Dear Colleague,
Please review the exciting new offerings in our summer 2008 Counseling and Psychology brochure and enroll in an individual CEU workshop or in one of our workshop series. Several new workshops on the nature-nurture debate, art therapy, and disorders of the self and attachment—along with reprises of popular workshops on The Psychology of Money and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy—will make for provocative and productive learning in these areas of interest and practice for clinicians.
Our specialized professional programs allow you to create a focus for your mandatory CEU requirements. An outstanding new elective in the Mood Disorders Program on the Assessment and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders is being offered by Descartes Li, M.D., director of the Bipolar Disorder Program at UCSF. Don’t miss it!
The Professional Program in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders, launched this past year, features two new workshops this term—one on Culturally Informed Treatment and the other a Clinical Case Seminar on Anxiety Disorders. Clinical case seminars are also being offered in both the Professional Program in Aging and Mental Health and the Professional Program in Loss and Grief this term.
The Neuropsychological Assessment Program features workshops on both Child Neuropsychology and Geriatric Neuropsychology. Finally, the Child and Adolescent Program offers a workshop on Teens in the Crosshairs: Trauma, Loss and Grief along with both one- and two-day workshops with Janet Long, MFT, ATR on expressive art interventions with young children and/or adolescents.
The Alcohol and Drug Studies Certificate Program is offering two very topical electives open to licensed clinicians as well as counselors in the field, one on How AA and Other Mutual Help Groups Work and another on Forensics Counseling.
We welcome your comments and ideas for new courses and curricula.
Contact us at
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Stan Weisner, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Department Chair, Behavioral and Biological Sciences
UC Berkeley Extension
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Featured Certificates
Professional Program in the the Study of Loss and Grief is designed for professionals in a variety of settings who work with people who have experienced loss and grief and would like to advance their learning in this specialized area of practice.
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Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies Certificate Program has been developed by UC Berkeley Extension in association with the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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FAQs about Certificates & Series
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Continuing Professional Education
Mandatory continuing education hours are available, where indicated, for the following:
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors—CAADAC provider #4C-99-416-0803.
LCSW/MFT: BBS-provider #PCE1505
Licensed Psychologists: APA approved
Nurses: BRN-provider #00226
New Workshops This Term
New! Assessment and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders reviews up-to-date psychosocial approaches and gives an overview of the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder.
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New! The Nature-Nurture Debate: Implications for Clinical Practice develops your critical thinking skills about nature-nurture issues and related genetic research.
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New! Treatment of Disorders of the Self and Attachment, based on Masterson's theory of disorders of the self and model for treatment, provides a clear context in which to understand and treat the borderline, narcissistic and schizoid disorders.
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New! Conversing with Images explores the transformative potential of dialoguing with images that arise from the unconscious, and uses the instructor's
Vision Journey painting series to illustrate specific processes and tools that can shape the dialogue between ego and unconscious.
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New! Culturally Informed Treatment for Anxiety Disorders provides an empirical review of cultural differences and highlights specific ways cultural factors may be incorporated into cognitive-behavioral treatments for anxiety.
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New! Clinical Case Seminar: Anxiety Disorders includes time for individual case review and highlights principles associated with cognitive-behavioral therapy of anxiety disorders and the use of medications.
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Teens in the Crosshairs: Trauma, Loss, and Grief is for a range of professionals who work with teens in the wake of a sudden death or violence in the family or community.
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New! Forensic Counseling: Treating Addictions among Parolees and Those in Prison reviews the basic psychotherapies and their applications to a forensic population.
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New! Using Age-Appropriate Expressive Art Interventions with Children (one-day workshop) focuses on intervention strategies used with children and their families under stress (due to loss of parents, a violent environment, etc.) and children who are developmentally or neurologically challenged.
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New! Using Age-Appropriate Expressive Art Interventions with Adolescents (one-day workshop) focuses on intervention strategies used with teens under stress (due to loss of parents, a violent environment, etc.) and those who are developmentally or neurologically challenged.
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Using Age-Appropriate Expressive Art Interventions with Children and Adolescents (two-day workshop) focuses on intervention strategies used with children and youth under stress (due to loss of parents, a violent environment, etc.) and those who are developmentally or neurologically challenged.
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| Some courses in these subject areas are also available online. |
