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Digital Seminar

Overcoming Hopelessness: Working with Low- and No-Motivation Clients


Speaker:
Peter Fraenkel, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 59 Minutes
Copyright:
Mar 19, 2021
Product Code:
NOS096110
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

One of the greatest challenges a therapist can face is when a client feels hopeless about the possibility of change. But whether this sense is due to doubts about therapy or the intransigent nature of their struggles, current research challenges the widespread assumption that clients must be strongly motivated in order to change. The Creative Relational Movement (CRM) approach is a set of ideas and practices that stimulate clients to engage in therapy, even when their motivation is low. You’ll discover: 

  • How to apply the five principles of CRM with “last chance” couples as well as with clients suffering from depression, anxiety, and substance abuse 
  • How to use the integrative Therapeutic Palette approach to help clients engage in their treatment, even when they may not see the point 
  • Specific mindfulness practices that facilitate immediate psychophysiological change 
  • How to offer “experiments in possibility,” even if they feel unnatural or even irrational at first 

Credit


California Counselors

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve 小蝌蚪视频 and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level, self-study activity consists of 1.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Florida Counselors

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 1.75 continuing education credits.


Missouri Counselors

CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 1.75 continuing education clock hours for Missouri Counselors. The Missouri Committee for Professional Counselors accepts continuing education programs relevant to counseling that are provided by organizations recognized by national social worker associations. 小蝌蚪视频. is recognized by a national social worker association. Please see social work approvals for this program.


Nevada Counselors

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 1.75 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


New York Counselors

小蝌蚪视频. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 2.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Ohio Counselors

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 1.75 clock hours of continuing education credit. 


Pennsylvania Counselors

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which 小蝌蚪视频 offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level, self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


South Carolina Counselors

This self-study program has been approved for 1.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Texas Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 1.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. 小蝌蚪视频 activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 681, Subchapter J, Section 681.142 Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

小蝌蚪视频., #1062, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.75 Clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


California Social Workers

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve 小蝌蚪视频 and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level, self-study activity consists of 1.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Colorado Social Workers

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This self-study course has been approved for 1.9 continuing education hours. 

 

COLORADO PARTICIPANTS ONLY: If you did not answer YES to be reported to the Colorado Chapter of the NASW on the evaluation, please contact cepesi@pesi.com and provide the full title of the webcast, speaker name, date of live broadcast, your name and your license number in the email.

 


Florida Social Workers

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 1.75 continuing education credits. 


Illinois Social Workers

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.


Minnesota Social Workers

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 1.5 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Montana Social Workers

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of instruction.


New York Social Workers

小蝌蚪视频. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 2.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Ohio Social Workers

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 1.75 clock hours of continuing education credit.


Pennsylvania Social Workers

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which 小蝌蚪视频 offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate level, self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Canadian Psychologists

小蝌蚪视频. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. 小蝌蚪视频. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 1.5 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at:


Illinois Psychologists

小蝌蚪视频 is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. License #: 268.000102. Full attendance at this self-study course qualifies for 1.5 contact hours.


Kentucky Psychologists

小蝌蚪视频. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. 小蝌蚪视频 maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 1.75 contact hours.


New York Psychologists

小蝌蚪视频. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0014. This self-study activity will qualify for 2.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.


Ohio Psychologists

小蝌蚪视频. is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association, Provider #263896894, to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. 小蝌蚪视频. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 小蝌蚪视频 is offering this self-study activity for 1.75 Standard hours of continuing education credit.


Pennsylvania Psychologists

小蝌蚪视频. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. 小蝌蚪视频 maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 1.75 continuing education hours.


California Marriage & Family Therapists

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve 小蝌蚪视频 and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level, self-study activity consists of 1.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Florida Marriage & Family Therapists

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 1.75 continuing education credits.


Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

小蝌蚪视频. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 1.5 credits.


Montana Marriage & Family Therapists

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of instruction.


Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved CEU provider with the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. This self-study activity qualifies for 1.75 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.


Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #:RCST071001. Full attendance in this self-study course meets the qualifications for 1.75 clock hours of continuing education credit. 


Pennsylvania Marriage & Family Therapists

The Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts many national association CE approvals, several of which 小蝌蚪视频 offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions. This intermediate level, self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study program has been approved for 1.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider by the CCAPP-EI, Provider #: OS-03-036-1025. This activity meets the qualifications for 1.5 CEH's (continuing education hours).


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP)

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 1.5 CEU's (continuing education hours).


Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider with the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for a total of 1.75 ceus in the area(s) of C2 - 1.75hrs.


Oklahoma Alcohol & Drug Counselors

小蝌蚪视频. is an Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors approved provider #20250032. This self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


California Nurses

小蝌蚪视频. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 1.5 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to 小蝌蚪视频. 小蝌蚪视频 must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

CE Broker

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 1.5 self-study contact hours.


California Licensed Educational Psychologists

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve 小蝌蚪视频 and its programs.  A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level, self-study activity consists of 1.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.


