by Tim Cassidy | Dec 4, 2024 | Live Events
**This is a special 5-CE informal, interactive, and exclusive “Saturday Summit” – the first of an ongoing series of interactive educational sessions designed to improve your approach to trauma treatment.
About the Summit:
Join us for our inaugural live “Saturday Summit,” a series of interactive, informal, and educational trauma summits we will be hosting with various experts. We’ll examine the different types, elements, and perspectives surrounding psychological trauma and the various ways it can present in people today.
Grab your coffee and your nerd antennas for this one! We teach a lot (and talk a lot) about trauma and what triggers trauma. But rarely do we put trauma responses under a microscope for deeper examination and conceptualization.
What better way to do this than in a live and interactive panel format focused across several trauma “types” from the perspective of the clinical provider AND the client!! Three clinical trauma experts will share some of the more subtle client queues that may not be readily apparent as trauma responses, why these behaviors are a reaction to trauma, and how we can use the insight to improve trauma treatment. For the first time ever, we will welcome a “Lived Experience” panelist to share their experience of trauma and trauma treatment from the other side of the therapy room! Scroll down for more details about this presentation.
“Saturday Summit” Panelists & Topics:
- Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA: First Responder Trauma
- Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC: Childhood Trauma & IPV Trauma
- Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW: Sexual & Racial Trauma
- Aaron “SgtQ” Quinonez: Trauma of War – Lived Experience
Attendance and Location Details
Date and Time
**Special 5-CE Live webinar event**
Saturday, March 1, 2025
10am – 3pm CST / 11am – 4pm EST / 8am – 1pm PST
Event Schedule
Jennifer Sweeton (first responder trauma) – 10:00am – 11:00am (Central Time)
Q&A – 11:00am – 11:15am
Megan Salar (childhood & IPV trauma) – 11:15am – 12:15pm (Central Time)
Q&A – 12:15pm – 12:35pm
BREAK – 12:35pm – 12:40pm (Central Time)
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo (sexual & racial trauma) – 12:40pm – 1:40pm (Central Time)
Q&A – 1:40pm – 2:00pm
Aaron Quiñonez (lived experience – trauma of war) – 2:00pm – 2:40pm (Central Time)
Q&A – 2:40pm – 3:00pm
*Zoom link will be made available to you 24-48 hours prior to training start date
Objectives:
Segment 1: First Responder Trauma
1). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify at least three unexpected cognitive, physical, or social trauma responses commonly experienced by first responders.
2). After completing this training, participants will be able to develop strategies to support first responders in recognizing and addressing their trauma responses, fostering healthier coping mechanisms.
In this segment, we’ll explore the unexpected and often overlooked ways trauma manifests in first responders. While their resilience and “tough it out” culture are celebrated, the gradual accumulation of trauma can lead to responses that may be mistaken for personality traits, coping strategies, or simple quirks. From hyper-competency and perfectionism as attempts to maintain control, to dark humor as a defense mechanism, to somatic symptoms and social responses, this presentation will shed light on behaviors and experiences that are rooted in trauma. We’ll also delve into the long-term impacts, such as avoiding medical care or being drawn to violent media as a form of processing or numbing. Designed to foster greater awareness among mental health professionals, this talk will equip attendees to better recognize and address these hidden trauma responses in their work with first responders.
Segment 2: Childhood & IPV Trauma
1). After completing this training, participants will be able to understand how childhood trauma leads to IPV in adulthood.
2). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify and understand the fawning response and its origins.
In this 1-hour segment of our “Bet You Didn’t Know That’s a Trauma Response” Trauma Summit 2025, participants will explore the complex dynamics of why individuals stay in abusive relationships, particularly through the lens of trauma. The session will examine how childhood trauma can contribute to the development of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood, with a focus on the fawning trauma response. Attendees will gain an understanding of the origins of this response and how it influences the decision to remain in unhealthy relationships. This seminar aims to provide valuable insights for mental health professionals supporting survivors and those seeking to understand the deeper psychological mechanisms behind IPV.
Segment 3: Sexual & Racial Trauma
1). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify and understand the trauma responses of shame and avoidance in survivors of sexual and racial violence, and how these reactions serve as survival and safety mechanisms.
2). After completing this training, participants will be able to examine the intersectionality of sexual and racial trauma and how systemic oppression compounds these responses, highlighting the importance of racial equality and trauma-informed care in supporting marginalized communities.
In this segment, we’ll explore how trauma responses from sexual and racial violence often go unrecognized. Focusing on reactions such as shame and avoidance, we will examine specific behaviors that serve as survival and safety mechanisms for individuals who experience racial and sexual trauma. Participants will learn how systemic oppression, including racism and sexism, influences these trauma responses, often compounding the effects of violence in marginalized communities. By understanding these overlooked responses, attendees will be better equipped to recognize trauma in its various forms and support survivors more effectively. This session highlights the need for trauma-informed care that acknowledges the intersectionality of sexual and racial violence.
