#4 Ethics : Counseling Issues Online

3 CEUs

#9 ETHICS: HIPAA, Substance Abuse and Confidentiality

3 CEUs

All counselors, therapists and social workers who work with addicted clients or dual-diagnosed clients should be familiar with this mandated HIPAA confidentiality, documentation, and reporting ethics information.

#10 ETHICS: Crisis Management - Assessment and Decision Making

3 CEUs

This ethics CEU course covers assessment practice during crisis situations, working with suicidal clients, documentation of accepted protocol, diagnosing post-trauma clients, helping children who have experienced crisis, and provides a model for making difficult ethical decisions. 

> NEW > #11 ETHICS: Ethical Guidelines

3 CEUs

This professional ethics CEU course explores the corecomponents of professional ethics in concept, discusses standards and practical use, and provides a model for making ethical decisions. Topics covered include sexual relations, confidentiality, supervision, client welfare, and more.

#6 ETHICS: Sexual Issues in Counseling

1.5 CEUs

This ethics CEU course addresses issues of inappropriate sexual relations between counselors and social workers and their clients, as well as between supervisors and supervisees.

#8 ETHICS: Privacy, Law & HIPAA

1.5 CEUs

This ethics CEU course discusses important information concerning therapy and social work patient privacy, electronic documentation, and information sharing regulations.

Issues in Counseling & Social Work Supervision

3 CEUs

Get the answers to common questions and practices concerning providing and receiving professional counseling supervision.Appropriate for relicensure needs of supervising counselors, therapists, and social workers.

Mental Health & Counseling Needs of HIV, Alcohol, & Other Drug Abusers

3 CEUs

Great counseling and social work protocol information for those working with HIV infected clients.

Key Legal Issues in HIV / Aids & AOD Abuse Treatment

3 CEUs

From Tarasoff to the presumption of diagnosis and duty to warn, learn the important procedural stuff you need to know for working with HIV+ Alcohol and Other Drug Abusers!

HIV, Hepatitis, & STD's

3 CEUs

Trends in transmission, risk factors and accepted treatment protocols for sexually transmitted diseases.

HIV & STDs Update

1.5 CEUs

This course provides an update on HIV/AIDS and STD's issues, including research on oral transmission, contact precautions, and the truth about several misleading 'urban legends'.

Group Therapy Dynamics

1.5 CEUs

This Online VIDEO course discusses both counselor lead therapy groups and support groups, reviews purpose and power, emerging roles and leaders, and explores challenges and keys for staying on track for positive outcomes.

Diagnosis of Substance Abuse and Dependency

1.5 CEUs

This Online VIDEO course covers the DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of substance abuse and dependency, discusses the differences between substance abuse and addiction, and reviews current client assessment tool resources. Appropriate for social work and mental health counseling professionals, and case management specialists.

Identifying People In Crisis

1.5 CEUs

This Online VIDEO course covers identifying people who are in crisis, stages of disaster, psychological responses to disaster, and understanding the nature of crisis. Appropriate for social work and mental health counseling professionals, and case management specialists.

DSM-IV: Overview of Major Diagnostic Categories

1.5 CEUs

This Online VIDEO course reviews the major diagnostic categories of the DSM-IV as required by case managers and other mental health professionals.  This course is an overview (rather than a comprehensive discussion) of each category, and is ideal for those who practice assessment, utilization review or administrative case management.

Issues of Pride in Couples & Individual Counseling

1.5 CEUs

Explore the concept of pride as it relates to social and family interactions; understand pride and shame as motivation for destructive behaviors and emotions, and develop strategies to make healthy change.

Chronic Pain Management

1.5 CEUs

Explore treatment strategies for impacting chronic pain with both medications and non-medication alternative therapies. Practical info for all counselors, psychologists, social workers and nurses.

