Depression typically contains elements of lethargy and ruminative cognitions that stem from different underlying causes: neurobiology alone, situational stressors, trauma or aversive childhood experiences. Most people seek treatment when they feel unable to meet life’s demands for energy at home or work. This session will focus on techniques that work well in our telehealth world, planning immediate depression interventions that lift the energy or turn the cognitions toward more positive thoughts and actions. You will learn pragmatic methods that allow your clients to become more productive and create new, more positive cognitions, tapping the power of neural networks to break the hold of depressive cognitions.
This is a non-interactive self-study course that was recorded from a live webinar presented by Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg on March 22, 2021.
Instruction consists of 3 hours of video instruction and a post-test.
Learning Objectives:
- Enhance motivation and mobilize the client with lethargy
- Diminish the impact of negative attention bias
- Build the brain circuitry for joy and positive emotions
- Stop the damage of chronic stress
- Interrupt the plunge to despair common to the depression of trauma survivors and interrupt self-destructive coping styles
- Reset the cognitive default to hopeless/helpless pessimistic style of depressed thinking
From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D
Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist, an author, and an international trainer and speaker. She is a practicing psychotherapist and has been a trainer of therapists for over 25 years. She is a sought-after speaker for continuing education seminars, consistently getting the highest ratings from participants for her dynamic style and high-quality content.
Dr. Wehrenberg has contributed articles to the award-winning Psychotherapy Networker Magazine and she blogs on depression for Psychology Today. She has written 7 books on topics of anxiety and depression published by W.W. Norton. The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques and its accompanying workbook, consistent best-sellers, were released in revised editions in 2018. Her newest book, Pandemic Anxiety: Fear, Stress and Loss in Traumatic Times was released in January 2021 by W.W. Norton. Visit Margaret on Facebook @DrMargaretW or through her website.
Credit Hours: This course consists of 3 continuing education hours of credit.
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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.
A grade of at least 80% or more is required to pass the post-test. Retaking the post-test is possible until the participant is able to pass the test.
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.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of completion to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
This is a non-interactive self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. The courses may include required reading.
This course was recorded 3/22/21
