Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder

8 CE hrs - Access CE Course here

CE Course Description

The goal of this intermediate level continuing education course is to provide the participant with an outline of mindfulness practices used to help those who are suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD).  The course was developed using the book, Mindfulness for Borderline Personality: Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, by Blaise Aguirre, MD and Gillian Galen, PsyD. Mindfulness techniques that help people with BPD face their judgments and intense emotions are presented as well as ways to apply other useful coping skills in the midst of emotional pain.  Also included are an overview of borderline personality disorder, practical applications of mindfulness, and case vignettes to see how these skills can be used to relieve specific symptoms of BPD.

CE Course Objectives

1. Describe the characteristics of borderline personality (BPD) including its history, symptoms and diagnostic criteria.

2. Summarize the origin and definition of mindfulness, its relationship to meditation, and the neurobiology of BPD and mindfulness.

3. Identify practical applications of mindfulness and how these are used to take control of harmful or distressing thoughts and feelings.

4. Outline the application of mindfulness skills to emotion dysregulation, interpersonal dysregulation, behavioral dysregulation, cognitive dysregulation, and self-dysregulation.

5. Review case vignettes illustrating how mindfulness practices can relieve specific symptoms of BPD.

6. Discuss how individuals perceive the stories of their lives and how mindfulness can help to tell the stories in a more productive and healthy way.

Trauma-Focused Interventions for Domestic Violence

$12.00 | CEU Hours: 4

Course Description
This course reviews the trauma-based treatments that have been designed or modified specifically for Intimate Partner Violence survivors and provides cautions and recommendations for moving forward.

Course Objectives

1. Identify the characteristics and manifestations of intimate partner violence (IPV).

2. Review the trauma-based treatments that have been designed or modified specifically for IPV survivors.

3. Describe the factors specific to IPV that can impact treatment accessibility and treatment outcomes.

4. Summarize research findings in the area of intimate partner violence and the study limitations that must be considered when interpreting and utilizing these findings.

5. Compare IPV treatment models that address trauma recovery with those that focus on trauma symptom reduction.

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Clinical Supervision: Legal, Ethical, and Risk Management Issues

New CEUs

10 CE hrs - $30

CE's Approved for: Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists and Nurses

Where: Supervision CEUs

CEU Course Description

This course was developed from the book Clinical Supervision:  Legal, Ethical, and Risk Management by George B. Haarman, Psy.D, LMFT and is designed to give an overview of various aspects of clinical supervision.  Competent and productive supervision, models of supervision, and supervisory formats and techniques are discussed.  In addition, insights into legal and ethical issues, risk management, and evaluation procedures are provided.  This course is appropriate for mental health service professionals and others who are interested in learning more about this important topic.

CEU Course Objectives

1.  Discuss the components of competent and effective supervision including myths and misconceptions.

2.  Compare administrative supervision to clinical supervision and differentiate between various models of supervision.

3.  Identify the characteristics of individual supervision, group supervision, team supervision, consultation, and other formats.

4.  Review ethical and legal issues in clinical supervision.

5.  Evaluate risk management strategies that can help supervisors minimize liability.

6.  Describe the steps in providing impartial, objective, and accurate evaluation of supervisees.

New CEUs: Diagnosis, Screening and Management of Acute Stress Disorder

8 CEUs

CEU Course Description

The course is based on the latest practice guidelines from the Veterans Administration and Department of Defense for the assessment, diagnosis and management of symptoms of ASD, Acute Stress Disorder in the immediate period after exposure to trauma.

Course Objectives

1. Discuss populations at risk for developing acute stress and PTSD and primary prevention strategies to assist them.

2. Outline strategies to assess and triage those with trauma-related symptoms, significant impaired function, and a ASD or PTSD diagnosis.

3.  Describe methods to manage PTSD and co-occurring disorders, PTSD with co-morbidity, and concurrent PTSD and substance use disorder.

4. Summarize treatment components for ASD and PTSD including education and normalization, brief interventions, symptom management, and social and spiritual support.

5. Review recommendations for re-assessing patient status following therapeutic intervention to evaluate and identify the need for additional services.

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Diagnosis, Screening and Management of Acute Stress Disorder

New CE Course Offering 

Psychologists, Counselors, MFT, Social Work and Nursing

8 CEUs $24

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CEU Course Description

The course is based on the latest practice guidelines from the Veterans Administration and Department of Defense for the assessment, diagnosis and management of symptoms of ASD, Acute Stress Disorder in the immediate period after exposure to trauma.

Course Objectives

1. Discuss populations at risk for developing acute stress and PTSD and primary prevention strategies to assist them.

2. Outline strategies to assess and triage those with trauma-related symptoms, significant impaired function, and a ASD or PTSD diagnosis.

3.  Describe methods to manage PTSD and co-occurring disorders, PTSD with co-morbidity, and concurrent PTSD and substance use disorder.

4. Summarize treatment components for ASD and PTSD including education and normalization, brief interventions, symptom management, and social and spiritual support.

5. Review recommendations for re-assessing patient status following therapeutic intervention to evaluate and identify the need for additional services.