by Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Date course created: January 2023
Evidence-informed therapies for PTSD can be either rigid and prescriptive, making it difficult to stay client-centered, or largely theoretical, sometimes lacking in practical application. Developed by a neuroscientist and clinical psychologist, Neural Desensitization and Integration Training (NDIT) is a flexible, module-based, trauma-focused approach to PTSD that integrates elements from EMDR, multichannel eye movement integration, prolonged exposure, IFS, and cognitive behavioral therapies. NDIT helps clients recover from post-trauma symptoms by specifically targeting and restoring the healthy functioning of these five key brain regions impacted by trauma:
- Amygdala,
- Hippocampus,
- Insula,
- Cingulate cortex, and
- Prefrontal cortex.
Grounded in decades of both brain science and empirical clinical research, NDIT is the first approach of its kind to bridge the gap between neuroscience and clinical practice.
NDIT consists of five distinct modules, each of which focuses on key skills associated with healthy brain change in specific brain regions. NDIT facilitates therapeutic brain change by teaching clients how to……
- enhance attunement and connection with others (using techniques targeting multiple brain regions),
- safely reconnect with their bodies (using insula-targeted techniques),
- regulate their nervous system (using amygdala-targeted techniques),
- strengthen their cognitive abilities (using cingulate and prefrontal cortex-targeted techniques), and
- gently process trauma in a titrated manner, minimizing retraumatization (using hippocampus and prefrontal cortex-targeted techniques).
Additionally, NDIT focuses on what clients can do outside of therapy sessions to facilitate faster progress in therapy. NDIT modules are strategically sequenced to accelerate neuroplasticity, helping clients move with natural brain change, not against it.
This comprehensive, Level I NDIT course teaches clinicians basic NDIT skills from start to finish, equipping them to immediately begin using NDIT skills in their own practice. Registration includes detailed NDIT slides, handouts, worksheets, and scripts.
**This is a 12.25-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
Video 1
00:00 – 00:55: Intro; NDIT and Trauma Treatment Roadmap; Amygdala; The Stress Response Mechanism
00:55 – 01:54: Case Study; Hippocampus; Insula’s Role; Strengthening the Cingulate Post-Trauma
01:54 – 02:44: Cognitive Work; Neuroplasticity; Repetition in Brain Change; Prep for Trauma Processing
02:44 – 04:03: Module One- Building the Alliance; Neuroscience; Mirror Neurons
04:03 – 04:53: Transition to Module Two; Grounding Techniques; Expanding Awareness; Pulse Exercise
04:53 – 06:20: Mapping Emotions; Autonomic Nervous System; The Fawn and Diving Responses; Deep Breathing
06:20 – 06:59: Overview of Module Three; Targeting Brain Areas with Cognitive Techniques
Video 2
00:00 – 00:46: Trust Issues Post-Trauma; Challenges of Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Cognitive Diffusion
00:46 – 01:48: Memory Reconsolidation and Exposure Therapy; Addressing Challenges; Avoidance; Neural Networks
01:48 – 02:47: Memory Reconsolidation; Healing; Flexibility; Client Trauma Disclosure; Titration Techniques
02:47 – 04:06: Freezing Point Concept; Trauma Profile Creation; Emotional Targets; Exploring Travel Anxiety
04:06 – 04:43: Desensitization Techniques; Balancing Distraction Techniques; MEMI; Trauma Processing Plan
04:43 – 05:28: Bilateral Movement in Healing; Importance of Verbal Processing; Adapting Techniques for Children
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to state at least three components of neural networks.
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to name one brain region associated with social connection.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice two techniques for building the alliance.
d). After completing this training, participants will be able to discuss the role of coordinated movements in alliance-building.
e). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe the function of the insula.
f). After completing this training, participants will be able to state at least three techniques for reconnecting with the body.
g). After completing this training, participants will be able to name two types of grounding exercises.
h). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe the neuroscience of stress regulation.
i). After completing this training, participants will be able to practice at least one technique for regulating the stress response.
j). After completing this training, participants will be able to list at least three therapeutic approaches that can be integrated with Module 3 of NDIT.
k). After completing this training, participants will be able to explain one function of the prefrontal cortex.
l). After completing this training, participants will be able to practice one cognitive defusion technique.
m). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe why bilateral movement can facilitate desensitization to distressing thoughts or memories.
n). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify two ways to alter visual or auditory memory components that decreases their intensity during imaginal exposure.
o). After completing this training, participants will be able to name at least two brain regions involved in processing trauma.
p). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify one way to select a target for processing.
q). After completing this training, participants will be able to state the three steps of memory reconsolidation.
r). After completing this training, participants will be able to list the main modules of NDIT.
