The goal of the Wellness Centers’ Continuing Education program is to promote education and ongoing learning to those working in the social sciences and to provide mental health resources to our CCC faculty and staff.
The City Colleges of Chicago Wellness Centers are approved Continuing Education Sponsors through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide Continuing Education for licensed psychologists, licensed professional counselors/clinical professional counselors, licensed social workers/clinical social workers and licensed marriage and family therapists.
Brief informational videos, put together by our Wellness Center staff and interns, will be updated regularly on this page and are available for viewing at any time.
Introduction to Mental Health
The Wellness Centers will be providing live Continuing Education (CE) courses each semester. These will be provided in both virtual and in-person formats and are open to the community. The cost and schedule for each course may vary. Many of our courses are offered free of charge.
Course information, including Zoom links for virtual courses, will be e-mailed to you prior to the event.
Please contact Dr. Cossu at ncossu@ccc.edu if questions arise.
CCC faculty and staff ONLY can view virtual courses provided by PESI at any time, for no cost. Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for these courses on a limited basis. For information on how to obtain CE credit for these courses, please contact Dr. Cossu at ncossu@ccc.edu.
High Risk Clients: Effective Clinical Interventions for Client Emergencies Related to Suicide, Substance Abuse Disorder, Violence & More (Digital Seminar)
Crises are never scheduled, convenient or easy. But they do happen and you will face them. Clients at risk for crisis often present with so many symptoms and issues, it’s hard to know where to start. Many clinicians, anxious about how to proceed, often miss or avoid asking the right questions to effectively intervene and keep clients (and themselves) safe.
As a clinician, have you ever felt:
Watch Paul Brasler, LCSW, as he navigates you through five of the most difficult scenarios in mental health today. Through real-life examples and live role plays, Paul will share the concrete strategies that he’s used over the last two decades to safely and effectively intervene in the challenging, urgent, and sometimes alarming situations that mental health professionals face.
Full of practical tools and tips, this live webcast will teach you to how to make crises situations more manageable, overcome your worries, and improve your readiness to handle mental health emergencies related to suicide, violence, substance abuse, trauma, and medical issues.
Better still, instruction on professional liability management techniques, tips for documentation, and detailed reproducible assessment forms will have you feeling confident that you can focus on doing what’s best for your clients without fear of litigation. And, Paul’s guidance is applicable to your work regardless of your setting or clinical background.
Leave this seminar equipped to help your most vulnerable clients with the real-life skills and knowledge they don’t teach in graduate school!
Objectives
Outline Client Assessment: Ask the Right Questions
The Suicidal Client: Recognize Suicide Risk & Effectively Intervene
The Violent Client: Confidently Manage Dangerous Situations
The Addicted Client: What ALL Clinicians Need to Know
Medical vs. Psychiatric Problems: Recognize the Difference
The Traumatized Client: When Trauma Becomes High Risk
High Risk Clinicians: After the Crisis
Target Audience
Suicide & Self-Harm: Stopping the Pain (Digital Seminar)
Your client just revealed that she’s having suicidal thoughts … what do you do?
Does she have a gun? Has she written letters? Picked a location? Have hope something will change and doesn’t want to hurt family and friends?
Asking your client, “where do you hurt?” often reveals the focus of the suicidal intent or the purpose of self-harm behaviors. As a clinician, it’s important to remember that even though you view suicide and self-harm behaviors as dysfunctional and maladaptive, your client views them as purpose-driven means of eliminating or managing unbearable levels of pain. For your client, these behaviors are beneficial, attractive, and helpful.
Even the most seasoned therapists struggle to develop an empathic view of their client’s devastating methods of managing emotional pain. Learning how to help clients discover the sources of their pain and providing them with healthy options for solving and managing these struggles in their lives is the key to hope.
