Presented by Julia Albro, BS, Ph.D. Student in Clinical Psychology, and Robert D. Friedberg, Ph.D. Recorded on Friday, November 17th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Following the COVID-19 pandemic, prevalence rates of psychiatric diagnoses among children and adolescents are rising. Multiple variables including individual psychological characteristics, pandemic-related stressors and systemic factors conspire to catalyze anxiety spectrum disorders.…
Presented by David B. Reid, PsyD Recorded on Friday, April 12, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Anxiety is a universal human emotion that alerts us to potential threats and motivates us to prepare for anticipated life challenges. Anxiety can be an appropriate reaction to a stressful circumstance, yet for many, excessive anxiety becomes counterproductive, and at…
Presented by Dr. Katherine Jackson, ATR-BC & Dr. Megan Seaman, LPC, NCC This program was recorded on Friday, November 18, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) and Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT) are two methods of understanding cognitive and emotional styles of clients. Clarification of cognitive and emotional styles can foster positive relationships…
Presented by Michelle Malters, PsyD Recorded on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The DSM-5-TR serves as the federal government's official manual for the diagnosing of mental disorders. The literature presented with the text provides practicing clinicians with research, current codes, and criteria for diagnosing mental disorders and other conditions. This program will provide a review of the chapters, cover…
Presented by Lynn Lyons, LICSW This program was recorded on February 21, 2021 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Using hypnosis with children teaches skills and helps children experientially discover their own resources and “super-powers.” With anxious children, hypnotic interventions can immediately demonstrate the mind-body connection, help with somatic regulation, and offer relief. But many clinicians focus on relaxation…
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 Michael Yapko, Ph.D. Recorded on Friday, March 8th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses" page Given the sharp rise in the rates of depression in the wake of the COVID pandemic and what it has taught us about vulnerabilities to depression, as well as recent landmark research undermining the most common view of depression as the result…
Presented by Barbara S. McCann, Ph.D. This program was recorded on Friday, November 18th, 2022 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page The internal script in depressive disorders is characterized by negative views of the self, the world, and the future. These beliefs form an internal monologue that leads to destructive emotions, behaviors, and physiology. Depressive attentional mechanisms selectively focus…
Presented by Lisa Lombard, PhD Friday, May 10th, 2024 9am-10:30am PT / 11am-12:30pm CT / 12pm-1:30pm ET Event held online via Zoom. Zoom link will be available on course page in “My Courses” upon event registration. Descriptions and definitions of stress and anxiety in children will be presented, with particular emphasis on their increasing prevalence. These two problem areas greatly…
Presented by Irving Kirsch, Ph.D. This program was recorded on March 11, 2021 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Antidepressants are supposed to work by fixing a chemical imbalance. However, analyses of the published and the unpublished data that were hidden by the drug companies reveal that most (if not all) of the benefits are due to the placebo effect,…