Presented by Dr. Lexx Brown-James, LMFT, CSE, CSES Recorded on Friday, August 16, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The term pleasure has a conflicted and sorted history. Throughout time, pleasure seekers have been seen as hedonistic, irresponsible, and untrustworthy. Pleasure is a highly sexualized word that is considered taboo and often shamed. Adrienne Maree Brown's Pleasure Activism…
Presented by Kate McNulty, LCSW Recorded on Friday, October 13th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page. Mental health professionals who are non-psychologists may hesitate to identify ADHD in clients due to their inability to conduct psychometric testing. However, using self-report tests and taking a careful history, Masters-degree therapists can diagnose and support adult ADHD clients. As cited in…
Presented by Kate McNulty, LCSW Recorded on Friday, July 26th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Autism is a neurodevelopmental diagnosis associated with differences in communication, cognition, and social behavior. All of these dimensions influence the experience of one's sexuality. Autism is highly heterogeneous and the full continuum of human sexual and gender expression are seen in this…
Presented by Kate McNulty, LCSW Recorded on Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Burnout is recognized in the general population as a state of depleted energy, associated with unusual demands of employment, caregiving or other transient challenges. Autistic burnout is attributed to nervous system dysregulation; this may be caused by life stress but can…
Presented by Jose 'Pepe' Lopez, PhD, LPC Recorded on Friday, August 30, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Historically, male clients attend therapy at a lesser rate than female clients. To address this disparity, this presentation will focus on the therapy practices and considerations for male clients. Starting with a historical overview of therapy as a female dominated…
Presented by Geoff Bathje, PhD Recorded on Thursday, September 12, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Ketamine can amplify emotional experience and access to memory, while disrupting defenses, creating what has been called a "pivotal state" where change is possible in a therapeutic set and setting. Yet, ketamine is often administered without the inclusion of psychotherapists, who are…
Presented by Martha Stark, MD Recorded on Friday, September 27th, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Although you pride yourself on being able to offer your clients plenty of support, do you sometimes worry that you might not be providing them quite enough challenge? My workshop will teach you to construct a series of growth-incentivizing interventions specifically…
Presented by Robyn Flores, LMFT, LPC, NCC, ACS Recorded on Friday, July 19, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Everybody deserves to experience a healthy, satisfying sex life, if they choose to do so. Many times, marginalized groups (i.e., neurodivergent, disabled), are 'desexualized' through mainstream media sources that promote dominant societal standards and norms (Brooks, 2018). This presentation…
Presented by Alisa B. Arnoff, Scalambrino & Arnoff, LLP Recorded on Monday, July 15, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page As mental health professionals, you understand far better than most people do about the effects that harassment can have on individuals. Harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment, is illegal regardless of where you are working. Sadly, we…
Presented by Robert Foltz, Psy.D. and Judy Kupchan, MA Recorded on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page The DSM-5-TR serves as the federal government’s official manual for 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…
