Core Competencies
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Course Descriptions
Behavioral Case Formulation
Who is this for:Clinicians at all levels of training who are interested in increasing case formulation and conceptualization skills to improve treatment planning.
Instructional Level:
This course is rooted in evidence-based, behavioral principles to teach clinicians how to create a solid case conceptualization that guides treatment. Clinicians will learn how to maintain a foundational conceptual structure while also flexibly integrating techniques from across therapeutic modalities.
Featuring:Handouts: “Blank Beck Case Diagram” and “Beck Case Diagram Example”, “Blank Case Formulation Questions” and “Case Formulation Questions Example”, “Blank Initial Target Behaviors” and “Initial Target Behaviors Example” Case formulation experiential practice using handouts
Educational Objectives:By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Who is this for:Clinicians at all levels of training who are interested in increasing case formulation and conceptualization skills to improve treatment planning.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Why You’ll Love this Course:
Why You’ll Love this Course:
Without a solid case formulation, therapy can often feel like an aimless process where you aren’t quite sure how to effectively move your patients towards change. This course will provide you with the concrete tools you need to feel more confident in not only understanding those that you’re working with, but in implementing flexible treatment plans that work.
Course description:This course provides practical training to utilize behavioral case conceptualization and formulation strategies to improve treatment outcomes. The course is appropriate for clinicians utilizing any theoretical model, who are currently struggling with any of the following:
Course description:This course provides practical training to utilize behavioral case conceptualization and formulation strategies to improve treatment outcomes. The course is appropriate for clinicians utilizing any theoretical model, who are currently struggling with any of the following:
- Difficulty selecting appropriate interventions or techniques during session
- Applying the same rote, rigid, or limited number of interventions across clinical situations, even when the intervention is not working
- Difficulty deepening, expanding, or moving the treatment beyond initial, simple, or surface clinical problems
- Becoming "stuck" in session when something unexpected happens
- Difficulty incorporating sociocultural factors into your understanding of the patient's experience and/or functioning
- Missing important information that may better explain a patient's behaviors, diagnoses, or experiences
- Experiencing a recurrent sense that you are unsure where the treatment is going or what the purpose of treatment is
- Tending to use strategies, techniques, or interventions at ineffective or inappropriate times
- Seeing that patients do not seem to be improving (or are worsening in their clinical presentation)
This course is rooted in evidence-based, behavioral principles to teach clinicians how to create a solid case conceptualization that guides treatment. Clinicians will learn how to maintain a foundational conceptual structure while also flexibly integrating techniques from across therapeutic modalities.
Featuring:Handouts: “Blank Beck Case Diagram” and “Beck Case Diagram Example”, “Blank Case Formulation Questions” and “Case Formulation Questions Example”, “Blank Initial Target Behaviors” and “Initial Target Behaviors Example” Case formulation experiential practice using handouts
Educational Objectives:By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Perform a thorough case formulation assessment, utilizing functional analysis techniques, to create a holistic and sophisticated understanding of each individual patient.
- Connect case formulation and treatment planning, creating treatment plans unique to each individual patient.
- Apply at least two practical tools to select appropriate and effective interventions "on the fly" in session.
Medication and Psychotherapy: Why, When, and How to Collaborate Effectively with Psychiatric Providers
Why You’ll Love this Course:
As a therapist, your focus is on providing the most effective psychotherapy possible. However, some patients may still need additional interventions, specifically psychiatric ones. If you’ve ever struggled to understand why medication may be necessary, when to make a referral for a medication evaluation, or how to effectively collaborate with psychiatric providers, interdisciplinary mental health care may have seemed ambiguous, confusing, or frustrating. This course will provide you with the concrete tools you need to not only feel more confident in understanding why medication may be warranted, but also provide you with skills in how to more effectively work with psychiatric providers in ways that enhance your therapeutic work and improve patient outcomes.