Assessment of Couple's Conflict

1.5 CEUs

It often takes a while to get through the emotions and on to the real issues at play when relationships are in turmoil. This course offers a unique assessment approach which quickly pinpoints key areas of discord. Useful for both partners and individuals seeking help.

Practical Anger Management

1.5 CEUs

Discuss 3 common approaches to managing anger, and learn the 5 tasks for effective anger management. Packed with practical targeted intervention strategies, worksheets and more.

Innovative Approaches to Behavior Management for Adults & Adolescents

1.5 CEUs

Destructive behaviors, from addiction to passive-aggressive communication to nail-biting to over-eating, etc can setback progress. This course takes a look at the 'positives' or rewards of unhealthy actions (the primary reasons we keep doing the things we know we shouldn't do), and develops interventions designed to meet legitimate needs, in alternative healthy ways.

Orientation to Clinical Hypnosis

1.5 CEUs

Learn the basics of what hypnosis is, how it works, and how it can be beneficial to your clients for helping change unwanted behaviors, improve confidence and esteem, and reduce physical and emotional stress symptoms.

Assessment of Tobacco Addiction

1.5 CEUs

Explore the 3 key assessment issues necessary to develop targeted intervention strategies for effective smoking cessation treatment. Helping people to quit smoking should be a vital component of all professional counseling, nursing, social work and psychology practices.

HIV & STDs Update

1.5 CEUs

This course provides an update on HIV/AIDS and STD's issues, including research on oral transmission, contact precautions, and the truth about several misleading 'urban legends'.

> NEW > Psychological and Counseling Interventions in Disaster

3 CEUs

Understand the physical and emotional effects on survivors of natural and man-made disaster situations that may be treated by social workers and mental health counselors. Grief and Loss, Disaster Syndrome, PTSD and other Generalized Anxiety Disorders are defined and discussed, as well as special interventions for children.

> NEW > The Role of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Management of Behavior Maladjustment, Anxiety and Other Psychological and Organic Disorders

3 CEUs

This course overviews acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), discussing its components, practical therapeutic uses and evidence based outcomes for impacting client issues, altering destructive behavior patterns and emotional dissatisfaction.

> NEW > Mindfulness in Psychology

3 CEUs

This course overviews mindfulness-based therapy practices, discussing its various approaches, uses and evidence based outcomes for impacting client issues, from depression, anxiety, anger, personality disorders, and more.

> NEW > Solution Focused Brief Therapy

3 CEUs

> NEW > Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders

3 CEUs

This course discusses solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) approaches, reviewing techniques and strategies, and uses for impacting behavior and communication with various client populations.

> NEW > Understanding and Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

3 CEUs

This course provides an intensive overview of Dilectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), offering solution-focused brief therapy treatment methods for specific populations, including Borderline Personality Disorder, and discusses Distress Tolerance Training, Skills Training, Emotional Modulation and Mindfulness approaches.

> NEW > Medical and Psychiatric Treatment of Impulse Disorders

3 CEUs

This course provides an intensive overview of the multiple Impulse Control disorders as outlined in the DSM, and discusses assessment and diagnosis methods, psychotherapeutic treatment approaches, pharmacological treatment options, epidemiology, etiology, and legal perspectives.

The Developing Child and Mental Illness

3 CEUs

This course provides a discussion on the developmental processes that affect children and adolescents as related to onset of mental illness. Explore nature (biological) vs nurture (psychosocial) origins, key theories of development, and treatment protocol planning.

Internet Addiction

3 CEUs

Is "Internet Addiction" real? Or is it just another psycho-babble-fad? This course will help you understand and assess the differences, and provide targeted strategies for treating numerous unhealthy activities - both online and off. Simply packed with valuable information for all counseling and social work clients!

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Treatment of Cocaine Addiction

3 CEUs

A fantastic practical overview of CBT applications. While the strategies given in this course discuss cocaine addiction treatment, they can easily be adapted to any addictive or behavioral compulsion - such as alcohol, tobacco, sexual obsession or spending.

