Product Detail
Product Details
- Format:
- Additional Participant CE Test
- Author:
- CHRIS AIKEN, MD
- Publisher:
- PESI Inc.
- Copyright:
- 2/20/2020
- CE Available:
- Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
- Product Code:
- RNT055670
Objectives
- Conduct a collaborative assessment that avoids the stigma clients often associate with mood diagnoses.
- Differentiate among the affective temperaments of dysthymic, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, and irritable types.
- Assess how psychological trauma affects mood disorders differently.
- Distinguish between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.
- Catalogue the more common cooccurring disorders of the depressed client.
- Demonstrate how to create a more effective and practical mood chart for clients to complete as homework.
- Analyze how to improve behavioral activation results by incorporating the client’s values.
- Evaluate how ruminative thinking drives depression.
- Categorize the evidence-base for the Rumination Focused CBT model.
- Apply techniques that mange countertransference to mania and depression.
- Appraise the therapeutic alliance and ethical issues around including family members in therapy sessions.
- Devise an emergency plan with clients and family in readiness for mania, hospitalization and suicidality.
- Create an attainable treatment plan that derived from Social Rhythm Therapy.
- Summarize the neuroscience of inflammation and insomnia with depression and bipolar disorder.
- Integrate the known risks and often contraindicated use of antidepressants in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
- Manage behavioral approaches that address medication adherence.
Outline
The Mood Spectrum: Diagnosis in the DSM-5™ Era
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Depression with Mixed Features
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Bipolar II Disorder
- Bipolar I Disorder
- Specifiers: Anxious distress, melancholic, atypical, seasonal & peripartum moods
- Mania, hypomania, mixed states: How to recognize each
- Differential diagnosis: Anxiety, addiction, ADHD, eating disorders, substance abuse
- Bipolar Disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder?
Assessment: Practical Tips, Evidence-Based Tools, and Subclinical Features
- How to avoid over-diagnosing
- Evidence-based measures: MINI-7; PHQ-9, MDQ, Bipolarity Index, & Hypomania Checklist
- Why traditional mood charting doesn’t work – and what to do instead
- Affective temperaments: Depressive, Hyperthymic, Cyclothymic and Irritable
- Rumination, cognitive deficits, and early warning signs
- Conceptualizing mood through the lens of energy, not emotion
- Classic v. atypical Bipolar Disorder
- When mood is shaped by trauma
THERAPY FOR MOOD DISORDERS: FROM EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENTS TO A PERSONALIZED PLAN
Mood Disorder Must-Haves for Every Treatment Plan
- Psychoeducation – reduce stigma, identify causes, focus on prevention
- Psychotherapy – how to match mood with the approach
- Concrete interventions – create a “menu” the client can choose from
- Positive psychology: the unique strengths of mood disorders
- Family therapy – communication skills, boundaries, crisis plans
- Remediation strategies for building back cognitive skills deficits
Behavioral Activation: More Than Building a Busy Schedule
- Neuroscience: Turning down the brain’s default mood network
- Integrating values and meaning in behavioral change
- How behavior challenges depressive beliefs
- Strategies: Opposite action, approach-avoidance, mindful media
Rumination-Focused CBT (RF-CBT)
- How is RF-CBT different from traditional CBT?
- Useful v. dysfunctional rumination
- The benefits of rumination
- Shift from avoidant rumination to absorbing action
- The neurobiological basis of RF-CBT
- Strategies: Chain analysis, habit changing, immersion, mindfulness and compassionate thought
Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP)
- An attachment-based approach to treating mood disorders
- Preoperational thinking: Why chronic depression is slow to change
- Positive and negative reinforcement in chronic depression
- Evidence to support CBASP for chronic depression
- Strategies: Interpersonal inventory, situational analysis, interpersonal discrimination
Social Rhythm Therapy
- Therapy with a biological basis
- Four routines that stabilize the biological clock
- Circadian rhythms, neurohormones and neuroplasticity
- Strategies: Brisk awakening, zeitgebers, social rhythm chart
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
- How a therapy for sleep treats depression
- Sleep drive and circadian rhythms
- The vicious cycle of anxiety and insomnia
- Basic steps: Sleep hygiene
- Advanced moves: Bed restriction
- Special situations: Screen time, jet-lag, napping, night owls, and shift work
An Antidepressant Lifestyle
- Nutrition: The MediMod Diet, probiotics, caffeine, alcohol and sugar
- Physical Activity: When, where, how much
- Environment: Dawn simulation, light and dark therapies, nature, music, aromatherapy and air ionization
Medication
- Why a clear diagnosis is crucial before starting any medication
- Anti-depressants and mood stabilizers: New classes, old standards
- Benefits, risks, side effects; how to recognize problems
- How medication impacts therapy: State-dependent learning
- The Medication Interest Model: A Motivational Interview for Medication Adherence
- Top supplements for mood disorder
- Beyond medication: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Electroconvulsive Therapy, esKatamine
Crisis Intervention
- The therapeutic relationship with the suicidal client
- A collaborative approach to risk assessment
- Which symptoms warrant hospitalization?