Segment 4: Lived Experience – Trauma of War
***No formal Objectives
Aaron “SgtQ” Quinonez shares his raw and personal story of enduring the trauma of war and forging his own path to healing. As a Marine Corps special forces operator, Aaron faced battles that led to homelessness and severe mental health struggles after his career in the military. Professional therapy offered him the start he needed to begin his healing journey! His therapist was open and encouraging, helping him find holistic methods to enhance his journey to health. Aaron would often try something and then come into therapy full of questions on why something worked or didn’t, and his therapist was able to walk him through what was happening in his brain.
Encouraged by his own progress in therapy boosted by his work outside sessions, Aaron went on to develop a recovery program called, “Healing Thru Service,” designed to drastically improve overall healing through community service and engagement. This led to his development of a mental health mobile app designed to collaboratively support others facing similar challenges.
In his summit segment, Aaron will explore the power of service, purpose, and self-driven healing, offering mental health professionals a unique perspective on resilience and recovery as well as extra resources available to supplement traditional therapy with their clients. He will also describe the app that has gained popularity among patients and mental health professionals, winning a few awards since its release. Aaron will also share information on his non-profit qmissions.org, which can be a helpful resource for veterans to maintain social engagement and connect with the community during their healing process.
Program Schedule (4 pages):
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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; Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC; Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW
Material Author(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA; Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC; Rafaella Smith-Fiallo, LCSW
About Your Summit Panelists
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.
Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC, is an EMDR Clinician, Trainer and Author who earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from Northwest Nazarene University in 2011. She has been extensively trained on the use of EMDR and other trauma-based interventions, and she specializes in the areas of trauma, abuse, attachment and substance abuse. Megan has trained thousands of clinicians across the U.S. and internationally to help them get the most out of EMDR, trauma and addiction treatment skills and evidence-informed best practices. Megan is the author of “EMDR Workbook for Trauma and PTSD: Skills to Manage Triggers, Move Beyond Traumatic Memories, and Take Back Your Life”, released by New Harbinger Publications in May of 2023. She is set to release “EMDR for Dummies” with Wiley Publishing in May of 2024. Megan previously owned/operated an intensive outpatient treatment center that was voted best in practice in 2019. She currently owns and operates her own Counseling, Consulting, and Training Business and is passionate about genuinely changing the landscape of mental health and trauma treatment through an authentic hands-on perspective that is uniquely her own.
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo (she/ella) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Sexuality Educator, and Certified Trauma Therapist. She is the founder of Healing Exchange LLC, a multi-state, education and mental health private practice committed to providing sex-positive, trauma-informed, pleasure-centered, and inclusive education, therapy, and professional development. Rafaella is an international educator, consultant, and author who has been featured in media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Vibe Magazine, and Broadly. Rafaella has two mottos that drive her practice and personal life, “You deserve peace and pleasure in all of your relationships, especially the one with yourself,” and “If you want things to be different, you have to do things differently.” With that said, she is committed to engaging in and creating radical change and community liberation through centering pleasure politics.
Aaron “SgtQ” Quinonez, a former Marine Corps special forces operator turned mental health pioneer, transformed his traumatic experiences and struggles into triumph, rising from homelessness to multimillionaire. He’s the creator of the lifesaving QActual app, which has dramatically lowered suicide-related ER visits among veterans. His efforts earned him the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. As a chaplain for the Seattle Seahawks Task Force 12 and a motivational speaker, SgtQ now drives leaders to cultivate team success through collective mental health empowerment. Aaron is on a mission to educate one million leaders to empower 100 million people to heal from trauma and become high performers by 2038.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
Course Materials & Delivery Method:
- Course materials (including the link to view the scheduled live webinar) are made available to all registered attendees 24-48 hours before the event start time.
- This training is interactive and provides opportunities to ask direct questions to the trainer as well as request immediate help from staff if needed. The attendee will view the presentation in real-time from their connected device via an industry-standard internet webinar 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] live interactive webinar continuing education credits.
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- Certificate of Completion – certificates of completion are automatically generated – downloadable from your Dashboard and emailed to you – once you complete the code word attendance quiz and the course evaluation. Please complete these items to receive your certificate immediately after the live webinar training is concluded.
