CCPA Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

These courses have been PRE-approved by the CCPA.

• 100+ Practical Tools to Defeat Depressio…

  Objectives

  • Learn group and individual activities that can be used with clients to assist them in addressing depression
  • Define Physical, emotional, cognitive, environmental and interpersonal interventions
  • Discuss why it is important to add-in happiness experiences
  • Discuss solution focused methods for helping clients identify emotional interventions
  • Define mindfulness and how it can help clients tap into happiness and gratitude and develop hardiness

   

   

  Based on 100+ Practical Tools to Defeat Depression by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes (pdf included) and Counselor Toolbox Episodes 282, 283, 285, 286, 287 & 288 (Video versions of the podcast are in the course)

  $24.00 for 90 days
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (8 Hou…

  Objectives

  This course will cover the following:

  • The Goal of ACT
  • What is Mindfulness?
  • How Does ACT Differ from Other Mindfulness-based Approaches?
  • What is Unique to Act?
  • Healthy Normality
  • Destructive Normality
  • Experiential Avoidance
  • Therapeutic Interventions
  • Confronting the Agenda
  • Control is the Problem, Not the Solution
  • Six Core Principles of ACT

  $24.00 for 90 days
• Acceptance Tools (4 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Help clients learn the art of Radical Acceptance including
  • Accepting Failure
  • Accepting Isolation & Rejection
  • Accepting Loss of Control
  • Accepting Loss & Death

  
  

  This multimedia course is based in part on Counselor Toolbox Podcasts 38 & 161

  $12.00 for 90 days
• Addressing Attachment and Abandonment Is…

  Objectives

  • Review Bowlby's theory of attachment
  • Explore the types of attachment
  • Learn about Hazan and Shaver's Adult Attachment Theory
  • Identify the impact of insecure attachment
  • Explore ways to help clients change their attachment style and feel more secure in relationships
  • Help clients increase awareness of their story including beliefs about and behavioral reactions to situations that trigger their fear of abandonment Learn about fear of abandonment
  • Explore the concept of schemas or core beliefs Examine common traps in thinking, reacting and relationships
  • Learn skills necessary to
  • Accept their past as part of their story
  • Acknowledge that their past does not have to continue to negatively impact them in the present

  $9.00 for 90 days
• Addressing Client's Emotional Triggers (…

  Objectives

  • Identify emotional, cognitive, physical, interpersonal and environmental interventions to address and prevent emotional triggers.

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Addressing Procrastination (2 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Explore Why We Procrastinate
    
  • Learn how to address some of the most common causes
    
  • Fear of Failure (and Success)
    
  • Perfectionism
    
  • Being Overwhelmed
    
  • Laziness/Lack of Motivation
    
  • Negative Self-Talk
    
  • Uncertainty about How or Where to Start
    
  • Identify techniques to overcome procrastination
    
  • Do 15 and Apply Parkinsons Law
    
  • Shorten the daily to do list
    
  • Leverage Peak Energy Times
  • Be accountable to Someone
    
  • Pay attention to temperament
    
  • Low tolerance for adversity/Attitude of gratitude
    
  • Find (and eliminate) what rewards your procrastination

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Alzheimers and Dementias (8 Hours)

  Objectives

  • Identify differences between the dementias
  • Accurately diagnose dementias based upon symptomatology and onset
  • Identify effective medications
  • Identify common problems of persons with dementia
  • Identify pharmacological interventions to deal with associated problems
  • Describe considerations when making patient placement/treatment decisions
  • Differentiate between effective and ineffective interventions for persons with dementia
  • List the symptoms common to the dementias
  • Discuss the types of information and education the patient and family require

  
  Based in part on Counselor Toolbox Episode 222 Alzheimer's and Dementias 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)

  $24.00 for 90 days
• Anger Management Tools (10 Hours)

  Objectives
  

  • Explore the function of anger
  • Identify the costs and benefits of anger
  • Identify anger triggers
    • Rejection/Isolation
    • Failure
    • Loss of control
    • The unknown
  • Explore multiple skills necessary for Anger Management:
  • Mindful self-awareness
  • Distress tolerance
  • Values clarification/Goal setting
  • Motivational enhancement skills
  • Cognitive behavioral skills
  • Cognitive processing skills
  • Communication skills
  • Compassion focused skills
  • Self-esteem building skills
  • Wellness skills (Vulnerability identification and prevention)

  $30.00 for 90 days
• Anxiety Treatment Using a Strengths-Base…

  Objectives:

  • Identify the symptoms of anxiety
    
  • Examine the function of anxiety
    
  • Explore ways anxiety can become dysfunctional
  • Identify the impact of anxiety on the person and recovery
    
  • Identify interventions that are commonly used to address anxiety and prevent relapse
    
  • Help for family members or significant others in dealing with a person with this issue

  $6.00 for 90 days
• Behavioral Health Issues in Case Managem…

  Objectives

  • Review what a Mental Health Case Manager does (or a counselor if the client does not qualify for case management services)
  • Identify common issues clients with mental health diagnoses have and ways to address them

  $6.00 for 90 days