NDIT 3-day Outline
Target Audience:
The target audience for this live webinar event includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA
Material Author(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA
Originally trained as a neuroscientist, Dr. Jennifer Sweeton is a clinical and forensic psychologist, Amazon #1 best-selling author, and internationally-recognized expert on trauma, anxiety, and the neuroscience of mental health. She is the author of the book, Trauma Treatment Toolbox, published by PESI Publishing & Media. Dr. Sweeton completed her doctoral training at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, and the National Center for PTSD. Additionally, she holds a master’s degree in affective neuroscience from Stanford University, and studied behavioral genetics at Harvard University. Dr. Sweeton resides in the greater Kansas City area, where she owns a group private practice, Kansas City Mental Health Associates, and co-owns Mind Works Professional Education, Inc., a continuing education company. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and is a former President of the Greater Kansas City Psychological Association. Dr. Sweeton offers clinical and forensic psychological services, and is a sought-after trauma and neuroscience expert who has trained more than 15,000 mental health professionals in all 50 US states and over 20 countries.
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by Tim Cassidy | Jan 10, 2023 | Live Events
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Neural Desensitization to Accelerate Trauma Recovery: NDIT Level 1 Training (Oct 2023) (15 CE’s)
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8:30 am – 5:30 pm Central Standard Time (CST)
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Topic: Neural Desensitization to Accelerate Trauma Recovery: NDIT Level 1 Training (15 CE’s)
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by Tim Cassidy | Jan 10, 2023 | Live Events
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May 19, 2023
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by Nathan Croy, MA, LCMFT | Dec 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Date course created: December 2022
When an individual experiences a crisis, it can become trauma that ripples out and impacts the entire family system. Learning how to help the entire system’s family members process, manage, and heal from trauma will redirect negative relational patterns into constructive and intentional behaviors to restore their homelife.
This comprehensive, 2-day, recorded on-demand training will provide concrete skills for clinicians at every level of expertise. Modeling these skills in session helps clients implement new skills at home, change their interpersonal interactions, and restore healthy dynamics in the home.
You can go beyond individual therapy and get a clear roadmap for integrating the entire family into trauma treatment for results that last. Repeatable, ready-to-use tools, expert clinical tips, and concrete interventions will increase your confidence in working with some of the most difficult and resistant families.
When you enroll, you’ll get everything you need to:
- Masterfully get parents/caregivers engaged with treatment
- Establish the physical and emotional safety necessary for effective growth and therapy
- Make and maintain progress through psychoeducation to equip caregivers and individuals to respond to trauma driven behaviors
- Lower the defenses, deflections, and frustrations that can keep families stuck in unhealthy patterns
- Help families improve genuine communication, set healthy boundaries, and rebuild broken trust
- And much more!
**This is a 11.25-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Systemic Approaches to Trauma
01:00 – 02:00: Neurological Substrates of Trauma
02:00 – 03:00: Trauma as a Disruption of Trust/Safety
03:00 – 04:00: History of Safety Planning
04:00 – 05:00: Safety Assessments
05:00 – 06:00: Risk Assessments
06:00 – 07:00: Implementation
07:00 – 08:00: Protecting vs Preparing
08:00 – 09:00: Application
09:00 – 10:00: Case study
10:00 – 11:00: Fair Intervention
11:00 – 11:30: Incorporation
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to review and discuss current and past systemic approaches to the treatment of trauma/safety.
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to state how common systemic models of family-based treatment fail to treat trauma systemically.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn targeting treatment of trauma to children and adolescents through supporting caregivers.
d). After completing this training, participants will be able to practice assessing for safety in couples, families, and individuals.
e). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn at least 2 systemic interventions to increase family engagement.
f). After completing this training, participants will be able to develop and execute a holistic and meaningful treatment plan from a family and relational systems perspective.
g). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn to implement safety plans within session to facilitate stability in families for treatment.
h). After completing this training, participants will be able to practice increasing child and adolescent engagement in the creation and implementation of safety plans.
i). After completing this training, participants will be able to provide psychoeducation to teach caregivers to decrease reactivity due to personalization of trauma driven behaviors.
j). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn how to increase client awareness and insight into the source and manifestation of problematic behaviors.
k). After completing this training, participants will be able to practice using evidence-based strategies in trauma treatment to help families enhance self-regulation.
l). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn clinical techniques to facilitate the understanding and establishment of healthy boundaries within families.
m). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and practice implementing an operationalized process of forgiveness that is concrete, repeatable, and effective.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Youth Development Workers, Healthcare Workers.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Nathan D. Croy, MA, LCMFT
Material Author(s): Nathan D. Croy, MA, LCMFT
Nathan D. Croy is a clinically licensed marriage and family therapist, practicing systemic existential psychotherapy. He manages a group practice in Overland Park, KS and is trained in Parent Management Training, Trauma Systems Therapy, and EMDR. Nathan has given presentations at schools, churches, foster parent organizations, and businesses on a variety of subjects to address frustration, fear, trauma, and attachment in order to increase healthy interactions and relationships. At Bethel Seminary in San Diego, Nathan earned his masters in marriage and family therapy while providing therapy at the San Diego Rescue Mission for families, children, and individual on an inpatient and outpatient basis. In 2012, he moved to Kansas where he initially worked at KVC in foster care as a Family Service Coordinator before transferring to Prairie Ridge Psychiatric Hospital. Then, in 2014, he was offered a therapy position at The University of Kansas Hospital, Marrilac Campus. While there, the need for families to therapeutically treat existential concerns became very clear, and in response to that need, Existential Family Therapy was created. When not providing therapy, Nathan enjoys spending time with his wife of 14 years and 2 wonderful daughters. His family also has a wonderful dog named Luna (because she barks at the moon).
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- Delivery Method – this course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
CE Approvals:
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not quality for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2024 – July 23, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive [see advertisement] asynchronous distance learning continuing education credits.
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by Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D. | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Date course created: November 2022
We all have them. Those clients that make us want to pull our hair out! You know, the ones that just don’t seem to improve like the others on your caseload? They argue. They avoid. They don’t do homework. They discount their progress and the progress of others. They know more than you do. They don’t trust anyone. They make threats, have emotional outbursts, and play coy when you are only trying to get information to help them.
Psychotherapy research has made unthinkable gains in recent decades. We now have evidence-based protocols for dozens of clinical conditions, and clients are experiencing outcomes their parents and grandparents couldn’t have dreamed of. Clinicians also have a plethora of new tools at our disposal, many of which can be useful for clients with a variety of differing diagnoses. Thus, it can be easy for practitioners to slip into a rut of regularly pulling out the same “go to” tools from the therapeutic toolbox regardless of the client’s unique presentation. And as Mark Twain is often credited with saying, “if all you have is a hammer, everything you see looks like a nail.” However, we all still run into those clients that don’t respond to standard protocols. Some even seem to have aversive reactions to the tools that we have become used to using regularly that so many clients find helpful. These clients can leave clinicians feeling frustrated, stressed out, and sometimes even defeated. There is hope!
Join award-winning author and international expert in the field of personality dysfunction Dr. Jeff Riggenbach for this refreshing look at how personality and addiction issues often complicate treatment undermining client outcomes, and learn what you can do about it. Incorporate motivational exercises, dialectical behavior therapy strategies, and schema modification interventions into your work. You’ll learn how to help individuals struggling with addictions, paranoia, aggression, lack of empathy and other dysregulated emotions not only get well, but stay well. Leave this enjoyable, information packed 6-hour course feeling invigorated to help your “stuck” and “difficult” clients take meaningful steps toward creating a life worth living – Oh, and you might even learn to enjoy the process more and save yourself some hair along the way!
**This is a 5.5-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Integrated Treatment Model
01:00 – 02:00: Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
02:00 – 03:00: Various Client Types
03:00 – 04:00: Various therapeutic approaches
04:00 – 05:00: Relapse Prevention, Intimacy Circles, Interpersonal Effectiveness Exercises
05:00 – 05:40: Warning Signs for Relapse
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). After completing this training, participants will be able to understand the 5 specific Characteristics that make clients “difficult.”
b). After completing this training, participants will be able to discover why mainstream treatment doesn’t work with certain populations and leave with 5 key elements to incorporate into your approach.
c). After completing this training, participants will be able to integrate evidence-based modalities including CBT, DBT, and Schema Therapy into a practical and cohesive treatment approach.
d). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn 3 maladaptive coping response styles and gain insight into how they, when unaddressed, perpetuate client problems and contribute to relapse.
e). After completing this training, participants will be able to acquire case conceptualization skills useful for individualizing treatment planning and driving effective treatment.
f). After completing this training, participants will be able to develop/hone diagnosis specific treatment skills for multiple DSM 5 conditions including addictive behavior disorders and borderline personality disorders.
g). After completing this training, participants will be able to discern the cognitive and behavioral makeup of 3 cross-cutting symptoms including paranoia, narcissism, and non-suicidal self-injury, and learn effective intervention strategies for each.
h). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn 3 red flags for relapse and learn what to do to prevent it more times than not.
