Empowered Healer: Creating an Empowerment Plan for Our Healthcare Professional Clients
Enroll in the Online Self-Study and complete the training on your own schedule.
2 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians completing the Online Self-Study
Healthcare professionals are often equipped to treat crises—but what if we could help clients prevent them altogether? This course teaches clinicians how to guide their clients, including fellow healthcare professionals, in creating personalized empowerment plans that identify early warning signs and build lasting wellness.
In this course, clinicians will learn how to collaborate with clients on an empowerment plan—a practical, proactive tool that helps prevent emotional, behavioral, and cognitive relapse by intervening early, before problems escalate. You’ll leave with a clear, adaptable framework you can use across a variety of client situations.
Elizabeth Hartshorn, LPC, MAC, is a seasoned clinician, clinical supervisor, and educator with more than 30 years of experience in mental health and addiction care. She has taught and mentored countless professionals and specializes in working with healthcare providers. Her Empowered Healer approach integrates evidence-informed strategies with personal insight, helping clinicians support their clients in cultivating resilience and recovery.
Elizabeth’s teaching style is practical and client-centered. In this course, she walks clinicians step-by-step through the process of co-creating empowerment plans with clients—tools that complement, but are distinct from, traditional treatment plans. Her approach emphasizes self-awareness, ritual, and early intervention for long-term impact.
Participants will explore the difference between empowerment and treatment planning; learn to recognize micro-level warning signs in physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral domains; and apply interventions tailored to “whispers, taps, and sledgehammer” phases of recovery. Additional topics include use of mood scales, daily recovery rituals, and the clinical utility of intention setting as an alternative to traditional goal setting.
Register for the 2 CE Online Self-Study for $60
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Instructor
Elizabeth Hartshorn, LPC
Elizabeth Hartshorn, LPC, is the owner of Full Circle Counseling & Coaching, LLC, based in West Linn, Oregon. With over three decades of experience in the fields of mental health and addiction treatment. Elizabeth is an approved clinical supervisor with the Oregon Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists. Her extensive experience includes adjunct faculty for the counselor education department at Portland State University and former board member for the Oregon Board of Professional Counselors.
Driven by her own dark night of the soul, Elizabeth has honed her clinical focus on treating licensed healthcare professionals and providing professional training.
Additionally, she offers the "Empowered Healer" online coaching program, which is designed to extend her reach and impact.
Outside her professional endeavors, Elizabeth treasures the time spent engaging in outdoor activities in the Pacific Northwest and with her grandson, who she fondly believes to be the sweetest boy in the world.
Key Takeaways:
- A replicable clinical framework: Learn how to guide your clients in building empowerment plans that identify and respond to early relapse warning signs.
- Powerful intervention strategies: Gain tools your clients can use both in the moment and over time to maintain wellness and recovery.
- Clarity in clinical planning: Understand how empowerment plans function alongside treatment plans to support long-term change.
Why this course?
- Client-focused and practical: Designed to help you better serve healthcare professionals and other clients who face high stress and relapse risk.
- Led by a trusted expert: Elizabeth Hartshorn brings decades of clinical experience and a deep commitment to clinician well-being.
- Offered by a mission-driven organization: Telehealth Certification Institute provides CE rooted in quality, relevance, and a dedication to empowering behavioral health professionals.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least two examples of micro and macro relapse warning signs.
- Describe how to create a sample empowerment plan template.
- Apply the interventions for “whispers, taps and sledgehammers” of recovery and relapse.
- Identify examples of daily rituals for recovery.
- Compare and contrast the benefits of intention setting vs. goal setting.
This course empowers you to empower others—equipping you with the tools to help your clients recognize the signs, make meaningful changes, and sustain their well-being from the inside out.
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Availability:
From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Who Should Attend:
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching Methods:
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
How to attend:
Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.
This program was recorded on November 14, 2025.
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