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[Add to cart](/product/product/updatecart/add-1/cid-1553) The add to cart button will appear once you select the values above #### Specifications Format: Online Self-Study CE Hours: 0 Included: Downloadable e-book of course slides, a downloadable certificate of completion, and course video(s). *This course does **not offer CE Credits.** The same course is available for purchase and offers 6 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See ****"related products"**** below.* **Technology is reshaping how couples and families connect—and disconnect. As digital tools redefine intimacy, communication, and boundaries, clinicians must be equipped to navigate these shifts with insight, empathy, and practical strategies.** As a behavioral health provider, your clients are bringing new relational challenges into the therapy room—issues rooted in gaming, social media, surveillance, and blurred digital boundaries. This course helps you meet those challenges with clarity, compassion, and evidence-based tools. **Dr. Katherine Hertlein, PhD.**, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of technology and relationships. With over 90 published articles and 12 books, her groundbreaking work has redefined how clinicians understand the impact of technology on couple and family dynamics. Dr. Hertlein developed the Couple and Family Technology (CFT) framework, offering the first comprehensive approach for treating technology-related relational concerns across behavioral health disciplines. In this course, Dr. Hertlein provides a clear, research-backed framework while drawing on real clinical experiences and cross-disciplinary theories. Her teaching style integrates warmth and clarity, guiding clinicians to examine both the risks and relational opportunities technology presents. **Participants will explore** the sociotechnological model, ecological elements like ambiguity and accessibility, and the therapeutic application of tools such as the technology-focused genogram. The course also addresses online infidelity, technoference, video gaming conflicts, parenting in digital spaces, and strategies for improving relational satisfaction through intentional technology use. ### **Key Takeaways:** \- **Understand the impact of digital dynamics:** Learn how technology alters communication, boundaries, and intimacy within couple and family relationships. \- **Gain practical clinical tools:** Explore frameworks, assessments, and strategies that you can immediately apply with clients facing technology-related relational issues. \- **Support healthy relational tech use:** Learn to help clients harness technology to improve connection, resolve conflict, and maintain emotional closeness. ### **Why this course?** \- **Cutting-edge expertise:** Dr. Hertlein’s original framework and decades of research give you insights not available in traditional CE courses. \- **Practical, relevant content:** You’ll walk away with tangible skills to address issues your clients face every day—screen time, surveillance, social media conflict, and more. \- **Mission-driven education:** Telehealth Certification Institute is committed to equipping clinicians like you with top-quality continuing education that’s ethical, evidence-based, and relevant. ### **Learning Objectives:** \- List the core elements of the couple and technology framework. \- List benefits of technology in couple relationships. \- List the benefits of technology in family relationships. \- List strategies for improving couple relationships using technology. \- List strategies for improving family relationships using technology. This course invites you to expand your clinical lens and gain the confidence to guide your clients through today’s most pressing relational tech challenges with competence and care. **Enroll today** and empower yourself to make a greater impact in the lives of couples and families navigating the digital age. ### **Format and Access** *This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 6 hours of video instruction and an evaluation.* ### 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, and a course evaluation. ### How to Attend:  [Course access and completion instructions.](https://www.telementalhealthtraining.com/how-to-complete-a-course) ### **Instructor** ![Katherine Hertlein Headshot]() #### About Dr. Katherine Hertlein, PhD Dr. Hertlein earned her PhD at Virginia Tech and her master's degree from Purdue University Calumet. Across her academic career, she has published over 90 articles, 40 book chapters, and 12 books in the areas of couple therapy, infidelity, sex therapy, behavioral health, and the impact of technology on couple and and family relationships. Her contributions in sex therapy promote a paradigm shift in the treatment of sexual dysfunctions in couple relationships, are considered seminal texts, and used by couple and family therapy programs widely. Her contributions in the area of technology include the development of the core competencies for behavioral health which can be applied to all of the behavioral health disciplines, and the creation of the first comprehensive framework detailing the effect of technology on relationships which has been applied cross-culturally. ### **Disclosure Statement:**  The instructor for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose. **This course does not offer CE credits, just great content.** The same course is available for purchase and offers 6 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See "related products" below. **This course is a non-interactive, online self-study.** 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. 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