Target Audience:
Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel, Healthcare Workers, and anyone from the general population interested in learning more about how to handle “Difficult People”!
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Jeff Riggenbach, PhD
Material Author(s): Jeff Riggenbach, PhD
Jeff Riggenbach, PhD is a best-selling and award-winning author who has earned a reputation as an international expert in cognitive approaches to treating personality disorders. Over a 20-year period, he has developed and overseen CBT-based treatment programs for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, addictive behavior disorders and personality disorders at two different psychiatric hospitals and clinics serving over 3,000 clients at multiple levels of care. Dr. Riggenbach trained at the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia, is a Diplomat of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and is a certified cognitive therapist. He has trained over 20,000 professionals worldwide including audiences in all 50 United States, The UK, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Riggenbach is the author of seven publications including his most recent clinical release The CBT Toolbox (2nd ed): A Workbook for Clients and Clinicians (2021) and his brand new general audiences book “Disarming High Conflict Personalities: Dealing with the 8 Most Difficult People in Your Life Before you Burnout!” (2022). Jeff is known for bridging the gap between academia, research findings, and day-to-day clinical practice, and his work has earned him the reputation for being “the practical tools guy.” His seminars on CBT, DBT, and Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy routinely receive the highest evaluations from conference participants in terms of clinical utility as well as entertainment value.
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Course Materials & Delivery Method:
- Course materials – The course is composed of a recorded presentation and written materials (e.g. a slide deck and/or other worksheets, manuals, or handouts as provided by the instructor). The slide deck and any additional worksheets or handouts (as provided by the instructor) are made available inside the Lesson module after a course is purchased.
- Delivery Method – this course is a recorded asynchronous, self-paced webinar training, and there is no access time limit or due date to complete it once enrolled. The enrolled learner will stream the recorded presentation and view the materials from their internet connected device via an industry-standard online learning platform.
CE Approvals:
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not quality for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2024 – July 23, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive [see advertisement] asynchronous distance learning continuing education credits.
Other Helpful Information:
- Refund & Cancellation Policy – you may review this policy at any time by clicking here.
- Accessibility Accommodations – if you require a reasonable accommodation for any reason, please email your request to cc@onlinececredits.com
- Course Completion Requirements – 1.) View the entire Lesson module (accessible from the main course page), to include the embedded and/or linked presentation video(s), slide deck, additional materials, and/or links to any shared video clip(s) that may have been edited from the presentation video(s) to comply with copyright laws. 2.) Click into the Quiz module accessible from either the main course page or the Lesson page and complete the Quiz with an 80% or better pass rate. 3.) Complete the course evaluation – you’ll be sent to the evaluation automatically once you successfully pass the Quiz.
- Posttest Requirements – you must answer 80% or more of the Quiz questions correctly to pass. If you fail to pass the first time, you may attempt the quiz again until you are able to pass with a score of 80% or better. Quizzes are graded instantly and automatically by the learning management system once your attempt is submitted.
- Certificate of Completion – certificates of completion are automatically generated – downloadable from your Dashboard and emailed to you – once you view the Lesson materials and complete the Quiz and the course evaluation.
- How to Enroll – Login to the website first if you already have a user account. If not, you will create your permanent user account login information during course enrollment. Select the appropriate course library using the top menu of the website. Once inside your chosen course library, find and select your desired course to be taken to the main course page. Click the button on the top banner to enroll. When the order window pops up, enter your details and place your order. You will be emailed an enrollment confirmation message, and you’ll be sent to a landing page instructing you how to begin your newly enrolled course.
- System Requirements –
- Recommended Devices: Desktop, Laptop, or Tablet computer. (Note: Our platform is mobile responsive and may be fully accessed from a connected smartphone).
- Suggested Browsers: Updated version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Apple Safari.
- Recommended Network: Home wifi, ethernet, or a public wifi with VPN (Note: agency or corporate networks are often equipped with restrictive firewalls that may adversely impact your experience on our platform).
- Recommended speed/bandwidth: Minimum download speed > 20Mbps and minimum upload speed > 6Mbps.
