from substance-medication induced disorders.
3.Part 3: 1. Learn about Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder as new disorders to DSM-V. 2. Understand depressive disorders to properly diagnose bipolar related disorders. 3. Explore techniques to differentiate bipolar related disorders.
4.Part 4: 1. Understand treatment planning, treatment responses and treatment implications. 2. Explore Dr. Ellen Frank’s Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT). 3. Review the interpersonal aspect of Family-Focused therapy as it relates to IPSRT.
CE Credit(s):
5.5 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 5.5 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 5.5 NY Hours; 5.5 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
April 01, 2020
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
5.5
$109.00
$129.00
$129.00
Available for Immediate Download

Course - Shame and Shame Resilience

Title:
Course - Shame and Shame Resilience
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Jill R. Nelson, PhD
Description:
Part 1: In this webinar, counselors will learn and explore the evolution of shame and shame resilience. Topics that will be covered in this webinar include: the exploration of shame, self-conscious affects, shame resistance, self-compassion, common reactions to shame, avoiding shame and vulnerability. Part 2: In part two of this two-part webinar series, counselors will explore Shame Resilience Theory and how to apply it in therapy. Topics addressed include: ways clients avoid shame, shame, empathy, Shame Resilience Theory, self-compassion, self-compassion breaks, and critical awareness
Learning Objectives:
1.Part 1: Explore what shame is and the historical significance. 2. Identify four self-conscious affects. 3. Examine shame resistance tools.
2.Part 2: 1. Explore ways clients avoid shame. 2. Identify four elements of the Shame Resilience Theory and how to implement it with clients. 3. Practice and understand how to implement a self-compassion break for clients.
3.
CE Credit(s):
3 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 3 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 0 NY Hours; 0 Ethics Hours
NBCC ACEP No. 1000
January 15, 2020
Video-Based Continuing Education Product
3
$69.00
$89.00
$89.00
Available for Immediate Download

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