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by Katherine Helm, PhD | Dec 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Date course created: December 2024
In today’s world, couples’ relationships are often under threat from multiple distractions which can disrupt their emotional connection with one another. Couples often present for counseling because one partner is engaging in behaviors that violates the other’s trust. Social media, financial issues, emotional affairs, and pornography use can easily turn into micro-cheating/cheating behaviors. This course will provide mental health professionals with practical solutions and strategies to working with couples where there has been infidelity. This course includes a review of multiple types of infidelity, the impact infidelity has on romantic relationships, and empirically-based approaches to working with couples where cheating has occurred. This course will incorporate a pre-recorded interview with a couple coping with infidelity in their relationship to demonstrate the long-term impact infidelity can have on a couple.
**This is a 2.5-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Comprehensive Love & Couples Treatment Models
01:00 – 02:00: Impact and Types of Infidelity
02:00 – 03:00: Infidelity Recovery Process
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Identify several common types of infidelity.
b). Learn and understand the impact of infidelity and betrayal on couples.
c). Utilize at least 2 empirically-supported clinical treatment approaches helpful in treating couples with infidelity issues.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course includes licensed psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, and other licensed clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Katherine Helm, PhD
Material Author(s): Katherine Helm, PhD
Katherine Helm, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate Programs in Counseling at Lewis University, Romeoville, IL. She is also a practicing psychologist in part-time private where she sees individuals and couples. Katherine has authored several publications about racial and cultural issues in mental health, couples’ issues, and pedagogy in multicultural courses and has an extensive background facilitating counselor trainings. Katherine has had several media appearances on radio and video and is a TEDx speaker. She is a sought-after author, presenter, public speaker, professional trainer, and clinical supervisor.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
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.
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- 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.
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by Holly Richmond, PhD, LMFT | Dec 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Date course created: December 2024
Sex is almost always a physical act, so why would we not use the body as a resource for better understanding our clients’ experiences? This course draws on many of the main principles in somatic psychology including polyvagal theory, attachment theory, narrative and art therapy, the Braddock Body Process, integrative trauma and PTSD therapies, and the instructor’s own research into embodied healing for survivors of sexual trauma. It will address somatic memory and holding, as well as ways to reframe and replace dysfunctional psychosomatic patterns with integrated alternatives.
Understanding how the brain and body work together—not focusing on one over the other—informs effective somatic sex therapy interventions. Somatic techniques are most often used as an addition to, rather than a replacement for, traditional sex therapy methodology. Somatic techniques inherently offer titrated pacing and client-lead initiatives, moving clients toward states of embodiment and empowerment and creating an ideal foundation for holistic sexual health.
**This is a 3-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Mindful Sex Foundation
01:00 – 02:00: Eroticism and Connection
02:00 – 03:00: Somatic Truths
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Learn and understand the principal theories applied to somatic sex therapy.
b). Describe three clinical examples of how somatic sex therapy can benefit clients.
c). Explain what is meant by embodiment and empowerment through a somatic sex therapy lens.
d). Discuss and explain integrated healing and holistic sexual health.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course includes licensed psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, and other licensed clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Holly Richmond, PhD, LMFT
Material Author(s): Holly Richmond, PhD, LMFT
Dr. Holly Richmond is a Somatic Psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Sex Therapist (CST). This unique combination of credentials enables her to focus on clients’ cognitive processes as well as mind-body health. She works with women, men, couples and gender-diverse individuals on relationship and sexuality issues, offering sex therapy and sexual health coaching nationally and internationally. Her treatment specialties include low libido, sexual dysfunction, compulsive sexuality (often called “addiction”), desire discrepancies in couples, recovery from sexual assault and abuse, and alternative/non-traditional sexual expression. Her newly released book “Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex-Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life” (New Harbinger, Oct. 2021) is an innovative look at both somatic and psychological factors in survivors’ erotic recovery. Dr. Holly is regularly quoted in publications and media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, Shape, NBC, Wired, Forbes, Oprah, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health. She is a sought-after consultant in the sextech industry and is seen as a pioneer in the clinical exploration of sex and technology, and how they work together as human sexuality evolves in the 21 st century. Each interlinked facet of her work is grounded in a sex-positive perspective: all sex is good sex as long as it is consensual and pleasurable. This non-judgmental position allows her to assist clients in discovering their true needs, desires and personal path to wellness.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
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.
by Tiffani Dilworth, LCPC, CGCS | Dec 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Date course created: December 2024
What is the difference between PTSD and grief? How does grief relate to sexual trauma specifically and why is it important to know how grief plays into sexual trauma? Learn interventions and therapies that will help you address grief in the context of sexual trauma, moving your clients into resilience and long term healing.
This training will analyze the different types of sexual trauma and symptoms of traumatic grief. It will also help the attendees learn to conceptualize the difference between grief and PTSD and how a traumatic experience can lead to grief. Attendees will also learn about current therapeutic approaches and techniques to help those who’ve experienced sexual trauma begin to successfully navigate their grief. This training will provided insight on how to support children, adolescents, and adults who are grieving due to sexual trauma.
