Courses created by Barbara F. McMillan, LPC

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Ethical and Safety Concerns Regarding the Use of Mental Health–Related Apps in Counseling: Considerations for Counselors 1.5 credits

The authors define and explore benefits and risks for using Mental Health Apps to augment counseling services. After ethical concerns are identified and explained, the authors suggest strategies for insuring...

Digital Interventions

Technology and Counseling

Ethics

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Doing Couple Therapy 14 credits

Couple therapy is complicated; it is more difficult in many ways than individual therapy. To do it well, a therapist needs to consider its unique challenges. This book begins with...

Evidence Based Interventions, Couples

Couples, Family

Material Cost $30

Book

Containing The Anxieties Of Children, Parents And Families From a Distance During The Coronavirus Pandemic 1.25 credits

The coronavirus pandemic has been challenging for everyone, and the restrictions have created a need for improved teletherapy approaches for children. Using a Time Limited Mentalization-Based Approach for Children and...

Anxiety, Evidence Based Interventions, Youth, Parents

Clinical Topics & Methods

Couples, Family

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Understanding of Readiness to Engage With Interventions for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence and Abuse. 2.5 credits

Without effective intervention, children who grow up in homes affected by domestic violence and abuse are at risk of poor outcomes across the lifespan. The primary aim of this review...

Domestic Violence

Children and Adolescents

Domestic Violence

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

CBT Express: Effective 15-Minute Techniques for Treating Children and Adolescents 11 credits

This is a brief guide to employing specific cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to children and adolescents. The information is intended for clinicians experienced in case conceptualization using CBT modules. Suggested...

Adolescents, Evidence Based Interventions, Brief Intervention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Clinical Topics & Methods

Material Cost $30

Book E-Library

Predictors of Future Suicide Attempt Among Adolescents With Suicidal Thoughts Or Non-suicidal Self-harm: a Population-based Birth Cohort Study 1.25 credits

Suicidal thought and non-suicidal self-harm are common in adolescents. Though both are strongly associated with suicide attempts, most adolescents who admit these indicators do not attempt suicide. This article explores...

Adolescents, Suicide

Clinical Topics & Methods

Children and Adolescents

Suicide

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Treating Essential Workers During Covid 19 1.75 credits

This timely pair of articles examines various aspects of helping in the COVID-19 environment. Essential workers are exhibiting a variety of mental health issues attributable to the stresses of the...

Clinical Topics & Methods

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Working Overtime in Community Mental Health: Associations With Clinician Burnout and Perceived Quality of Care 1 credit

A response to funding cuts in community mental health has been increased demands on clinicians resulting in an increase in overtime work. Self-report measures were used to explore patterns in...

Burnout, Self care

Clinical Topics & Methods

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

What Sources of Bereavement Support Are Perceived Helpful by Bereaved People and Why? Empirical Evidence for the Compassionate Communities Approach 1 credit

This article reports the findings of an Australian population-based cross-sectional investigation of bereavement experiences. The palliative community recommends the development of a compassionate community approach. The aim of this article...

Grief, Compassionate Communities

Clinical Topics & Methods

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Bereavement Support for Family Caregivers: The Gap Between Guidelines and Practice in Palliative Care 1 credit

This course looks at bereavement care practices of palliative service providers. Surveys of bereaved family caregivers reveals that individuals believe they need more or different services than they received. Key...

Grief

Clinical Topics & Methods

Aging, Long Term Care

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

State-of-the-science on Prevention of Elder Abuse and Lessons Learned from Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Prevention: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Research 2.75 credits

The overall goal of this review is to present the state-of-the-science on elder abuse prevention to inform intervention research. Applications for prevention of elder abuse are drawn by analogy from...

Domestic Violence, Older Adults

Aging, Long Term Care

Domestic Violence

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

The Empirical Evidence for Telemedicine Interventions in Mental Disorders 3 credits

The provision of telemental health services is expanding in an effort to meet a wide array of needs, situations, and populations. Various stakeholders, from payors and politicians to clinicians and...

Telehealth

Technology and Counseling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Improving Cultural Competence: Quick Guide for Clinicians (Based on TIP 59) 1 credit

This course is designed to help healthcare professionals and administrators understand the role of culture in treatment services. Providing a context for cultural competency and highlighting assumptions and relevant dimensions,...

Cultural & Racial Diversity

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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