CCPA Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

These courses have been PRE-approved by the CCPA.

• Improving Health Literacy (6 Hours)

  Objectives

  • 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 days
• Internal Family Systems Theory (2 Hours)

  Objectives:
  

  • 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 days
• Internet and Gaming Addiction (3 Hours)

  Objectives

  • 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 days
• Introduction to the 12-Steps

  Objectives

  • 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
• Mindfulness Interventions for Co-Occurri…

  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
• Motivation and Goal Setting (6 Hours)

  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 days
• Overview of Sex and Pornography Addictio…

  Objective

  • 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 days
• Perinatal Mental Health Issues (16 Hours…

  Objectives:

  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 days
• Person Centered Theory of Personality an…

  Objectives:

  • 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
• Preventing Vulnerabilities: Pain, Sleep,…

  Objectives:

  • Define vulnerabilities
  • Identify some of the most common vulnerabilities: sleep disturbances, poor nutrition and pain and discuss how they can negatively impact mental health
  • Explore their effects ways to prevent them
  • Review the nutritional building blocks for health and wellness
  • Examine how these nutrients (or lack thereof) contribute to neurotransmitter balance
  • Identify several nutrient dense foods that you can include in your diet
  • Explore the effects of pain
  • Helping client's understand their pain and exacerbating and mitigating factors
  • Medical Interventions for pain
  • Nonmedical Interventions for pain

  $18.00 for 90 days