Each Continuing Education Module offered qualifies for

 

Continuing Education for
 

CAMFT/CEPA 013718 (LMFT/LCSW/LPCC) 

CCAPP 4S-94-277-1119 (CADCII, CADCI, LAADC, CCJAP)

When you order a module through Pay Pal, Connections Counseling will be notified of your order and will send you the link to your Module and the Continuing Education Quiz to the email you provide. You will submit this Quiz to receive your completion certificate.

 

STEP ONE: ORDER the Module using PAY PAL

STEP TWO: Download the Module you have ordered from your e-mail

STEP THREE: Complete and return the Continuing Education Quiz to mailto:marycook@connectionscounselingassociates.com

 

 

 

 

              

 

 

 

 

Impact of Socioeconomic Status Identity on Addiction Counselors Professional Development

2 CEH

Learning Objectives:

1. Students will  develop a working understanding of the impact of socioeconomic status and potential source of bias

2. Students will consider the role of achievement on addiction counselor shifts in SES status, and barrier it can create.

 

25.00 

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Ethics  and Social Media/E-mail/Texting  for

Office-Based Clinicians

 

The internet and cell-phone have drastically shifted the traditional therapeutic “frame” for therapists. Clients want to text and email appointment changes, pay with the square, forward email chains with significant others, Google us, want to connect on Linked In and Facebook, and write Yelp reviews! It can feel overwhelming and disturbing . . .  and mainstream therapists need guidance.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will review the new ACA Code of Ethics addressing emailing and texting

• Participants will develop insight and tools to create their own policies around the use of technology and HIPPA compliant use of email

• Participants will review the ethical issues connected to social media invitations.

 

 

$30.00  

                                   

Advanced Ethics of Court-Mandated Substance Abuse Treatment

6 CEH

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will explore the complex issue of mandatory treatment and its impact on criminal justice client treatment completion and participation rates

2. Participants will consider the effectiveness of coercive or mandatory treatment on longer term sobriety and criminality.

Participants will consider the design and implementation of programs serving legally coerced clients.

 

        30.00         

                    

                       

 

           

 

Incorporating Humor in the Clinical Setting

2 CEH 

LCSW/LMFT/LPCC PCE 5042            CAADC 4S-94-277-0913

NAADAC 841N

 

Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min. LMFT, LAADC, CADCII

 

Take the opportunity to consider the therapeutic use of humor in counseling, review research studies on humor, and the use of humor t balance the  clinical challenges that can leave us depleted and fatigued.

 

 

1.  Participants will become familiar with    the research findings for the Situational Response Questionnaire (SHRQ) and Coping Humor Scale connecting humor and psychological resilience.

2.  Participants will review indicators for and against incorporating humor into the clinical setting

3.  Participants will experience humor as a source of perspective

 

$30.00

 

                 

 

HOTH ONLY  

               

 

 

Impact of “Facebook” in the Counseling Office

3 CEH

LCSW/LMFT/LPCC PCE 5042            CAADC 4S-94-277-0913

NAADAC 841N

 

Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min. LMFT, LAADC, CADCII

 

As a therapist, I am spending increasing amounts of time faced with the disruptive impact of Facebook and social media in my client’s life. The amount of pain when “de-friended” is enormous –feeling blocked and “shut out” when clearly others have access to someone’s page is excruciating for some of my clients. Others couples come in because the non-Facebook partner feels alone in the same room, frightened by the amount of time their spouse is engaged with new “friends.” This prompted me to discover what research has to say, and I unearthed an interesting Facebook Addiction questionnaire.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Counselors will review research findings regarding the impact of “Facebook” on social media users.

2. Counselors will consider whether or not “Facebook” can be an “addiction,” including reviewing a “Facebook” addiction questionnaire.

3. Counselors will consider the neurological components of social media use

4. Counselors will review moderate approaches to “Facebook” use.

 

$30.00

 

                

 

 

                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

"Selling" Treatment and Recovery to Reluctant Clients

2 CEH

Learning Objectives:                                           

 

1. Participants will identify common "sales" objections and develop strategies to counter them

2. Participants will recognize common sales tactic "errors" and connect them to tactics to avoid in "selling" treatment and recovery.

 

 

$30.00

 

                                  

 

 

          

 

Substance Abuse, DIvorce and  Motivational Interviewing

3 CEH

Learning objectives                              

 

 

1. Counselors will review the impact of addiction on the family resulting in the divorce process.

2. Counselors will review the impact of addiction on brain chemistry as well as the ASAM and DSM5 definitions of substance dependence

3. Counselors review the Prochaska and DiClemente’s Stages of Change as applied to the divorce and mediation process, as well as skills for eliciting change.

 

$30.00

 

   

                           

 

 

             

 

What's new in the DSM 5?

