Our etherapy / telemental health certificate training program will help you understand the unique ins and outs of providing therapy using this medium. Curriculum includes:
Clinical Principles/Treatment Modalities in E-Therapy –6 hours
Ethics -6 Hours
Overview of E-Therapy
Tools, Techniques and Business Practices – 15 Hours
Legal and Jurisdictional Implications of E-Therapy – 10 hours
Based on the NARR standards, this training series provides education to become certified as a Recovery Residence Administrator
ObjectivesRecovery Residence Operations and Administration: 20 hours
NARR Standards for Recovery Residences/http://farronline.org/standards-ethics/standards/
397.487 Voluntary certification of recovery residences.
Writing Policies and Procedures
Risk Management
Maintaining the Physical Residence: 20 hours
Crisis Prevention and Intervention
Verbal De-Escalation
Disaster Planning
Resident Screening and Admissions: 10 hours
Behavioral -health screening tools
Medication management
Signs and symptoms of intoxication & withdrawal
Residence Recovery Support: 30 hours
Understanding Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders
Relapse Prevention
Motivational Enhancement
Wellness Strategies
Practical Living Skills (interpersonal Effectiveness)
Legal, Professional and Ethical Responsibilities: 20 hours
FARR Code of Ethics http://farronline.org/narr-code-of-ethics/
Client Rights
Cultural competence
Documentation
Emotional/social intelligence (Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance)
Facilitates collaborative treatment and recovery planning with an emphasis on personal choice and a focus on clients' goals and knowledge of what has previously worked for them
Respects clients' ways of managing stress reactions while supporting and facilitating taking risks to acquire different coping skills that are consistent with clients' values and preferred identity and way of being in the world
Demonstrates knowledge and skill in general trauma-informed counseling strategies, including, but not limited to, grounding techniques that manage dissociative experiences, cognitive- behavioral tools that focus on both anxiety reduction and distress tolerance, and stress management and relaxation tools that reduce hyperarousal
As we become aware of the full magnitude of the pornography and sex addiction issues, people are realizing that these clients need specialized treatment. The SPARC track provides you with indispensable information about what sex and pornography addiction are, how they are similar and different to substance addictions, treatment interventions and relapse prevention tools that can be used with your clients.
Objectives
Define sex and pornography addiction
Compare and contrast sex addiction with drug addiction
Identify and evaluate the impact of porn
Assist clients in increasing their motivation to stop using porn
Identify basic processes underlying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Contextual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for addiction treatment
Learn tools to help clients stop using porn and deal with cravings
Discover new ways to help clients rebuild self-esteem and restore personal integrity
Identify tools that can assist sex addicts
Explore current protocols for early recovery of the sex addict
Identify issues that may impact the relationship and ways to engage the significant other in the recovery process
Learn about the impact of automatic thoughts and ways to help patients deal with negative automatic thoughts
Understand the impact of past experiences and life history on the development of addiction
Identify techniques for breaking the cycle of self blame
Help clients learn how to tolerate things going well
Explore the effects of sex and pornography addiction on the viewer, the partner and the relationship.
Identify pitfalls in the recovery process
Help clients heal a relationship harmed by porn use
Understand what "normal" behaviors from both partners often looks like after a betrayal
Explore ways to re-open lines of communication
Help clients develop a thriving and satisfying sex life without using porn
Define relapses and triggers
Create a relapse prevention plan: Identifying triggers and developing positive behavioral alternatives
This masterclass provides mental health and addiction counselors (LPC, LMHC, LPCC, LADC, CADC (and counselors in training), social workers (LCSW, LMSW, LSW, RSW), pastoral staff, case managers (CCM) and marriage and family therapists (LMFT) with the information they need to provide more sensitive, strengths-based treatment to persons who may be dealing with trauma.
Objectives
Trauma 101–Provides an overview of trauma, and an understanding of trauma informed principles and practices
Trauma-Informed Care: Increases awareness of the different types of trauma, their impact and individual differences in the experience of traumatic events.
