CCPA Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
These courses have been PRE-approved by the CCPA.
Objectives:
- The Difference between Gender Nonconformity and Gender Dysphoria
- Epidemiologic Considerations
- Explore the Sources of Stigma and Discrimination and Their Impact on Health
- Overview of Therapeutic Approaches for Gender Dysphoria
- Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria
Based in part on Counselor Toolbox Podcast Episode 382
$18.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
- Identify goals of couples therapy
- Identify common mistakes in couples therapy
- Explore things counselors need to consider when working with couples
Based in part on Counselor Toolbox Podcast 383
$6.00 for 90 days- Identify goals of couples therapy
Objectives:
- Define Psychological Flexibility
- List the Main Principles of Psychological Flexibility
- Identify the Components of Psychological Flexibility
- Describe How to Teach Psychological Flexibility
- Explain the Short Cut Question
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Help clients identify 3 Steps to a Breakthrough
- Helping clients decide to do the impossible
- Tools to encourage clients to explore motivation: Why we do what we do
- Identify techniques to help clients get unstuck
- Help clients explore whether they use a Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Review the basic premises of DBT
- Learn about the HPA-Axis
- Define emotion regulation
- Identify why emotion regulation is important and how it can help clients
- Explore emotion regulation techniques
- Define goals of distress tolerance
Discuss why some clients do not choose distress tolerance
Explore a variety of Distress Tolerance and Reality Acceptance Skills including
- STOP
- Pros and Cons
- TIP
- ACCEPTS
- Self Soothing
- IMPROVE the Moment
- Radical Acceptance
- Turning the Mind
$18.00 for 90 days- Objectives:
- Explore information on the use of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders;
- Understand the interaction between the diagnoses
- Identify how many "problem” behaviors are semi-functional adaptations to help the person survive
- Develop an understanding for how a positive change in any one area can lead to positive changes throughout the system
$12.00 for 90 days Objectives:
- Define closed, open and single-session groups
- Explore th benefits and challenges for each
- Identify the developmental phases for open groups
- Discuss the process and necessary skills for managing open-ended groups
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Discuss the characteristics of group leaders.
- Describe concepts and techniques for conducting substance abuse treatment group therapy.
$6.00 for 90 days- Discuss the characteristics of group leaders.
Objectives
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Review the benefits of groups
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Identify the modalities for group
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Identify goals for psychoeducational and skills groups addressing anger, anxiety, addiction and depression
- Explore activities that can be used to enhance group engagement
$6.00 for 90 days-
- Objectives:
- Review the function of mindfulness and a variety of mindfulness techniques
- Explore the concept of relaxation
- Identify different methods of relaxation for the family
- Define resilience
- Identify characteristics of resilient
- Examine how hardiness can be used as a resiliency tool
- Explore ways to build all of these skills in ourselves, our family and our patients
$12.00 for 90 days Objectives:
- Identify the common physical, cognitive, interpersonal and environmental causes of mood disorders.
- Describe the impact of these causes on neurotransmitters and the HPA-Axis
- Develop treatment interventions that address the whole person, not just a single cause of a single symptom.
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Define health literacy
- Explain why health literacy is important
- Explore health literacy in a recovery oriented system of care
- Identify at least 5 ways to improve health literacy
$18.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
- Explain the principles of Internal Family Systems Theory
- Discuss the concepts of the Parts in IFS
- Explore ways to use IFS in counseling
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Define Internet and Gaming Addiction
- Explore how these behaviors can develop into addictions
- Identify risk factors in individuals more predisposed to becoming addicted
- Identify characteristics of video games and online activities that make it addictive
- Review the most commonly accepted goals for treatment of internet and gaming addiction
- Review the most common biopsychosocial interventions to address internet and gaming addiction
$9.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Learn about what the 12-steps and their purpose
- Learn about the Big Book and what Big Book Studies are
- Learn about what the Big Book has to say about treatment, medication
- Hear from John M. of Sober Speak who shares some tools from the trenches to help people prevent relapse and deal with common issues in early recovery.
- Learn what it is like for someone to go to their first meeting so we can help prepare people.
$6.00 for 90 days- Objectives
- Discuss the mind-body connection and its applications in the counseling setting
- Define Mindlessness
- Define Mindfulness
- Differentiate between Mindfulness and Purposeful Action
- Identify how mindfulness can be useful in practice
- Explore several different mindfulness techniques and activities
$6.00 for 90 days Objectives
- Define motivation
- Identify the 5 principles of motivational enhancement
- Review the concepts of motivation
- Identify the types of motivation and ways to enhance them
- Identify the purpose of setting goals
- Learn about SMART goals and how to set them
- Explore ways to help clients identify their goals
- Identify the 7 most common pitfalls in goal setting, and how to prevent them
$18.00 for 90 daysObjective
- Define sex and pornography addiction
- Compare and contrast sex addiction with drug addiciton
- Identify tools that can assist sex addicts
- Explore current protocols for early recovery of the sex addict
- Identify issues that may impact the relationship and ways to engage the significant other in the recovery process
$12.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
Prematurity
- Explore the causes and consequences of prematurity on the entire family
- Review medical issues for preemies that the family may have to cope with
- Discuss life in the NICU
- Explore the range of feelings in NICU families
- Identify strategies to help bond with baby
- Explore parenting under the microscope (in the NICU)
- Identify methods for easing discharge anxieties
Postpartum Depression
- Learn about maternal depression and child development
- Review postpartum depression effects on early interactions
- Review postpartum psychosis literature
- Identify treatment approaches for postnatal depression
- Review the scary thoughts handout
- Review the mental health disorders guideline for postpartum depression
- Review the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale
- Explore antidepressant medication use during breastfeeding
- Learn about prescribing guidelines pregnant patients using opiates
- Review interventions for postpartum depression
- Learn about community based treatments for postpartum depression
$48.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
- Define “person centered theory”
- Explore how the PCT can help us understand differences in individuals responses to situations
- Explore how PCT can be useful in developing effective treatment plans/interventions
$6.00 for 90 days