 The down-and-dirty guide to the DSM 5

 

3 Continuing Education Units

 

LCSW/LMFT PCE 5042     CAADC/LAADC 4S-94-27-0913      NAADAC  841 N

 

 

This 3 unit, on-line manual is created to provide a helpful review of the changes in the DSM 5t o ICD10 tansition. The overview provides a window into both new disorders and reorganized disorders:

 

Become familiar with the new structure and new terminology designed to create a more clinician friendly and evidence-based diagnostic manual. Complete a simple fill-in-the-blank quiz at the end of the manual and receive your on-line certificate of completion.

 

Order yours today!   30.00

 

 

 

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The Narcissistically Defended client in Substance Abuse Treatment.

5 CEH

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Differentiating Narcissism from Narcissistically-defended.

2. Neurobiology of attachment and shame

3. Specific treatment approaches and psychoeducation to work with narcissistically-defended clients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NEW!!!! LAADAC COURSES


 

Clinical Supervision with Recovering Counselors
8 CEH
LCSW/LMFT PCE 5042 CAADC 4S-94-277-0913
Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min. LMFT, LAADC

Clinical Supervision with Recovering Counselors for 8 CEH meets the following SAMSHA Clinical Supervision and Professional Development of the Substance Abuse Counselor TIP 52 areas for Clinical Supervision: Supervisory Alliance, Critical Thinking, Counselor Development, Performance Evaluation
We will review key sections of the SAMSHA TIP 52 Manual Clinical Supervision and Professional Development of the Substance Abuse Counselor to clarify their clinical supervisory roles, models of supervision, and supervisory strategies in EBP Treatment Centers.

 

$30.00      

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

Is Private Practice For Me?
8 CEH

Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min., LMFT, LAADC, CADCII 

Counselors will develop awareness of the key role of marketing as well as specific tools to create a marketing strategy, will have a chance to consider the Pros and Cons of entering private practice, and LMFT/LCSW’s will become familiar with the role of managed care and the advantages and disadvantages of enrolling in these plans as a provider.

 

$30.00                                      

 

 

 

 

     

            

 

Co-Occuring Disorders (Creating A Shared Language)
8 CEH
Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min., LMFT, LAADC, CADCII )

 

Counselors will review an overview of historical response to Dually Diagnosed clients,  will explore treatment models and  treatment issues for the Dually Diagnosed. We will review Phases of Treatment with the Dually Diagnosed,  and will review an overview of common diagnostic symptoms and treatment approaches to PTSD, Depression, BiPolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, and more.

 

 

$30.00

 

 

Advanced Ethics in an On-Line World
6 CEH
LCSW/LMFT PCE 5042 CAADC 4S-94-277-0913
Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min., LMFT, LAADC, CADCII

 

Therapists will review the history of on-line counseling,and the Suggested Principles for the Online Provision of Mental Health Services developed by ISMHO, and identify the ethical standards and the potential risks of online services. Therapists will identify practical and emotional skills for effective on-line counseling  and  practical guidelines of tools such as texting, Facebook, Google as they apply to counseling practice.

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$30.00

 

Advanced Ethics for Co-Occurring Disorders Specialists

6 CEH

 

1. Counselors will become familiar the principles outlined in the Co-occurring Disorder Code of Ethics developed by CCBADC in California

2. Counselors will review the role of stigma and its impact on counselors delivering co-occurring services

3. Counselors will review the core competencies of the Dual Diagnosis Capable counselor, and examine tips for counselors with dual diagnosis issues to retaining their self-care regimens

4. Counselors will review three levels of Dual Diagnosis competency to clarify the scope of practice that reflects their current knowledge base

5. Counselors will become familiar with appropriate service delivery standards for co-occurring disorders as reflected in the SAMSHA Tip 42

6. Counselors will examine the overlap between Federal Confidentiality laws and HIPPA regulations

7. Counselors will explore reasons that counselors struggle with boundary setting and crossing

8. Counselors will become familiar with the CCBADC Ethical Review Committee DISCIPLINARY AND APPEAL PROCEDURES

 

$30.00

 

 

 

            

 

 

LMFT/LCSW Emphasis
Codependency as a Chronic Stress Disorder
3 CEH
LCSW/LMFT PCE 5042 CAADC 4S-94-277-0913
Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min, LMFT, CADCII

Counselors will have the opportunity to explore the systemic physical damage created by a life time of adrenal system "hijacking" due to the fear of broken attachments that underlying codependency

$25.00

 

 

                 

 

Overview of the Cotherapy Model (Overview of Conjoint Therapy with Couples, An Approach with High Conflict Couples
5 CEH

Conjoint Therapy, sometimes called Cotherapy, can be defined as two or more therapists working collaboratively with the same couple. This model can be highly effective with high conflict couples, couples who have blown-out of traditional psychotherapy.  These challenging couples each require individual therapy in addition to couples counseling, so when I refer to Conjoint therapy, I am explicitly referring  to the following model:

Each person in the couple meets with both counselors every two weeks.

