Applying The Empowerment Curriculum Model to Benefit Clients

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1.5 CE Credits available for behavioral health clinicians

Finding accessible and affordable mental health care shouldn't be difficult.

Yet, as clinicians, we grapple daily with the daunting reality of pervasive barriers hindering clients' access to mental health counseling.

This CE course presents the unique Empowerment Curriculum Model, a groundbreaking approach that dismantles access barriers for those seeking help, reshapes the landscape of client-centered mental wellness, and equips you to lead clients on a transformative journey of self-discovery and empowerment. It aims to neutralize the negative power dynamics between client and practitioner and reorient clients to their inner world using experiential processes.

Developed by Dr. Rosenna Bakari, a leading expert in online therapy and empowerment-based interventions, this proven model provides a structured framework for delivering accessible and affordable mental health care online, empowering clients to take charge of their well-being, and allows for integration with other therapeutic modalities.

Through this course, participants will gain a deep understanding of the eight-module Empowerment Curriculum, explore its theoretical foundation, and learn how to facilitate online therapy, experiential learning, and a shift in power dynamics. These skills will enable them to create transformative results for both themselves and their clients.

With Dr. Rosenna Bakari, participants will analyze two compelling case studies to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of the model in helping and empowering clients to regulate emotions, delay gratification, and predict outcomes based on effort.

By enrolling in this course, you'll gain practical strategies for reaching more help-seeking clients, fostering lasting change, and combating burnout by creating a more sustainable and fulfilling practice.

Enroll today to transform your practice with the Empowerment Curriculum Model and be part of the solution to accessible mental health care!

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

Instruction consists of 1.5 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

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Finding accessible and affordable mental health care shouldn't be difficult.

Yet, as clinicians, we grapple daily with the daunting reality of pervasive barriers hindering clients' access to mental health counseling.

This CE course presents the unique Empowerment Curriculum Model, a groundbreaking approach that dismantles access barriers for those seeking help, reshapes the landscape of client-centered mental wellness, and equips you to lead clients on a transformative journey of self-discovery and empowerment. It aims to neutralize the negative power dynamics between client and practitioner and reorient clients to their inner world using experiential processes.

Developed by Dr. Rosenna Bakari, a leading expert in online therapy and empowerment-based interventions, this proven model provides a structured framework for delivering accessible and affordable mental health care online, empowering clients to take charge of their well-being, and allows for integration with other therapeutic modalities.

Through this course, participants will gain a deep understanding of the eight-module Empowerment Curriculum, explore its theoretical foundation, and learn how to facilitate online therapy, experiential learning, and a shift in power dynamics. These skills will enable them to create transformative results for both themselves and their clients.

With Dr. Rosenna Bakari, participants will analyze two compelling case studies to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of the model in helping and empowering clients to regulate emotions, delay gratification, and predict outcomes based on effort.

By enrolling in this course, you'll gain practical strategies for reaching more help-seeking clients, fostering lasting change, and combating burnout by creating a more sustainable and fulfilling practice.

Enroll today to transform your practice with the Empowerment Curriculum Model and be part of the solution to accessible mental health care!

Instruction consists of 1.5 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

This course was recorded March 21, 2023

Upon completion of this training professionals will be able to do the following:

  • Describe the Empowerment Curriculum Module and its eight modules
  • Explain how barriers to traditional mental health counseling access and completion can be minimized by using the Empowerment Curriculum Model
  • Explain how reframing the role of behavioral health practitioner can enhance mental wellness
  • Identify three research-supported wellness approaches that are compatible with the model

Dr. Rosenna Bakari, PhD

Dr. Rosenna Bakari, a Philadelphia native, is an empowerment expert psychologist. Her professional background varies from working as a drug recovery counselor to training preservice teachers and counselors. In 2010, she founded Talking Trees, Inc., the only international organization that focuses exclusively on empowering adults who experienced sexual abuse before the age of 18. She developed the Living Openly Model of Advocacy and Support based on her work with survivors worldwide. In a world that requires survivors’ silence, the model supports survivors who choose to heal by living openly. 

One of Dr. Bakari’s goals is to support the shift of psychology from a focus on mental illness to mental wellness and break down barriers to wellness resources. As an empowerment coach, she works with clients worldwide using online one-on-one and group platforms to support life changes, help resolve trauma, and reset healthy life narratives. She bases her practice on her 8-week empowerment curriculum that restructures power in the help-seeking relationship.

Dr. Bakari graduated from Cornell University in 1984 and went on to earn her Master’s degree from SUNY at the age of 22. She later earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. Her most recent professional presentation was for the 2021 American Counseling Association Conference, where she presented on Online Advocacy.

In addition to her professional endeavors, she promotes mental wellness through transformational poetry. This year, she also published her sixth book related to empowerment. Her latest book, The Healing Journey: Relationships Health and Wellness, is a radical new book on healing intended to meet people where they are on their healing journey with such topics as “How to heal childhood trauma without forgiving the person who caused it.”

You can find Dr. Bakari here and here

Credit Hours: CEs provided with this course include 1.5 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6693. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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Marriage and Family Therapists: Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations. You can check with your board to determine if this course would be accepted by your licensing board.

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Psychologists: Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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Other Professionals: This activity qualifies for 90 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive self-study course.

To receive your certificate of completion you must complete the course in its entirety.

 To complete an Online Self Study Course, one must register, log in, select the My Courses option from the menu items, click the Course Title, complete all of the modules, complete and pass the post-test(s), and complete the course evaluation.

Psychologists and other professionals seeking CE credit through our approval with the American Psychological Association are asked but not required to complete the course evaluation before obtaining their certificate of completion, however passing a post-test for online self-study courses, and submitting one's attendance for live on-site and live webinars is required.

You can download or print your certificate of completion by logging into your account, navigating to the course by selecting the My Courses option from the menu items, clicking the Course Title, scrolling to the Certificate of Completion section, and clicking on the Certificate of Completion link to either download it or print it.

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Refunds are offered within the first 30 days for courses which have not been completed.  There is a 10% service fee for refunds.

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This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

This program was recorded on March 21, 2023

You have six months to access online courses from the time of purchase.

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Rosenna Bakari
PhD, Educational Psychology

Dr. Rosenna Bakari, a Philadelphia native, is an empowerment expert psychologist. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. Her professional background varies from working as an addiction recovery counselor to training preservice teachers and counselors. She is a thought leader in mental wellness. In 2010, she founded the first nonprofit empowerment organization to serve adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse exclusively. She is committed to moving behavioral health from focusing on mental illness to mental wellness and breaking down barriers to wellness resources. Her latest book, The Healing Journey: Relationships Health and Wellness, is a bestseller, and her work has been featured recently in Ms. Magazine, Journal of Black Sexuality, and the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research. She received the Colorado Springs Business Journal 2017 Woman of Influence recognition. She currently creates affordable wellness programs for individuals and businesses and works with global clients using online platforms to support life changes, help resolve trauma, and reset healthy life narratives.

You can find Dr. Bakari here and here.

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