
ONLINE Continuing
Education Courses
Our courses are designed primarily for professionals looking
for fresh, new perspectives on Addictions, Recovery and Relationships.
You will be able to keep course materials to use as a reference
or guide whenever the need arises.
Online self-study enables you to learn at your own pace in
your own time in your own way -- no full day or two at a workshop;
no travel, parking or childcare.
The Board of Behavioral Sciences has ruled that effective February
1, 2003, all 36 California CEU's required for continued licensure
can be gotten through online courses.
Be sure to check with your particular licensing board to confirm
that all requirements are met.
The
Relational Model of Addiction - (6 CEU’s)
“An inherent limitation of a strictly medical model
approach is ignoring the fact that ‘pathological dependence’ implies
that a relationship, one that is emotional and psychological
in nature, has formed with the substance or activity (i.e.
gambling, porn, etc.) The ‘pathological dependency’ is
a pathological relationship, one in which there is a beginning,
progressive emotional involvement and a synergistic interplay
between dependence and denial.”
The Relational Model of Addiction accounts for pre-disposing
conditions and etiology; applies across addictions including
drug addiction and alcoholism, porn, sex, and love addictions
and compulsive gambling; and has profound treatment implications
for those in recovery.
Fee: $69

Relational
Recovery Training - (8 CEU’s)
“No (intimate) relationships
during the first year of sobriety.”
Makes sense. Stabilize first, before getting involved in a
new relationship. But what next?
How does the recovering addict gain the necessary skills? Where
does he or she go for guidance?”
This course focuses on basic relationship-building principles,
pitfalls, distinctions and skills that will empower the recovering
addict, or anyone else for that matter, to transform the quality
of his or her relationships.
Ideally suited for health professionals, this course will
enhance practitioners’ effectiveness when making interventions
and educating clients on all relationship related matters.
Fee: $89
Diagnosing
Addiction - (2 CEU’s)
Diagnosing Addiction presents a fresh, new approach for doing assessments to determine whether an addiction exists and the diagnosis of addiction is in order, which makes early stage intervention possible. We're stepping off the plateau of the disease concept by utilizing 'subjective' criteria, i.e. manifestations of denial, to make a 'subjective' diagnosis. From the Relationship Model of Addiction perspective, the dynamics of addiction center on the interplay of dependence and denial, and that they exist hand in hand -- where ever there is dependence, there is denial’ and where there is denial, there is dependency. Manifestations of denial, subjective in nature, may be the gateway to diagnosis, challenging the prevailing adherence to a Medical Model orientation that deems only objective criteria real and valid.
A transcript of a session with a marijuana addicted patient is taken apart. Various types of manifestations of denial are identified and how to interpret them are discussed.
Fee: $29

Mastering
Intervention - (2 CEU’s)
An intervention is a carefully orchestrated, step-by-step
process that begins at the point of initial contact from a
family member. The counselor can then proceed to set up and
guide the family through the stages of Psycho-education, Recollection,
Rehearsal and Action Planning and culminating with Implementation--
when they address the addict directly and need for treatment.
Be ready for that initial contact from a significant other,
which could happen anytime and happens frequently.
Add an essential tool to your array of services. Expect to
be able to effectively conduct an intervention upon completion
of this training.
Fee: $29

Stigma,
The Game of Appearances - (3 CEU’s)
Stigma revisits how stigma still, despite the disease concept,
dictates how we behave in a variety of situations. We will
discuss stigma as a weapon that punishes any deviation from
the established standards of desirability that makes us want
to misrepresent ourselves and hide our problems.
Professionals who have either lost sight of, or underestimate
the multitude of overpowering, far-reaching, shame inducing
effects of stigma are at risk of counter-transference issues
that can undermine treatment. We know that clinicians are human
beings, not impervious to social conditioning.
Fee: $39

The “Addiction
Slate” - Set
of All 5 - (21 CEU's)
The "Addiction Slate" is
designed to bring clinicians up to date, stimulate thought
and discussion,
broaden your
understanding, enhance clinical skills, and make you a better
consultant and teacher regarding all recovery and relationship-related
matters.
The Relational Model of Addiction - $69 (6 CEU’s)
Relational Recovery Training - $89 (8 CEU’s)
Diagnosing Addiction - $29 (2 CEU’s)
Mastering Intervention - $29 (2 CEU’s)
Stigma, The Game of Appearances - $39 (3 CEU’s)
Fee: $189

Advanced Clinical Training: Getting on Managed Care EAP/PPO Provider Panels - Fran Wickner (2 CEU's)
Getting on insurance company provider lists is a way for therapists in private practice to keep their caseload full. After this on-line training you will be able to:
- Write an effective managed care cover letter and resume.
- Have methods to follow-up on "closed" panels.
- Know how to fill out a provider application.
Often therapists will think that all panels are closed or it is too late to get involved with behavioral healthcare, but this is not the case. Insurance companies are continually acquiring new business and adding new services, and new clinicians are needed.
Fee: $29

Build/Expand your Private Practice: How to Increase Referrals and Have a Thriving Private Practice (2 CEU's)
Graduate school never taught us to be business managers. Many therapists actually went into the profession so they wouldn’t have to be in the business world. The word “marketing” often brings up connotations of unprofessional and unethical business practices. But this is not the case. You can market and be ethical about it. And the reality is, to have a thriving practice you have to learn to market.
This workshop will give you practical hints on how to start or expand your private practice and the resources to make it happen. It will show you how to continually bring in new clients so that your practice stays full. Rather than go into depth on any one area of marketing, you will get dozens of ideas and ways to start increasing referrals now.
Fee: $29

Strategies to Increase Referrals from Managed Care/EAPs/PPOs
Being a Managed Care/EAP/PPO provider can be a way to keep your practice full. But once you are on an insurance panel, you can’t just sit and wait to get referrals, you need to do something. This workshop will show you what to do.
You will learn:
- What do I include in correspondence to MCOs/EAPs, Primary Care Physicians and other network providers?
- Whom do I contact? How often?
- What about doing employee trainings? Corporate brown bag lunches?
Course Includes:
- Things to include in MCO/EAP/PPO correspondence
- Sample letter when you are new to a provider panel
- Sample practice update letter
- Sample faxes to increase referrals
- Sample letters to referring doctors
- What to send if you move your office
Fee: $29

Courses meet qualifications for up to 8 hours of continuing
education for California Marriage Family Therapists (MFT's)
and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW’s) as required
by Board of Behavioral Sciences Provider # 3156 , and Registered
Nurses, Board of Nursing Provider #14280, C.A.A.D.A.C Certified
Professionals Provider #4N-06-189-0808 NAADAC Provider #591, NASW Provider ID 886474311.
Neil S. Kobrin, PhD is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Neil S. Kobrin, PhD maintains responsibility for the program.
Contact: Daniel Linder MFT, (415) 456-0802
E-mail: eLearning@RelationshipVision.com
Fees based on self-study. Included: Digital Download of Course
Materials, Personalized Certification upon successful completion
of Post-test(s) and Course Evaluation.
NOTE: Course Post-Test will be usable and accessible for 5
days. Fees are not refundable if not completed within that
time frame. Re-registration will be necessary.
We will never give your information to anyone for any reason,
Period.
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