- CBT for Suicidality: How therapy can present suicide
- Strategies: Hope box, coping cards, and distress tolerance skills
- Emergency planning
Clinical Considerations
- Countertransference issues in depression and mania
- Staying within your scope of practice
- Children and adolescents: DMDD v. Bipolar Disorder
- Multicultural considerations
Author
CHRIS AIKEN, MD
Chris Aiken, M.D., is a psychiatrist who specializes in natural and behavioral approaches to mood disorders. He is the editor-in-chief of the Carlat Psychiatry Report, section editor for Psychiatric Times, and the host of The Natural Mind podcast. His books include Bipolar, Not So Much, The Depression and Bipolar Workbook, and Drug Metabolism in Psychiatry. His work has been cited in the International Encyclopedia of Depression, and he is involved in clinical research to identify new treatments for mood disorders. He maintains a private practice through the Mood Treatment Center and teaches at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Speaker Disclosures
Financial: Dr. Chris Aiken is the director and founder of the Mood Treatment Center and has employment relationships with WiseMind, Wake Forest University, and the NYUI School of Medicine. He is the Editor-in-chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report and an editor of Psychiatric Times. Dr. Aiken receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Chris Aiken is a member of the North Carolina Psychiatric Association and the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. He is the president of the Forsyth County Psychiatric Association and a member of the board for Transformed Minds. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
Speaker Disclosures
Financial: Dr. Chris Aiken is the director and founder of the Mood Treatment Center and has employment relationships with WiseMind, Wake Forest University, and the NYUI School of Medicine. He is the Editor-in-chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report and an editor of Psychiatric Times. Dr. Aiken receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Chris Aiken is a member of the North Carolina Psychiatric Association and the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. He is the president of the Forsyth County Psychiatric Association and a member of the board for Transformed Minds. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
Continuing Education Credits
Save time and $10 off the price of other submission methods – purchase & take the CE test online for $29.99 USD per participant. Additional processing fees apply for other submission methods (i.e. mail, fax, etc.). Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.
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.
Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.
**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.
All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
Addiction Counselors
This self-study activity consists of 12.5 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.
Addiction Counselors
California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP): PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 15.0 CEU's (continuing education hours).
Connecticut Addiction Counselors: Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 15.0 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.
Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 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.
California Counselors: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Florida Social Mental Health Counselors:
Missouri Counselors: CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 15.0 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. PESI, Inc. is recognized by a national social worker association. Please see social work approvals for this program.
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 15.0 clock hours of instruction.
Nevada Counselors: PESI, Inc. 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 15.0 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.
New York Counselors: PESI, 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 Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 18.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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 PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Counselors: This self-study program has been approved for 15.0 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 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. PESI 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.
Ohio Counselors:
Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 15.0 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 Marriage & Family Therapists: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Florida Marriage & Family Therapists:
Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. Provider #: 168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 15.0 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 15.0 clock hours of instruction.
Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. 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 15.0 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.
New York Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, 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 18.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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 PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This Intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists: This self-study program has been approved for 15.0 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 Marriage & Family Therapists: This self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI 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.
Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists:
Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 2/20/2023
No CE available for this board.
California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 15.0 self-study contact hours.
You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.
Florida Nurses:
Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 15.0 self-study contact hours.
Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.
Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners
This self-study program offers 120 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 2.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement.
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants - Credit Available Until: 6/30/2025
Arizona Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants:
Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants:
Canadian Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 15.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: https://catalog.pesi.com/page/ceinformation#psychologists
Florida Psychologists:
Illinois Psychologists: PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 268.000102. Full attendance at this course qualifies for 15.0 self-study contact hours.
Kentucky Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists, approved provider #202312H. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 15.0 contact hours.
Indiana Psychologists: PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the Indiana Board of Psychology. Certificate #: 98000998A - Category I. PESI maintains full responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance at this self-study course qualifies for 15.0 contact hours.