Through case studies observed in his 45 years as a counselor and suicidologist, Jack Klott brings to life the ideas, theories, and concepts you need to help your clients:
Watch Jack and learn how to help your clients confront the darkness of suicide and self-harm behaviors. Purchase today!
Objectives
Outline
The Guiding Principles
Research on Suicide and Research Limitations
The Neurobiological Basis of Suicide
Who Is At Risk?
Non Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) – The Self-Harming Population
The Suicidal Population
Assessment of Risk
Treatment Considerations for NSSI and Suicidal Populations
The Therapist as A Survivor of Suicide Target Audience
Navigating the Political Minefield in Psychotherapy: The Ethics of Self-Disclosure, Managing Countertransference and More (Digital Seminar)
When clients want to talk politics, you can find yourself holding your breath knowing you’re navigating contentious terrain.
Do you engage? Do you let them vent? You know this topic can blow up the therapeutic relationship fast or lead to endless tirades that consume sessions and get the client nowhere.
It’s not always easy to know what to do…or how to keep your own cool when your clients express views drastically different from your own.
That’s why we created this training with ethics and boundaries expert Kirsten Lind Seal, PhD, LMFT, to help you gain clarity on ethical boundaries when discussing political topics in therapy, equipping you with tools to maintain professional integrity and foster open dialogue.
Because amidst the tension, there’s also opportunity. These discussions can provide a window into the client’s inner world, revealing layers of identity, values, and emotional responses. It’s a chance to explore the roots of their beliefs, and another way in to uncover the stories and experiences that have shaped them.
In this training you will learn how to:
Objectives
Outline
Political Self-Disclosure and the Therapeutic Alliance
Relevant Ethical Principles of Political Self-Disclosure with Clients
The Role of Implicit Bias in Countertransference Situations
Strengthen Own Capacity for Managing Countertransference
Understand and Explore Collective Trauma Response
Target Audience
Certification Course: The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox: Over 60 Interventions to Promote Healing & Hope Among Grieving Children, Adolescents & Adults (Digital Seminar)
Grieving clients have some of the most heartbreaking stories that we see as clinicians. Your client’s world has been toppled following the loss of a loved one, and in addition to missing that person, your client is now questioning what they know about themselves and the world. Paralyzing grief has made even the simplest tasks difficult for them, and you’re overwhelmed because nothing that you do seems to help.
Watch Dr. Erica Sirrine, Ph.D., LCSW, FT, as she walks you through over 60 interventions that you can use to help your grieving clients find hope and heal. Drawing on her expertise as a bereavement counselor and educator, Dr. Sirrine blends remarkable case studies with creative intervention strategies for an engaging and unforgettable workshop that will arm you with the skills you need to be an effective therapist for grieving clients.
Whether your client is experiencing feelings of premature grief due to the anticipated death of a loved one, pain and loss following a divorce, or feelings of disbelief and shock following a traumatic death, this workshop will prepare you to skillfully intervene.
Watch this seminar and discover:
Best of all, upon completion of this training, you’ll be eligible to become a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP) through Evergreen Certifications. Certification lets colleagues, employers, and clients know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the complexities of grief counselling. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CGP for details.
Purchase today to discover the ultimate grief treatment toolbox and revolutionize your treatment of grieving clients!
CERTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE!
Attendees will receive documentation of CGP designation from Evergreen Certifications 4 to 6 weeks following the program.
*Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CGP for professional requirements.
Objectives
Outline Types of Grief & Their Implications for Treatment
Assessment: Intake Considerations for Grieving Clients
Assessment of Grief & Loss in Children & Adolescents
Interventions & Strategies for Anticipatory Grief
OVER 60 INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE HEALING WHEN IT’S TOO HARD TO TALK
Therapeutic Games
Art with Children, Adolescents & Adults
Poetry, Writing & Music Interventions for All Ages
Memorialization Rituals
Interactive Activities for Healing as a Family
Grief & Loss Support Groups for Children, Adolescents & Adults
Target Audience