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We are planning our live courses for 2025.
Check back soon for more information. And please check out our upcoming webinar sessions below.
In this previously recorded session, Maggie Gorraiz, PhD, explores different types of coping strategies for children and adolescents, shares age-appropriate ways to teach coping to our loved ones, and answers questions about the mental health benefits that healthy coping can bring to our whole families.
Join us: Wednesday December 18 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, Matthew A. Robinson, PhD, provides an overview of PTSD, DID, and other trauma-related disorders, debunks common myths about these conditions, and covers the evidence-based treatment methods to ensure that people are able to manage their symptoms and live rewarding lives.
Join us: Wednesday, January 8 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, provides an overview of childhood anxiety, explains what sets it apart from anxiety disorders and other mental health conditions, and offers practical strategies for helping kids and teens feel less anxious.
Join us: Tuesday, January 14 @ 12pm ET
Reflecting on their own careers as providers and their experiences with patients, in this previously recorded session, Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, and Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc, discuss why a clinician’s sense of presence is key to gaining trust, the role of authenticity and how to convey it, and how to strengthen the therapeutic alliance without self-disclosure.
Join us: Wednesday, January 22 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, Michael R. Hollander, PhD, shares signs and symptoms that there may be self-harm occurring in a child, offers methods to teach loved ones better coping mechanisms, provides insight into when it may be time to seek professional help, and answers questions about self-harm in children and adolescents.
Join us: Friday, January 31 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, R. Meredith Elkins, PhD, breaks down what you should know about both typical and unhealthy school-related anxiety, provides an overview of “school refusal” and its treatment, and offers practical tips for helping kids and teens feel less anxious about school.
Join us: Wednesday, February 5 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, Roberto Olivardia, PhD, explains how we can help support the kids and teens we look after who have ADHD, addresses the stigma associated with ADHD diagnoses, and answers audience questions about how having ADHD can have its advantages.
Join us: Wednesday, February 12 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, Leslie Chihuly, president and chief executive officer of Chihuly Studio and co-founder of the Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation, and McLean’s Eriana Kirwin, OTD, highlight ways that creativity can benefit our mental state, share how to express ourselves in an emotionally helpful way, and answer questions on how we can all do our part to reduce the stigma of mental health.
Join us: Tuesday, February 18 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, Karen L. Jacob, PhD, explains how borderline personality disorder is diagnosed and treated, provides tips for supporting someone living with the condition, and answers audience questions about the causes and symptoms of BPD.
Join us: Tuesday, March 18 @ 12pm ET
In this previously recorded session, Heidi Browne, MD, provides an overview of PTSD and other trauma-related disorders, offers practical tips for recognizing their key signs, and shares evidence-based treatment options for those impacted by them.
Join us: Friday, April 4 @ 12pm ET
This dynamic online course is designed to empower health care, educational, and industry professionals with the essential skills to reduce suicide and respond effectively in its aftermath. Explore the vital importance of proactive suicide prevention with practical strategies to identify warning signs, provide immediate support, understand successful treatment, and respond effectively in your communities and workplaces.
There are two ways to take this course. You can watch for free at any time. Continuing medical education credits are also available for a small fee.
In this on-demand course, we delve into the realities of these conditions in children and teenagers, explore the crucial role that adults play in supporting young individuals, examine effective methods of recognizing and diagnosing various conditions affecting this population, and finally, discuss what effective, modern treatment looks like for those who require it.
There are two ways to take this course. You can watch for free at any time. Continuing medical education credits are also available for a small fee.
OCD is often misdiagnosed, with many individuals going years without an accurate diagnosis or treated for a different disorder because their health care provider wasn’t familiar with OCD. This on-demand course covers accurate diagnosis, underlying theory, and tools/strategies to help patients living with OCD.
Continuing medical education credits or a certificate of completion are available with a registration fee.
In this 1-hour session, Kathryn Broge, LICSW, shares the science behind validation and why it works, offers examples of how to validate the experiences of those we love, along with our own, and answers questions about how to practice validation in challenging interactions.
Continuing medical education credits / certificate of completion are available for a small fee.
In this 1-hour session, Igor Weinberg, PhD, breaks down both the healthy and problematic ways we can see ourselves and the impacts of those perceptions, explores why NPD remains so stigmatized today, and answers questions about the disorder’s treatment and commonly co-occurring conditions.
Continuing medical education credits / certificate of completion are available for a small fee.
In this 1-hour session, David J. Alperovitz, PsyD, provides an overview of eating disorders, shares tips for recognizing key warning signs, and answers questions about how anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and ARFID are diagnosed and treated.
Continuing medical education credits / certificate of completion are available for a small fee.
This on-demand course is designed to advance and grow the capabilities and skills of tomorrow’s mental health leaders. Led by senior faculty from McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, attendees will learn best practices, strategies, and evidence-based approaches to improving the patient care and provider experience.
There are two ways to take this course. You can watch for free at any time. Continuing medical education credits are also available for a small fee.
This on-demand course is aimed at dispelling long held misconceptions about assessing and treating emotional trauma. Experts from around the world share the latest updates in the field, including delivering care in low-resource settings and exploring special populations such as the unique experiences of refugees and displaced persons.
There are two ways to take this course. You can watch for free at any time. Continuing medical education credits are also available for a small fee.
Enjoy our popular webinars on mental health and learn more about how to treat and support those living with conditions such as depression, OCD, borderline personality disorder, and trauma disorders.
These sessions are perfect for health care professionals, educators, administrators, and more!
Certificate of completion is available.
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