Autism and Asperger's Syndrome:
Assessment and Treatment

3 CEUs

This course provides an excellent overview of the Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger's Syndrome, from signs and symptoms to treatment protocol, medications and research-based resources for counselors, social workers, nurses and psychologists.

Psychosis and Delusion: Assessment, Treatment and Case Management

3 CEUs

An intensive roadmap for handling psychotic, delusional and bipolar, cyclothymic and schizophrenic clients - from DSM diagnostic criteria to rule-outs, to medication management and integration of  situational supports, to crisis and long-term care planning.

Medications & Mental Illness

3 CEUs

An excellent overview of psychotropic medications, classifications and uses.

FLORIDA : All of our courses are approved by the Florida Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling Board for general Continuing Education Credit through BAP #723, expires 03/12. However, we do NOT offer the Florida Board required "Medical Errors" course.

PTSD: Symptoms and Treatment

3 CEUs

This course provides an intensive overview of PTSD and Acute Stress Reactions from the DSM, and offers practical treatment strategies for varied populations.

Client Strengths & Resources in Therapy: Using the NSRI

3 CEUs

Strengths-Based Counseling. Assess and focus on what is RIGHT with the client, not just on what is wrong with them. Excellent structured information for intake and assessment, and intervention strategies for monitoring and motivating client progress.

Assessment for Impulse Disorders

3 CEUs

Review and understand the various diagnostic characteristics of the 5 Impulse Disorders as outlined in the DSM-4, including rule-outs to eliminate disorder diagnosis. Case examples help differentiate between criminal and psychiatric behaviors.

Assessment for Substance Addiction: Using the NSAS

3 CEUs

This course explains the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for addiction and is important for all helping professionals working with clients who may drink any at all, or use drugs of any kind. There are distinct differences between substance addiction and substance abuse - both in diagnosis and treatment protocol. Unfortunately, many clinicians may blur these distinctions, which can result in inaccurate diagnosis and therefore ineffective treatment.

Assessment for Major Depression: Using the NDI

3 CEUs

There are distinct differences between 'feeling blue' and clinical major depression - both in diagnosis and treatment protocol. Misdiagnosis can result in ineffective treatment - insurance fraud - and perhaps even suicide - and no one wants that liability. This course explains the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for major depression and provides important assessment information for all counseling, psychology, nursing and social work professionals.

Childhood Psychiatric Disorders and Treatment Approaches

6 CEUs

This course overviews the common mental illnesses experienced by children and adolescents, and discusses treatment protocol, medications, managed care, out-patient services, and foster care programs, as well as cautions and contraindicated research outcomes. Covers ADHD, major depressive disorders, OCD, ODD, bipolar disorder, alcohol and substance abuse, eating disorders, autism and more.

Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters

6 CEUs

This course provides a structured response protocol for all mental health, social work and allied helping professionals, for responding to community and national crisis and disaster with emergency relief assistance. Includes specifics for working directly with clients and also coordinating and training professional and lay relief workers.

Clinical Hypnosis - A Primer

6 CEUs

Whether you are new to hypnosis or have been practicing hypnotherapy for years, this CEU course will provide you with an excellent detailed overview. Learn how and why hypnotherapy works so well for aiding behavioral change, sample induction and deepener scripts, discuss abreaction, memory recall, use with children, and more!

Weight Management and Physical Fitness for Emotional Health

6 CEUs

Being physically fit helps improve depression, self-esteem, confidence and sexual satisfaction. Who is more qualified than a behavioral health professional to help someone lose weight? This course provides nutrition and fitness guidelines, weight loss strategies and a get-started "Healthy By Habit" Game Plan designed to help clients improve their overall emotional and physical health.