South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists

This self-study program has been approved for 1.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


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NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing and passing the on-line post-test evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards


Addiction Counselors

NAADAC

This self-study course has been approved by 小蝌蚪视频., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1.5 CE in the {CustomCreditField1} skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. 小蝌蚪视频. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 1.75 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


Counselors

This self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Montana Counselors

The Montana Board of Behavioral Health no longer pre-approves any courses or sponsors. Each licensee is responsible for taking courses which contribute to their competence and directly relate to their scope of practice as defined in board statute (MAR 24-219-32). Licensees must keep CE documentation for three years in case of an audit. This intermediate level self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of instruction.


Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 1.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


New York Marriage & Family Therapists

小蝌蚪视频, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. #MFT-0024. This self-study activity will qualify for 2.25 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance


Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 1.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. 小蝌蚪视频 activities meet the continuing education requirements as listed in Title 22 of the Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 801, Subchapter K, Section 801.264 Types of Acceptable Continuing Education. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.


Iowa Nurses

小蝌蚪视频. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 1.9 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. 小蝌蚪视频 must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Psychologists

小蝌蚪视频., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for 1.9 self-study continuing education credits.


Other Professionals

This self-study activity qualifies for 1.75 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Peter Fraenkel, PhD's Profile

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Peter Fraenkel, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and associate professor at City College of New York. He is the author of numerous publications, including Sync Your Relationship, Save Your Marriage, and the forthcoming books, Relationships on the Brink: Last Chance Couple Therapy and The Complete Guide to Couple Therapy: From Happy to Last Chance Across the Lovespan.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Peter Fraenkel maintains private practice and has an employment relationship with the City College of New York. He receives a grant for Fresh Start for Families from HELP USA and receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Fraenkel receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and 小蝌蚪视频. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Peter Fraenkel is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Family Therapy Academy, the National Council on Family Relations, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy.


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Objectives

  1. Evaluate the integrative Therapeutic Palette approach to inform treatment interventions. 
  2. Utilize mindfulness practices that facilitate psychophysiological change. 
  3. Demonstrate how to use “experiments in possibility” in sessions and as between-session activities, even when these activities feel unnatural at first. 
  4. Propose five practices to introduce with clients to increase hopefulness.

Outline

  • How to apply the four principles of CRM with “last chance” couples as well as with clients suffering from depression, anxiety, and substance abuse  
    • The psychological and relational sources of hopelessness will be described, with case examples 
    • The research indicating that high motivation is not necessary for change to begin will be summarized 
    • The importance of sharing a theory of change with clients, that contrasts with their existing “theory” that change is impossible, will be discussed 
    • The five principles of the CRM will be discussed: 
      • Principle One: Insight does not automatically lead to new action 
      • Principle Two: Sustained daily motivation is not necessary for change 
      • Principle Three: Change feels initially artificial and irrational 
      • Principle Four: The importance of clients conducting nonbinding “creative experiments with possibility” – actions, which constitute “meaning in motion”, that evade clients’ constraining beliefs about the hopelessness of their situation and condition, and that help them step away and out from these beliefs and make meaningful positive discoveries about themselves and their lives’ potential  
      • Principle Five: The need to link change efforts to specific times of the day and week. 
    • Drawing from Heidegger’s phenomenological philosophy of being and the subsequent developments in existential psychology and psychotherapy, the theory supporting the need for “experiments with possibility” will be described 
    • Strategies (including issues of timing) for introducing these five principles with persons suffering from depression, substance abuse, and last chance couples will be described and illustrated, with case examples 
  • How to use the integrative Therapeutic Palette approach to help clients engage in their treatment, even when they may not see the point 
    • The Therapeutic Palette integrative approach to systemic therapy – especially the three “primary colors” or main organizing principles of integrative therapy -- will be described as a guide to choice points in terms of which theories and associated techniques to use at any one time  
    • The research on “client readiness” and therapist “responsiveness” will be described, and the social and perceptual psychology concept (and research) on “affordances” – openings and opportunities for a person to interact with their environment – will be described as it relates to the therapist’s opportunities for introducing interventions in the therapeutic system 
  • Specific mindfulness practices that facilitate immediate psychophysiological change 
    • The research on the effectiveness of mindfulness practices will be summarized, and the manner in which mindfulness practices directly affect the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and reduce fight-or-flight sympathetic arousal will be described 
    • Mindful breathing, walking, eating, and drumming will be demonstrated and participants will try all these forms of mindfulness practice 
    • Five Qi Gong moves (Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese form of internal martial arts) will be demonstrated and participants will try these moves 
    • The method of introducing the rationale for mindfulness practices to clients will be described 
  • How to offer “experiments in possibility,” even if they feel unnatural or even irrational at first 
    • The method of introducing the practice of “experiments in possibility” to clients and supporting their efforts to engage in these experiments will be described 
    • Participants will have an opportunity to present brief vignettes about individuals or couples they’ve seen in therapy who have experienced hopelessness and the presenter will provide suggestions as to how to help those clients engage in new action despite low or no motivation  

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Therapists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Case Managers
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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