Counselor Toolbox Podcast
CEU courses based on the videos at YouTube Doc Snipes
- Objectives
- Explore crisis/disaster counseling
- Learn the basic principles of suicide assessment
- Identify ways to estimate suicide risk
- Identify the necessary components for a suicide assessment
- Identify risk management methods including consultation, documentation
- Identify methods for determining appropriate placement
- Understand the factors contributing to suicide risk
$45.00 for 90 days - Objectives
- Explore information on the use of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- Differentially Diagnose Bipolar Disorder and depression
- Recognize general medical conditions and drugs that may mimic depression or mania
- Understand the goals of management of bipolar disorder and depression
- Identify bipolar patients at increased risk of suicide
- Understand the link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse
- Identify key areas of consideration when making a treatment placement decision
- Learn about the areas which patients with bipolar disorder and their families may need education
- Familiarize self with the most common psychopharmacological interventions for bipolar disorder abd depression
$45.00 for 90 days Objectives:
- Identify the symptoms of depression
- Examine the function of depression
- Explore ways depression can become dysfunctional
- Identify the impact of depression on the person and recovery
- Identify interventions that are commonly used to address depression and prevent relapse
- Help for family members or significant others in dealing with a person with this issue
$9.00 for 90 days- Objectives
- Explore information on the use of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- Identify the nature of depressive symptoms, the relationship between these symptoms and the toxic or withdrawal effects of substances, and how depressive symptoms affect treatment participation.
- Explore approaches and psychosocial interventions for working with depressive symptoms, and the clinician's role and responsibilities in relation to substance abuse clients with depressive symptoms.
- Determine specific principles, skills, techniques, and resources that may by used in implementing treatment strategies with clients.
- Recognize the interactive and collaborative process between the counselor and client and how it supports change and enhances psychological and emotional growth.
$30.00 for 90 days Objectives
Based on Counselor Toolbox Podcasts 328-332
- 328 Recovering from Growing Up with an Addicted or Borderline Parent
- 329 Addressing Co-Dependency and Abandonment Fears
- 330 Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness (boundaries, assertiveness)
- 331 Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness: Self-Esteem
- 332 Developing Healthy Support Networks (Saying No, Asking for help, 7-habits)
$18.00 for 90 days- 328 Recovering from Growing Up with an Addicted or Borderline Parent
Objectives
- Help clients identify 3 Steps to a Breakthrough
- Helping clients decide to do the impossible
- Tools to encourage clients to explore motivation: Why we do what we do
- Identify techniques to help clients get unstuck
- Help clients explore whether they use a Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives:
- Explain the basic principles of psychological flexibility including awareness, acceptance and purposeful action.
- Describe how to use the flexibility matrix for both prevention of distress as well as interventions to deal with problems.
$6.00 for 90 days- Objectives
- Define social justice
- Explore the goals of social justice education to include
- Identity
- Diversity
- Justice
- Action
$9.00 for 90 days Objectives
- Review the basic premises of DBT
- Learn about the HPA-Axis
- Define emotion regulation
- Identify why emotion regulation is important and how it can help clients
- Explore emotion regulation techniques
- Define goals of distress tolerance
Discuss why some clients do not choose distress tolerance
Explore a variety of Distress Tolerance and Reality Acceptance Skills including
- STOP
- Pros and Cons
- TIP
- ACCEPTS
- Self Soothing
- IMPROVE the Moment
- Radical Acceptance
- Turning the Mind
$18.00 for 90 days- Objectives:
- The Basics of DBT
- The B in DBT: What You Need to Know About Behavior
- Mindfulness
- Reducing Emotional Reactivity
- Distress Tolerance Skills
- What Clients Need to Know About Emotions
- Helping Clients Become More Effective In Relationships
- Review the basic principles of mindfulness
- Identify the function of mindfulness
- Differentiate mindfulness from meditation
- Explore a variety of mindfulness techniques
- Explore the concept of relaxation
- Define interpersonal effectiveness
- Identify barriers to interpersonal effectiveness
- Examine the goals of interpersonal effectiveness
- Review techniques for improving interpersonal effectiveness
- Define dialectics
- Explore how dialectics can be used to help clients explore the concepts of reality and truth
- Identify ways in which dialectics can reduce emotional turmoil and distress
$24.00 for 90 days