Course description:
This course provides practical training to therapists in how to create and implement a holistic mental health treatment plan across diverse populations by collaborating with psychiatric providers when needed. This course is appropriate for therapists utilizing any theoretical model, who are currently struggling with any of the following:
- Limited knowledge, awareness or understanding of the role medication may play in a thorough mental health treatment plan
- Belief that psychotherapy and psychiatry are at odds
- Difficulty identifying when a medication evaluation may be helpful or even essential (e.g., referring too early, too late, or not at all)
- Uncertainty about how to skillfully collaborate with psychiatric providers to ensure that medication supports therapeutic goals
- Lacking tools to build a joint treatment plan with psychiatric providers, despite a desire to work as a collaborative team
- Unsure where to find, and how to select, trustworthy and effective psychiatric clinicians
This course is rooted in evidence-based guidelines for standard of care mental health treatments, along with evidence-based behavioral principles to teach therapists how to create a holistic treatment plan.
Who is this for:
Therapists at all levels of training who are interested in increasing their interdisciplinary skills with psychiatric providers to improve treatment planning.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Included:
Handouts:
Medication Changes Symptom Tracking
Questions to Ask a Psychiatric Provider
Questions to Ask a Psychiatric Provider
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Name at least four components of psychoeducation that can be utilized in session about why medication may be an important part of mental health treatment.
- Recognize and name at least four clinical situations where a medication evaluation referral may be warranted.
- Identify at least two methods to support consultation and collaboration with psychiatric providers.
Termination: Having a Good "Goodbye"
Who is this for:
Clinicians at all levels who want to make more effective use of the ending phase of treatment.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Why You’ll Love this Course:
The end of therapy can be challenging for clients and clinicians alike. This course will empower clinicians to see the termination phase as an opportunity for transformation, allowing clients to feel more prepared to manage the end of treatment.
Course description:
This course will provide clinicians with the opportunity to learn both the ethical and scientific foundations of an effective termination plan. Indicators of the appropriateness of termination are reviewed, along with observable indicators that clients are at risk of having a negative experience of termination. Clinicians will be guided through putting together an individualized, evidence-based plan for termination that enhances therapeutic outcomes and enables an authentic process of saying goodbye.
Featuring:
- Relapse Prevention Planning Handout
- Skills demonstration of relapse prevention planning
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Identify at least two factors that indicate termination of therapy should be considered.
2. Plan for the use of at least two evidence-based strategies to optimize termination.
3. Explain at least two goals of the termination phase.
1. Identify at least two factors that indicate termination of therapy should be considered.
2. Plan for the use of at least two evidence-based strategies to optimize termination.
3. Explain at least two goals of the termination phase.
Using Mindfulness in Psychotherapy: Practices and Tools
Who is this for:
Clinicians at all levels of training who are interested in integrating mindfulness into psychotherapy.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Why You’ll Love this Course:
While other mindfulness courses often teach mindfulness practice as an “add-on” technique, this course will teach you how to integrate both theoretical and practical mindfulness tools in a holistic and comprehensive way. By learning a mindfulness framework, you will be able to more effectively enhance your current clinical work.
Course description:
This course will provide practical instruction to clinicians seeking training in how to integrate mindfulness concepts and strategies into their clinical work across diverse populations. Appropriate participants may be new to utilizing mindfulness in the clinical context, or if they have some prior experience using mindfulness, they are interested in learning how to more effectively weave these interventions into psychotherapy. This course will place a strong emphasis on understanding mindfulness as a behavior that both patients and clinicians can use to enhance treatment effectiveness.
Featuring:
“Formal Mindfulness Meditation Script” Handout
Guided foundational mindfulness experiential practice
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Name at least four components of psychoeducation about mindfulness that can be utilized in session.
2. Guide a foundational formal mindfulness meditation, as well as identify at least four informal mindfulness practices.
3. Utilize four mindfulness skills that can be used as interventions in-session to target in-the-moment maladaptive behaviors.
1. Name at least four components of psychoeducation about mindfulness that can be utilized in session.
2. Guide a foundational formal mindfulness meditation, as well as identify at least four informal mindfulness practices.
3. Utilize four mindfulness skills that can be used as interventions in-session to target in-the-moment maladaptive behaviors.
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