Trauma Informed Care: Impact of Trauma: Overview of the effects of trauma on the brain and physical health; social relationships; mental health; and the community/society at large.
Trauma Informed Care: Screening and Assessment
Trauma Informed Care: Trauma Specific Services reviews many of the current best and promising practices for survivors of trauma, ranging from child abuse to natural disasters.
Trauma and Resiliency: Highlights the concepts and components of individual, family and community resiliency.
Neurological Impact of Trauma: Provides an overview of the human brain and its response to stress and trauma.
Pharmacotherapy for Trauma: Reviews current practice guidelines for the use of SSRIs, Benzodiazepines, Rapid-Acting Antidepressants, Alpha-1 Antagonists and Mood Stabilizers
Acute Stress Disorder: Assessment and Treatment
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Trauma
Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma
Intro to Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Trauma
By the end of the training, the clinician will:
Understand the difference between trauma-informed and trauma-specific services
Understand the differences among various kinds of abuse and trauma, including: physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; domestic violence; experiences of war for both combat veterans and survivors of war; natural disasters; and community violence
Understand the different effects that various kinds of trauma have on human development and the development of psychological and substance use issues
Understand how protective factors, such as strong emotional connections to safe and nonjudgmental people and individual resilience, can prevent and ameliorate the negative impact trauma has on both human development and the development of psychological and substance use issues
Understand the importance of ensuring the physical and emotional safety of clients
Understand the importance of not engaging in behaviors, such as confrontation of substance use or other seemingly unhealthy client behaviors, that might activate trauma symptoms or acute stress reactions
Demonstrate knowledge of how trauma affects diverse people throughout their lifespans and with different mental health problems, cognitive and physical disabilities, and substance use issues
Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of trauma on diverse cultures with regard to the meanings various cultures attach to trauma and the attitudes they have regarding behavioral health treatment
Demonstrate knowledge of the variety of ways clients express stress reactions both behaviorally (e.g., avoidance, aggression, passivity) and psychologically/emotionally (e.g., hyperarousal, avoidance, intrusive memories)
Expedite client-directed choice and demonstrates a willingness to work within a mutually empowering (as opposed to a hierarchical) power structure in the therapeutic relationship
Maintain clarity of roles and boundaries in the therapeutic relationship
Demonstrate competence in screening and assessment of trauma history (within the bounds of his or her licensing and scope of practice), including knowledge of and practice with specific screening tools
Show competence in screening and assessment of substance use disorders (within the bounds of his or her licensing and scope of practice), including knowledge of and practice with specific screening tools
Demonstrate an ability to identify clients’ strengths, coping resources, and resilience
Facilitate collaborative treatment and recovery planning with an emphasis on personal choice and a focus on clients’ goals and knowledge of what has previously worked for them
Respect clients’ ways of managing stress reactions while supporting and facilitating taking risks to acquire different coping skills that are consistent with clients’ values and preferred identity and way of being in the world
Demonstrate knowledge and skill in general trauma-informed counseling strategies, including, but not limited to, grounding techniques that manage dissociative experiences, cognitive- behavioral tools that focus on both anxiety reduction and distress tolerance, and stress management and relaxation tools that reduce hyperarousal
Explore historic and well-established contemporary counseling theories, principles and techniques of counseling and their application in professional counseling settings
List the goals and values of client centered care
Identify how client centered care differs from "standard" practice
Explain ways in which the clinician can adjust their approach to engage the clients
Describe where to locus of control for decision making lies in client-centered care
Highlight the benefits to embracing client centered care
Explore historic and well-established contemporary counseling theories, principles and techniques of counseling and their application in professional counseling settings.
Differentiate CBT from other therapies.
Identify populations for whom CBT is appropriate.
Identify 3 CBT techniques that you will use with your population.
Learn how to increase determination using CBT
For mental health and addiction counselors (LPC, LMHC, LPCC, LADC, CADC, and counselors in training), social workers (LCSW, LMSW, LSW, RSW), pastoral staff, case managers (CCM) and marriage and family therapists (LMFT).