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Counseling Strategies to Overcome Psychological Distress in Older Clients
CE Test
$9.99 USD
This purchase is for online CE Test only
Product Details
Format:
Additional Participant CE Test
Author:
SUSAN HOLMEN, MSW, LICSW, ICADC
Publisher:
PESI Inc.
Copyright:
9/1/2017
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
RNT020634
Objectives
  • The challenges specific to older clients and how they influence their lives
  • Describe EBP models of counseling used with the population
  • Discuss how to be a witness and guide for older clients
  • Identify strategies for teaching transcendence concepts and skills to older clients
  • Evaluate alternative therapies for promoting transcendence in older clients
Outline

CHALLENGES FACED BY AGING CLIENTS

  • Life events associated with aging
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Relapse or onset of addictions
  • Complex grief
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Disordered thinking
  • Unresolved traumas, regrets, mistakes
  • Case examples
  • Group discussion

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE MODELS

  • History and background of life stage developmental theory
  • Supportive therapy
  • Client-Centered therapy
  • Interpersonal therapy
  • Cognitive-Behavioral therapy
  • Relaxation and stress reduction
  • Holistic modalities
  • Experiential therapies

INTEGRATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSCENDING EXPERIENCES

  • Explaining “integrating” and “transcending”
  • Use of self as “witness” and “guide”
    • Allowing older adult clients to tell their story
    • Witnessing the story and validating the life experience
    • Guiding clients to stay focused, understand meaning, move toward acceptance and set and meet achievable goals
  • Client-centered philosophy
  • Appropriate self-disclosure
  • Advanced interpersonal skills
    • Empathic communication
    • Reflection
    • Focusing
    • Reframing and summarizing
    • Normalizing and validating
  • Case studies and demonstration

GROUP ACTIVITY: ROLE PLAY AND PRACTICE BEING A WITNESS

TEACHING CONCEPTS AND SKILLS

  • “The New Normal”
  • Identifying and accessing resources
  • Communication with loved ones
  • Challenging self-defeating thoughts and learning positive self-talk (REBT)
  • Self-care

ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

  • Guided imagery
  • Psychodrama
  • Inner child work
  • Journaling
  • Music
  • Art
Author

Continuing Education Credits
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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Illinois Counselors: This intermediate self-study activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Per the IDFPR: Social Work Continuing Education Sponsors approved by the Division in accordance with the rules for the administration of Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act (225 ILCS 201), 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1470.95; PESI, Inc. is a registered social work continuing education sponsor wtih the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154.A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance, pass a post-test, and who complete the program evaluation.

New York Counselors: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 7.5 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

South Carolina Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists: This program has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.

Texas Counselors: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Provider #: 2477. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. Provider #: 168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 credits.

New York Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0024. This self-study activity will qualify for 7.5 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

Texas Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider #: 503. This self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.


Psychologists
This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline and the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity. Contact us for more information on your state board or organization specific filing requirements.


Social Workers
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Course Level: Intermediate. Format: Asynchronous distance learning. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

Colorado Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This course has been approved for 6.3 continuing education hours.

New York Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 7.5 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

California Social Workers/ Counselors/Marriage & Family Therapists/Licensed Educational Psychologists: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level activity consists of 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.

Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors:
Florida
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.25 continuing education credits.

Ohio Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists:
Florida
PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #: RCST071001. Successful completion of this self-study course meets the qualifications for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.


Other Professions
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Audience
  • Social Workers
  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Gerontologists
  • Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
  • Pastoral Counselors/Clergy
  • Psychiatric Nurses
  • Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
  • Nursing Home Administrators
  • Activity Directors
  • Assisted Living Facility Administrators
  • Hospice Staff
  • Wellness Directors
  • Memory Care Specialists
Reviews

"Susan provided me with a number of new tools I can use in detecting and addressing some underlying issues that are far too common in the clients I work with." Jane W., Marriage and Family Therapist
"Ms. Holmen has a wonderful and warm style. I feel the skills learned will be extremely beneficial in my work with patients." Nancy G., Nurse Practitioner
"Susan has a wealth of knowledge and insight to share and does it in a way that allows you to see things from an entirely different perspective." Sam, Vocational Rehab Counselor