CE Courses for Psychologists

This intermediate course provides therapists with foundational knowledge and skills for opening up conversations about sex with children and adolescents. The course outlines sexual development in children and adolescents, discusses fundamentals of effective sex education with youth, and describes methods for ensuring that sex education is both trauma-informed and LGBT-inclusive. Ethical considerations and guidelines for clinical practice are discussed.

While improving and advocating for patients' emotional and physical well-being, healthcare workers frequently neglect their own. Specific symptoms of professional burnout, practical techniques for decreasing burnout, and helpful resources for healthcare providers are described in this course.

There are many cultural norms, and socio-political and economic barriers that influence the ability of Latino Immigrants to access therapeutic services. This course reviews various cultural beliefs and social barriers and offers effective, non-traditional therapeutic strategies for working with vulnerable Latino immigrants.

This course provides foundational knowledge of DSM-V Sexual Dysfunction diagnoses, including DSM-V criteria, etiology, and assessment. The course encourages critical thinking about diagnostic criteria and describes current research on each diagnosis. Finally, the course provides some foundational therapy techniques for addressing sexual dysfunctions with clients, including identifying when referrals to medical providers or other specialists would be appropriate.

This course equips behavioral health clinicians with tools and strategies to effectively support children coping with the challenges of parental divorce or separation. Recognizing the profound impact divorce can have on children's emotional well-being, the course integrates evidence-based interventions with practical insights for clinicians to foster resilience and facilitate healthy adjustment.

With increased anti-trans legislation directed toward transgender and gender-diverse youth, it is especially imperative that mental health providers support this vulnerable population. This course describes current research on transgender and gender-diverse youth and describes WPATH standards for gender-affirming care of youth. The course provides clinical guidelines with an emphasis on helping transgender and gender-diverse youth manage stressors associated with the current political climate. Last, the course investigates ethical considerations when working with trans and gender-diverse youth.

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder may commonly experience anxiety, depression, and/or a host of other mental health conditions. Due to the complexity and co-morbidity often associated with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive-behavioral therapy may be an effective therapeutic modality for some individuals with autism. This webinar explores cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques and strategies to consider when working with people with autism.

Expressive writing has been found to be a cost-effective and culturally appropriate intervention with utility across many demographic groups and clinical concerns. This webinar explores expressive writing as a tool for clinical work and how clinicians can utilize this technique in practice.

Incorporating the patterns of coercive control in domestic violence assessments has been shown to have the most long-term impact on victims and survivors. This course explores strategies for moving away from assessing domestic violence from an incident model approach to incorporate the patterns of coercive control into assessment.

Working with patients involved in BDSM and kink can seem daunting for many clinicians. This course introduces clinicians to the principles and practices of BDSM and kink, with an emphasis on ethics, safety, and consent. Clinicians will learn to appropriately assess risk, navigate bias and stigma, and employ interventions to support and affirm BDSM, kink, and fetishes.