CE For New York Psychologists
SimplePractice LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0030. Courses listed below are offered under this approval.
The US suicide rate is rising. So too is our knowledge of how to effectively assess and intervene. This course reviews current research and strategies to prevent suicide, including surprising findings on what doesn't work. 6 hours CE
Most US adults play video games, and many therapists dismiss or even judge gaming behavior. Using powerful case examples, this course debunks stigmas in the interest of a scientifically robust model of gaming psychology. 1 hour CE
Differences in sexual desire are among the most common struggles that lead couples to seek therapy. Lisa Elieson, LPC teaches you to help couples understand and cope with differences, emerging stronger in their relationship. 1.5 hours CE
If you're working in a setting with established data security policies and practices, this course can help ensure your efforts remain up to date. Includes key action items from a 2020 audit of more than 100 covered entities. 1.5 hours CE
“Pure O” OCD hides in plain sight. It is often mistaken for generalized anxiety disorder or typical cognitive distortions. This course will teach you how to unmask this disorder, and treat it using evidence-based techniques. 2 hours CE
EMDR Therapy is now considered an evidence-based treatment for PTSD, and has been applied successfully to a variety of other clinical problems. Learn the basics of EMDR Therapy's success. 1 hour CE
Learn current conceptualization and treatment options, including the difference between DBT and a DBT-informed approach, for clients who have difficulty regulating their emotional state and corresponding social behavior. 2 hours CE
Even if you're not on social media, your clients are. Learn how to address concerns related to privacy, confidentiality, and professional ethics on social media. 1 hour CE
Some parts of HIPAA have been relaxed due to the COVID-19 pandemic - and advocates are hoping for permanent changes to the law. But most of HIPAA is still in full force, and privacy audits have taken on added importance. 1 hour CE
African American clients often struggle to find therapists who can provide culturally responsive care. This data-rich course will help you combat mental health disparities, providing more effective assessment and treatment. 1.5 hours CE
People who self-injure are often misdiagnosed as suicidal, or as having Borderline Personality Disorder. In this course, you'll learn how to differentiate NSSI from those concerns, and how to conceptualize and treat NSSI effectively. 1 hour CE
In an environment of heightened anxiety about health, how can you help clients keep their worries from doing more harm than good? Bonnie Zucker provides specific guidance and case examples. 1 hour CE
The ACT Matrix is a powerful tool for helping clients understand their experience and move out of survival stances. Here, you'll learn to apply the matrix specifically with clients who have experienced trauma. 1 hour CE
Supervising online requires technical and supervisory skills that differ from what's needed for in-person supervision. This course helps you have the same inspiring impact on supervisees through technology that you have in person. 3 hours CE
Many young adults are feeling anxious, lonely, and without a path forward. Learn how young adulthood has changed, and help those experiencing a quarter-life crisis rediscover their sense of purpose and belonging. 1 hour CE
Whether your client is an individual, a couple, or a family, there is a good chance that at least one person is working to make therapy fail. Learn how to overcome resistance by honoring it rather than demonizing it. 1 hour CE
Several new technologies show promise for making therapy more effective and efficient. Instead of trying to replicate in-person care, telehealth can advance beyond it. This course examines 11 promising technologies. 1.5 hours CE
Infidelity raises complex clinical issues, and also challenges therapists in a variety of ways. This course examines the complexity within a systematic process of helping couples recover and heal from infidelity. 1 hour CE
Some clients do strange, funny, or offensive things. It’s normal for therapists to be confused, amused, or offended by them. Recognizing those reactions as useful data can drive therapy forward. 1 hour CE
Therapists can be great sources of information for our adolescent clients and their families. This course helps you prepare both yourself and the families you work with to have "the talk." 1 hour CE
It's easier than ever to run a telehealth practice in a way that is fully legally and ethically compliant. Presented from a clinician's perspective, this course details how, including discussion of specific issues like state lines. 1 hour CE
Kink and BDSM have long been stigmatized in the mental health community, despite being common and usually harmless. Maria Carrington introduces you to a wide range of relationship types, and their mental health connections. 1 hour CE
Stories have the power to help clients develop insight into their problems without raising defenses. This course uses a sample story to illustrate how clients can learn from stories, with you as their guide. 2 hours CE
This course reviews several potential new areas for informed consent, including recording devices, animals in the office, social media, therapist safety, and personal values. Includes sample policy language. 1 hour CE
Families often arrive in therapy with piles of problems. Even in deeply distressed families, the mechanisms that promote and inhibit change can be identified, and maladaptive cycles broken. This course shows you how. 1 hour CE
Dialectics come from DBT, but they can be useful in other forms of therapy as well. Nikki Rubin gives specific examples of how dialectics can be used to facilitate treatment success in any therapeutic model. 1 hour CE
Understanding a family's power structure can be a key to effective treatment. This course can help you master the assessment and visual representation of power in a family. Includes case examples showing boundaries and coalitions. 1 hour CE
Being clinically effective is not necessarily the same as achieving good in our clinical work. This course looks at the morals and values surrounding good in therapy, and asks: Are you achieving what you set out to achieve? 1 hour CE
Providing a welcoming therapy environment for clients who identify as LGBTQ means much more than avoiding bias. In this workshop, James Guay, LMFT describes what it means to truly practice in ways that affirm and support LGBTQ identity. 1 hour ...
Working with couples and families brings unique ethical considerations. Should you take sides in family conflict? Who gets to set therapy goals? This course also addresses consent for treatment, family violence, and more. 1.5 hours CE
Dangerous clients are more common than we might want to believe. This course reviews how therapists can stay safe, while continuing to comply with ethical requirements around confidentiality and non-abandonment. 1.5 hours CE
Feeling stuck in therapy, or overwhelmed with too much information about a client? Nikki Rubin is here to help, with clear tools to conceptualize cases and organize therapy. And you don't need to be a behaviorist to use them. 2 hours CE
Some dual relationships are allowed, even desirable — including some where the dual relationship is known to pose risks. Ben Caldwell reconsiders the conservative approach many therapists take. 1 hour CE
If you were in a serious accident this weekend, what would happen to your clients on Monday morning? We review the document that can save your practice if you have a personal emergency: The professional will. 1 hour CE
Privacy is a legal and moral imperative for an effective health care relationship. Taught by a licensed mental health professional, this course covers the basics of HIPAA compliance in a group or private practice environment. 3 hours CE
The proportion of US residents who identify as part of more than one racial group is rapidly increasing. Help clients address identity development in supportive and uplifting ways. 1 hour CE
Gifted clients are often articulate, intelligent, and very skilled at masking or minimizing their suffering. Learn how giftedness shows up in therapy, and how to understand and work with this unique group. 2 hours CE