There are many ways that our experiences, attitudes, and implicit biases influence our behavior and how we interpret and approach individuals and situations. For those who provide services in a clinical setting, these implicit or unconscious biases can have an adverse effect on the delivery of quality care, despite the best of intentions. This ZOOM seminar will help you learn to recognize your own biases, and reflect on how they may impact and impede your interactions with clients. Specific...
Individuals with higher weights and comorbid eating disorders experience significant physical and mental health concerns that are much greater that those who only have one of these conditions. Disordered eating that most commonly occurs in this population includes binge eating and night eating, but it can also include bulimia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa. Individuals with these issues often feel shame disclosing these issues due to fear of judgement and weight bias.
This 4-hour seminar will explore the benefits of incorporating alternative treatment therapies with traditional psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) approaches and dietary and nutritional supports will be examined for several neurodevelopmental disorders including autism and ADHD. Discussion will also include the use of these therapeutic modalities for the management of mood disorders, anxiety disorders and will touch on effective therapies to help...
This seminar, held in recognition of PTSD Awareness Month, is designed to provide clinicians with an understanding of the unique aspects of forensic trauma and how a victim might become the accused.
This seminar will focus on the spectrum of illnesses known as schizophrenia and related disorders, with special emphasis on intervention and treatment for first episode psychosis. This will include historical perspective and etiology, assessment and differential diagnosis, and successful interventions and treatment approaches.
This skills-based program will teach clinicians concrete and practical skills for working with couples and families. The Relationship Enhancement® (RE) Model is a psychoeducational program and brief therapy model that employs a skills-training methodology for empowering distressed couples and families.