Each couple meets with an individual therapist member of the conjoint team on alternative weeks.

Some high conflict or acutely distressed couples will meet both individually and as a couple weekly.   

  

Learning Objectives:

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  Counselors will review the theoretical base for the co-therapy model

  Counselors will identify and examine the potential counter-transference opportunities that present in co-therapy.

  Counselors will review the co-therapy relationship formation and become familiar with the skills co-therapy requires

$30.00

 

 

 

            

 

Attachment Patterns Over The Lifespan
3 CEH
Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min., LMFT, CADCII

 

Counselors will review the principles of attachment theory as therapy play out in our adult internal working models of relationship.  

Counselors will be introduced to research linking early attachment with adult relationship formation

$25.00

 

 

 

 

 

    

            

 

 

 

Attachment Theory and Codependency
3 CEH

Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min., LMFT, CADCII

 Working definition of Codependency from Awakening Hope. A Developmental, Behavioral, Biological Approach to Codependency Treatment (2011) Mary Crocker Cook

At its heart, Codependency is a set of behaviors developed to manage the anxiety that comes when our primary attachments are formed with people who are inconsistent or unavailable in their response to us. Our anxiety-based responses to life can include over-reactivity, image management, unrealistic beliefs about our limits, and attempts to control the reality of others to the point where we lose our boundaries, self-esteem and even our own reality. Ultimately, Codependency is a chronic stress disease which can devastate our immune system and lead to systemic and even life-threatening illness.

 Counselors will review the foundations of Attachment theory as the groundwork to understand the origins of Codependency, and  will consider the link between Codependency and Attachment theory from both a theoretical or practical perspective

 

 $25.00

 

             

 

CCJP

Theories of Criminal Behavior
3 Continuing Education Hours

 

 

Students will examine patterns of crime and schools of crime theory and  will explore Structural theories, considering that Theorist Robert Merton adapted Durkheim’s theory of anomie or “the state of normlessness” to describe the phenomenon when people in society were uncertain what was expected of them and how they should behave. Students will examine the criminal subculture, in which Cohen argued that virtually all patterns of behavior is a form of problem-solving and will examine Social Control theory, and three sources of social control that generated conformity and prevented crime and delinquency. Community and institutional control, Group control, and Personal control.

 

30.00

 

 

 

  

 

            
 

 

PTSD as a Result of Incarceration and Implications for Relapse Prevention
2 Continuing Education HoursLearning Objectives
 

 Students will review this study and consider the results of this small study to their experience working with the criminal justice population,  will identify key culture related factors supporting the development of PTSD for the incarcerated client, and . will review the symptoms of PTSD and the Cycle of Trauma

30.00

 

 

    

 

           

 

Theories of Addiction and Crime
2 Continuing Education Hours
 

Students will explore the connections between drug-related and drug-defined crimes.,  compare and contrast the research connected to the "causal" link between addiction and crime and consider the three theoretical models connecting crime to drug use, or the "causal web theory".

30.00

 

          

 

Criminal Justice System and Process
3 Continuing Education Hours

 Students will review the conditions that must be present for the police to make an arrest, and factors attorneys will consider when they advise a client to "plea" guilty or not guilty. They will identify the "typical" results from a "plea bargain",  and identify
who is eligible for the expungement process. Students will explore the benefits of "Drug Court" and how they operate
and will review the drug schedule and the Health and Safety Codes

30.00

 

 

               

 

 

Post Incarceration Syndrome and the Psychological Impact of Incarceration

6 CEH

  Counselors will evaluate the core symptoms of PICS and the progression of the syndrome upon release. Counselors will examine the unique set of psychological changes that many prisoners are forced to undergo in order to survive the prison experience and the personal challenges posed and psychological harms inflicted in the course of incarceration. As a result, the ordinary adaptive process of institutionalization or "prisonization" has become extraordinarily prolonged and intense.

30.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developmental Theories of Juvenile Crime
3 CEH
 

1. Students will explore developmental theories of juvenile crime, such as the “latent trait”, control balance, and Moffitt developmental theory and.

will consider explanatory links between addiction and crime for juveniles. Students will examine the steps in the criminal justice process for juveniles.

 

30.00

 

 

 

         

 

 

Collaborative Justice and Drug Courts
2 CEH

Students will learn the purpose of collaborative justice and the key components of a drug court, review funding sources for these courts, will examine the structure of the drug court process and will consider the role of Proposition 36 (SACPA) in the drug court process.

30.00

 

 

 

HOTH ONLY  

               

 

 

 

 Why AB 109 was Necessary and Overview of AB 109 Realignment Services offered through the CDCR

6CEH

This module was designed to provide an overview of the state and fiscal history of the development of prison over crowding, and provide contact information and a review of the divisions pertinent to newly released parolees enrolled in AB 109 reintegration services created as a result. In general, these services fall under the Office of Offender Services and Office of Correctional Education.  

30.00