OVERVIEW

Psychotherapy Practice Tips, Part 1 Course is organized by Professional Development Resources (PDR), Inc.

Accreditation:
CE Credit: 2 Hours

Course Description:
Psychotherapy Practice Tips, Part 1 is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that addresses a variety of brief clinical topics in the form of 15 archived articles from The National Psychologist. Topics include:
• Anger, violence and radical ideologies: mental illness or different beliefs?
• Psychopathy important to understand in clinical practice
• Is marijuana an appropriate treatment for ADD/ADHD?
• Internet pornography addiction cause discomfort to some therapists
• Talking to lifers, dilemmas and opportunities
• Are mad and genius peas in the same pod?
• Mad and genius are separate states of mind
• Complex traumatic stress disorders in a general practice setting
• Better serving victims of sexual assault
• Using mindful affirmations in clinical practice
• Army to train its own in positive psychology
• Health redefined by National Academies of Practice
• Encouraging a psychotropic medication evaluation
• Latino immigration: Humanizing communities and unifying voices
• The impact of learning disabilities on the self

Learning Objectives:
• Differentiate between mental illness and different beliefs in radical ideologies
• List causes of therapist discomfort with internet pornography addiction
• Identify similarities and differences between madness and genius
• Describe the complications of clinical work with victims of complex PTSD
• Name ways to better serve victims of sexual assault
• Identify techniques for using mindful affirmations in clinical practice
• Describe the impact of learning disabilities on the self