CE Courses for Counseling

This training program will provide an overview of the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists and behavioral health professionals working in forensic settings, as well as an opportunity to utilize a case-based approach to review common ethical challenges forensic psychologists and forensic-based behavioral health clinicians may encounter. This training program will incorporate up-to-date research, as well as incorporate the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct and the Specialty Guidelines.

It is well documented that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse impact on the mental health of young people in high school and college, with increases in anxiety, depression, and executive function disorders. In particular, the class of 2024, those students who entered high school or college at the height of the pandemic and are now scheduled to graduate in 2024, may be the most affected. This course will review the environmental impact of the pandemic, and how it affected student life experiences, and disrupted these students emotionally and academically and will describe how to assess and intervene with this population.

Behavioral health clinicians are vital to effective emergency management. This webinar expands on the role of behavioral health clinicians in emergency management and explores challenges associated with emergency management and how behavioral health clinicians can best support emergency management initiatives.

This course has been created to meet the State of Florida compliance requirements for Medical Errors. In addition to including a study of root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, this course explores areas within the behavioral health field that carry the potential for “medical” errors. This course will identify the importance of error reduction and prevention for behavioral health professionals, discuss how improving safety and quality influences care provided by licensed healthcare professionals and other high-risk industries, and support participants in recognizing the components of root-cause analysis used to investigate medical errors and patient safety events

Working with complex trauma requires the use of various interventions. This webinar explores skills for creating secure attachment experiences within the therapeutic relationship and the client's relationship with "parts of self" to process trauma and create new internal and external relational experiences.

Emotional support animals have been shown to be effective in the management of stress, anxiety, and depression. Service animals have long been shown useful for people with perceptual disabilities, and there is a growing research body on therapy animals. This course addresses the benefits of animals as companions or providing services, definitions of different classes of animals, and the APA ethical standards involved when evaluating the potential use of animals in the care of people.

This webinar explores the history of gambling addiction and treatment, tools for screening and assessment, and high-risk populations. In addition, clinical interventions targeted at treating gambling disorders are introduced.

The initial imprints of our earliest attachment and trauma wounds can manifest in our work and relationships as we help to heal the trauma wounds of others. This webinar is the second in a two-part series. This webinar presents a model for healing that seeks to help participants identify the trauma and attachment adaptations they developed in childhood and why they were necessary.

The initial imprints of our earliest attachment and trauma wounds can manifest in our work and relationships as we help to heal the trauma wounds of others. In his seminal work, The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk notes that "scared animals return home, regardless of whether home is safe or frightening." This webinar is part one of a two-part series. This webinar gives specific attention to the unique ways that helpers will often gravitate toward the most familiar and recognizable aspects of their childhoods.

Recognizing trauma or stress responses when working with clients is essential. This webinar explores the impact of physical movement in processing stress and ways to respond to the stress reactions of others with supportive movement.