Nose Rings & Belly Button Things - Counseling the NeXt Generation

6 CEUs

Based on Richard's famous psychotherapy textbook by the same name, this course explains that generational difference do exist, and they do make a difference in treatment! Whether you are an older professional working with younger clients, or vice versa, the information in this course can help you build better relationships and create more effective interventions. Bridging the generational gap helps lead to lasting change.

11 Solutions to Counseling Highly Difficult Clients

6 CEUs

Working with non-compliant, manipulating and sabotaging clients can be extremely frustrating. Based on strategies from Richard's acclaimed book on difficult clients, this course offers honest reasons why clients are difficult - and provides solutions to help overcome these challenges. Eliminate denial, increase motivation and make healthy progress!

The Perfect Victim Factor of Personality

6 CEUs

This course, based on Richard and Paula's best selling book, offers powerful strategies for working with and overcoming co-existing narcissistic and dependent personality traits. Help clients focus on and maximize use of their existing personality strengths, to overcome frustrating deficits and cycles of almost success followed by failure, again.

Psychosexual Disorders

6 CEUs

Where is the line between 'normal' and 'abnormal' sexual behaviors? This course, based on Richard's psychology textbook "Crossing the Line - Understanding Psychosexual Disorders," tackles numerous paraphilias and psychosexual disorders beyond pedophilia, including B/D S/M, frotteurism, ED and more. It discusses each individual DSM-IV category's diagnostic criteria, and offers great insight and intervention strategies for positive change.

Diagnosis: Evil In Clinical Settings

6 CEUs

Ever wonder if a client wasn't really mentally ill, or even ineffectual, but instead maybe they were just plain evil? This course, based on Richard and Paula's hard-hitting and unique best selling psychology book, "Diagnosis: Evil - Identifying Those with No Excuse," tackles true human evil - not religious or moral evil - by clearly defining identifying criteria, including behaviors, motivations, loveless emotions and malignant narcissistic personality traits. It even offers solutions.

Recovery: Trauma, Shock and PTSD

6 CEUs

When a crisis or disaster strikes -- car wreck, family suicide, school shooting, war, tragic accident -- without proper treatment, the lingering effects can be devastating. This Online VIDEO course provides great strategies for aiding recovery, minimizing stress and anxiety, and reducing the effects of destructive physical and emotional symptoms often associated with PTSD.  Based on DSM-IV criteria, with required DSM readings.

Treating Abused and Neglected Children

8 CEUs

Physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect - from behavioral and emotional signs and symptoms assessment, to appropriate treatment protocol, to case management - this course covers it all. If you work with children or teenagers, from infants to 18-year-olders, we recommend this course.

Older Adults and Mental Health

8 CEUs

This course provides an excellent overview of mental health conditions frequently found with aging clients. Whether you work with geriatric populations or not, you should find this information beneficial if you are close to anyone over age 65. From grief and loss to depression, to dementia and late-onset schizophrenia, this course offers strategies for assessment practice and treatment protocols, from medications to utilizing situational supports.

The Promise of Energy Psychology

8 CEUs

Revolutionalry tools for dramatic change. The energy approach presented in this book can help bring about significant life changes. With this strategy, stubborn phobias often fade in minutes; the lifelong effects of an early trauma can frequently be reduced or completely eliminated; uncontrollable anger can rapidly become manageable; even elusive physical problems may respond where other treatments have failed.
>This is a TEXTBOOK Course - You Must Get The Book Yourself - Click the "Find the Book" Link Above for Details.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

8 CEUs

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses in particular on the ways clients understand and perpetuate their difficulties through language. Providing a comprehensive overview of the approach and detailed guidelines for practice, this book shows how interventions based on metaphor, paradox, and experiential exercises can enable clients to break free of language traps, overcome common behavioral problems, and enhance general life satisfaction.
>This is a TEXTBOOK Course - You Must Get The Book Yourself - Click the "Find the Book" Link Above for Details.

Introduction to Medical Meditation

1 CEU

Complete this course and get  1 FREE Hour of CEU Credit - instantly!