Ohio Psychologist: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association, Provider #263896894, to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI is offering this self-study activity for 15.0 Standard hours of continuing education credit.
Pennsylvania Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider #PSY000211. PESI maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 15.0 continuing education hours.
South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists: This self-study program has been approved for 15.0 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.
Social Workers
Course Level: Intermediate. Format: Asynchronous distance learning. 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 Licensed Educational Psychologists: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
California Social Workers: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Colorado Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This course has been approved for 15.0 continuing education hours.
Florida Social Workers:
Illinois Social Workers: PESI, Inc. 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 15.0 contact hours.
Kansas Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 15.0 continuing education hours.
Minnesota Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study course has been approved for 15.0 continuing education hours. A certificate will be 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 15.0 clock hours of instruction.
New York Social Workers: PESI, Inc. 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 18.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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 PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Ohio Social Workers:
Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 15.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.
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.
Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.
**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.
All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
Addiction Counselors
This self-study activity consists of 12.5 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.
Addiction Counselors
California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP): PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CADTP, Provider #: 201. This Category H activity meets the qualifications for 15.0 CEU's (continuing education hours).
Connecticut Addiction Counselors: Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 15.0 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.
Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 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.
California Counselors: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Florida Social Mental Health Counselors:
Missouri Counselors: CE credit is available. This self-study course consists of 15.0 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. PESI, Inc. is recognized by a national social worker association. Please see social work approvals for this program.
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 15.0 clock hours of instruction.
Nevada Counselors: PESI, Inc. 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 15.0 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.
New York Counselors: PESI, 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 Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0033. This self-study activity will qualify for 18.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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 PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Counselors: This self-study program has been approved for 15.0 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 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors no longer approves programs or providers. PESI 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.
Ohio Counselors:
Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 15.0 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 Marriage & Family Therapists: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Florida Marriage & Family Therapists:
Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. Provider #: 168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 15.0 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 15.0 clock hours of instruction.
Nevada Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. 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 15.0 contact hours. Approved Provider # NVCEP2006.
New York Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, 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 18.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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 PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This Intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists: This self-study program has been approved for 15.0 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 Marriage & Family Therapists: This self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists no longer approves programs or providers. PESI 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.
Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists:
Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 2/20/2023
No CE available for this board.
California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 15.0 self-study contact hours.
You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.
Florida Nurses:
Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 15.0 self-study contact hours.
Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.
Pharmacology Nurse Practitioners
This self-study program offers 120 instructional minutes of pharmacology content which is designed to qualify for 2.0 contact hours toward your pharmacology requirement.
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants - Credit Available Until: 6/30/2025
Arizona Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants:
Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants:
Canadian Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 15.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: https://catalog.pesi.com/page/ceinformation#psychologists
Florida Psychologists:
Illinois Psychologists: PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 268.000102. Full attendance at this course qualifies for 15.0 self-study contact hours.
Kentucky Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists, approved provider #202312H. PESI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This self-study activity will qualify for 15.0 contact hours.
Indiana Psychologists: PESI, Inc is an approved provider with the Indiana Board of Psychology. Certificate #: 98000998A - Category I. PESI maintains full responsibility for this program and its contents. Full attendance at this self-study course qualifies for 15.0 contact hours.
Ohio Psychologist: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association, Provider #263896894, to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. PESI is offering this self-study activity for 15.0 Standard hours of continuing education credit.
Pennsylvania Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology to offer continuing education for psychologists. Provider #PSY000211. PESI maintains responsibility for the program(s). This self-study program qualifies for 15.0 continuing education hours.
South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists: This self-study program has been approved for 15.0 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.
Social Workers
Course Level: Intermediate. Format: Asynchronous distance learning. 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 Licensed Educational Psychologists: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
California Social Workers: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This Intermediate level self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Colorado Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Provider #1413. This course has been approved for 15.0 continuing education hours.
Florida Social Workers:
Illinois Social Workers: PESI, Inc. 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 15.0 contact hours.
Kansas Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 15.0 continuing education hours.
Minnesota Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study course has been approved for 15.0 continuing education hours. A certificate will be 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 15.0 clock hours of instruction.
New York Social Workers: PESI, Inc. 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 18.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
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 PESI offers. For a full list, please see your State Board regulations at https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/. This intermediate self-study activity consists of 15.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.
Ohio Social Workers:
Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 15.0 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.
Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychotherapists
- Case Managers
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Therapists
- Nurses
- Advanced Practice Nurses
- Physician Assistants
- Addictions Counselors
- Occupational Therapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI HealthCare, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI HealthCare, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.