Presented by Dr. Emmanuel Cherilien This program was recorded on Thursday, November 17, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In this fast-changing world, there are growing concerns among employers on accommodating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The absence of DEI has denied segments of the workforce basic rights, social justice, respect, and dignity as human beings. Employees look…
Presented by Martha Stark, MD Recorded on Friday, March 1st, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page If deep and enduring psychodynamic change is the ultimate goal of treatment, then periodically juxtaposing seemingly contradictory "forces" (Hegel's thesis and antithesis) will eventually jump-start the patient's "adaptive recovery" by creating optimally stressful, growth-incentivizing "mismatch experiences." Dr. Stark will be proposing use…
Presented by Angela Schubert, Ph.D., LPC, NCC This program was recorded on February 19, 2021 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Although sexuality is part of the human experience, it is often disregarded in counselor training, in clinical practice, and professional counseling literature. With so few formal resources and training opportunities, students and counselors alike are left to explore…
Presented by Carolyn Daitch, PhD This program was recorded on July 15, 2020 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Anxiety destroys the normal enjoyment of life through the fear, worry, obsessive thinking and avoidant behavior that anxious people experience. Simple activities like going to the grocery store, taking a child to her first day of school, or meeting a…
Presented by Claudia Mosier, PsyD, MSCP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The LGBTQ+ Communities in the United States are varied and diverse. Psychopharmacology has been used in the past in unethical, unconscionable ways to attempt to change LGBTQ+ people to fit a cisgender heterosexual presentation. This history, and other factors create…
Presented by Robert M Foltz, PsyD and Kenneth Fogel, PsyD, MSCP Recorded on Friday, March 15th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Psychotropic medications are commonly used across psychological disorders and across the lifespan. Indeed, more people are on more psychotropics today than ever before. To further complicate this issue, many individuals are taking multiple medications to…
Presented by Akira Otani, EdD, ABPH This program was recorded on Friday, August 11, 2023 Access provided upon registration under "My Courses" page. Mindfulness has become an established paradigm in healthcare over the last 40 years. As its popularity grew, questions began emerging about the nature of mindfulness, its relative efficacy to similar intervention strategies, safety, and, most interestingly, its…
Presented by Lavonda Mickens, Ph.D. Recorded on Friday, February 23, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In America, Black and Indigenous Persons of Color (BIPOC) and women are often forgotten and unseen. A history of oppression through slavery, misogyny and social systems have been well-documented since 1619. These systems and treatment of Black and BIPOC women and mothers…
Presented by Robert J. Zeglin, PhD, NCC, CST, LMHC This program was recorded on January 21, 2021 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Sexual health and wellness topics in therapy are often ignored, deprioritized, or even pathologized by clinicians. Sexual issues are one of the few issues still considered to be so taboo that they can only be treated…
Presented by Lynette Pujol, PhD, MSCP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page In prescribing to patients as a rule of thumb, it is often useful to remember the “Rule of Thirds.” Specifically, 1/3 of patients treated will have a complete remission of symptoms; 1/3 of patients will have a partial remission; and…
Presented by George Kapalka, PhD, MS, ABPP Recorded on Thursday, March 14th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page While prescribing medications to children and adolescents is sometimes necessary and beneficial, prescribers often encounter pediatric patients who have been placed on multiple medications, sometimes in excessive doses. The widespread use of medication as the first choice for a…
Presented by Frances McClain, PhD, LCPC, NCC and Lisa Salvadore, MSW, LCSW, LCPC, CADC This program was recorded on May 21, 2021 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Research has shown that sexual well-being is a critical factor in overall health and quality of life (Giami 2002; Higgins et al., 2006; McCabe et al., 2010; Southern & Cade, 2011).…