**This is a 1.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Grief Models and Treatment Strategies
01:00 – 02:00: Interventions and Strategies
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Identify and explain the different types of sexual trauma, grief, and traumatic grief.
b). Learn and describe 1-2 theoretical orientations and their techniques to support traumatic grief.
c). Learn and practice 3-4 interventions for trauma, grief, and guilt to promote resiliency in clients.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course includes licensed psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, and other licensed clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Tiffani Dilworth LCPC, CGCS
Material Author(s): Tiffani Dilworth LCPC, CGCS
Tiffani Dilworth is a successful psychotherapist, author, and sought-after speaker on topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault. She has worked across the US with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and to teach countless people how to live alongside their grief. In addition to maintaining a private practice, Ms. Dilworth is an affiliate of PsychExperts & Associates, Inc, located in Baltimore, MD. Drawing on her rich clinical experience, Ms. Dilworth incorporates the most current information on the process of grieving with evidence-based and innovative treatment techniques that clinicians can immediately use in their practice. As the author of the books 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief she is also the Host of Managing My Grief Podcast. Ms. Dilworth has a history of being the Founder of a nonprofit organization, being Co-Host of an afternoon radio talk show, and starting multiple businesses. Ms. Dilworth received her Master’s in Community Counseling from Oklahoma State University. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist.
For additional information about this course, the instructors, or the material authors, please contact Content Assistance at content@onlinececredits.com.
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 –
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by Wyatt Evans, PhD, ABPP | Nov 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Date course created: October 2024
Moral injury has become commonly used phrase to describe some of the difficult internal experiences that show up in the aftermath of moral challenges and values violations. But are emotions like guilt and anger necessarily dysfunctional? This workshop will begin by helping participants to notice the difference between moral pain – the sign of an intact moral compass – and the excruciating suffering of moral injury. Doing so will help clinicians to avoid pathologizing, invalidating, and attempting to “fix” thoughts and feelings that are values-based, socially functional, and part of healthy living. Facilitating moral healing requires an informed and precise conceptualization of the sufferer’s lived experience along with a broad repertoire of traditional and contemporary interventions.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is particularly well suited to foster mindful awareness of the reality of wrongdoing and intentional (re)alignment to core values. This workshop will teach participants ACT processes and practices for enhancing mindfulness, cultivating compassion, fostering forgiveness, and engaging values. With the knowledge and skills provided, clinicians will be able to facilitate healing, growth, and resilience by connecting their clients to a sense of vitality, to their essential self, and to enlivened connection to the world.
**This is a 3.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**
Agenda:
00:00 – 01:00: Conceptualizing Moral Pain & Injury
01:00 – 02:00: Assessment
02:00 – 03:00: Flexible Thinking, Centered Thinker
03:00 – 04:00: ACT… Accept, Choose, Take
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
a). Identify characteristics of potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) and distinguish natural moral pain from the functionally impairing moral injury as well as from symptoms of PTSD.
b). Construct a nuanced case conceptualization and target ACT interventions to competently and effectively address moral injury.
c). Learn and describe how to engage processes of moral healing including mindfulness, compassion, and forgiveness in the context of evidence-based therapy.
d). Learn how to enable clients to align and engage with moral values, including those violated in the context of past PMIE exposure.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course includes licensed psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, and other licensed clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Wyatt R. Evans, PhD, ABPP
Material Author(s): Wyatt R. Evans, PhD, ABPP
Wyatt R. Evans, PhD, ABPP is a licensed psychologist board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology. He is a staff psychologist and the associate training director with the VA North Texas Health Care System, clinical psychologist in the U.S. Army Reserve, and assistant professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Evans received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Palo Alto University in 2017, completing clinical training at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, a pre-doctoral internship at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, and a clinical research fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio with the STRONG STAR Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. Dr. Evans’ expertise in posttraumatic stress, resilience, and recovery comes from his training and work in military treatment facilities, veterans affairs hospitals, and PTSD research institutions. He is also an expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and he has co-developed programs for utilizing ACT to treat moral injury, enhance resilience, and facilitate posttraumatic growth. Dr. Evans is the lead author of The Moral Injury Workbook and has published on moral injury theory, assessment, and interventions. He founded the Moral Injury Special Interest Group of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and continues to collaborate with researchers and clinicians internationally to advance the field of moral injury. Dr. Evans has consulted with healthcare providers and administrators as well as organizations supporting emergency managers and first responders to guide the recognition, prevention, and treatment of moral injury.
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