Dissociation Dates:  10/11/22                                               Time: 9:00-10:30                                  Enrollment Limited to:  16                   Contact Hrs:  1.5                     CEU’s: 1.5                                                                                                                                                       This course will focus on Frank Putnam MD’s conceptualization of dissociation.  Participants will learn basic skills in how to identify dissociation, assess dissociation and treat people with dissociative disorders. The course will include lecture and case discussion.   Method: Lecture, discussion Learning Objectives:  Participants will learn how to identify dissociation. Participants will learn two theories about dissociation and how it […]

Organizational Skills Training Dates:  11/1/22, 11/8/22, 11/15/22                   Time:   9:00-10:30am Enrollment Limited To:  16                            Contact Hrs:    4.5                                              CEUs:  4.5   Many children with ADHD have difficulties with organization, time management and planning skills.  Difficulties in these organizational skills cause significant problems with daily functioning at home and school, and lead to conflict within the family.  This course […]

Assessing and Treating Clients with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions Dates: 11/29/22 & 12/6/22       Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Enrollment Limited To: 16                   Contact Hrs:  4                            CEUs:  4   Clients seeking mental health treatment may also have a coexisting substance abuse problem.  This may be apparent at intake or emerge during treatment.  Symptoms of one disorder are often mistaken for the other.  Treatment of individuals who present with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues can present a myriad of challenges for providers.  Among the challenges faced by providers treating individuals with co-occurring conditions ...

FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY Dates: 5/16/23 & 5/23/23 Time: 9:00-10:30AM Enrollment limited to: 30          Contact Hrs: 3                 CEU’s: 3   Grief is a natural reaction to loss and everyone will experience grief at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, despite the naturalness of grief, many people struggle to process their feelings after the loss of a loved one or are impeded in their processing by other barriers. In particular, COVID-19 and subsequent isolation have both increased the number of individuals experiencing death and grief and decreased access to typical […]

(WJCS STAFF ONLY) Date: May 30, 2023                               Time:   9:00-12:00 Enrollment Limited To:  40               Contact Hrs:    3                     CEUs:  3   Can mental health professionals work with clients who they know from outside of the job? Can you barter with clients for your services? Mental health professionals are charged with the legal and ethical responsibility to maintain professional boundaries, but the obligation isn’t always so easy to discern. This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including […]

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA (CBTi) Dates: 8/8/23 & 8/15/23     Time: 9:00-11:00 AM     Contact Hrs: 4     CEU’s: 4 Enrollment Limited: 20 Insomnia is defined as poor sleep that is associated with distress and/or daytime consequences, including impairment in functioning or mood. Insomnia can lead to poor mental health, or can be a consequence of poor mental health. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) is an empirically validated brief psychotherapy with evidence of long-term improvements in sleep for people with and without psychiatric comorbidities. CBTi addresses behavioral components to sleep (e.g. stimulus control, sleep restriction therapy), cognitive components […]

Assessing and Treating Clients with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions Dates: 9/5/23 & 10/3/23       Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Enrollment Limited To: 20                   Contact Hrs:  5                            CEUs:  5   Clients seeking mental health treatment may also have a coexisting substance abuse problem.  This may be apparent at intake or emerge during treatment.  Symptoms of one disorder are often mistaken for the other.  Treatment of individuals who present with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues can present a myriad of challenges for providers.  Among the challenges faced by providers treating individuals with co-occurring conditions […]

Motivational Interviewing Dates: 9/12/23 &  9/19/23 Time: 9:00-11:30 AM  Enrollment Limited to: 20           Contact Hrs. 5                     CEU’s:  5   Individuals presenting for treatment, whether it be medical, psychiatric, or substance use-related, frequently come to treatment possessing varying levels of motivation, including resistance or ambivalence about making the necessary changes.  Successful engagement with clients around treating problematic behaviors often requires assessing and increasing their motivation to make the changes necessary to improve their condition.  Motivational Interviewing is an intervention aimed to enhance clients’ motivations to make needed changes.  […]

Common Factors of Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment Dates: 10/10/23                           Time: 9:00-10:30 Enrollment Limited to: 20            Contact Hrs: 1.5                     CEU’s: 1.5   This course will focus on using Judith Herman, MD’s three stages of trauma treatment. This course will explore the common factors of evidence-based trauma treatments including Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation-Narrative Story Telling (STAIR-NST) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). We will also discuss common pre-treatment beliefs and […]

Dissociation Dates:  10/17/23                                              Time: 9:00-10:30                                  Enrollment Limited to: 20                   Contact Hrs:  1.5                     CEU’s: 1.5                                                                                                                                                       This course will focus on Frank Putnam MD’s conceptualization of dissociation.  Participants will learn basic skills in how to identify dissociation, assess dissociation and treat people with dissociative disorders. The course will include lecture and case discussion.   Method: Lecture, discussion Learning Objectives:  Participants will learn how to identify dissociation. Participants will learn […]