The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Vermont Psychological Association maintains responsibility for its programs and their content.
The New Hampshire Psychological Association sponsors or co-sponsors all of the pre-recorded video courses on this catalog. VPA is grateful for its collaboration and partnership.
This course offers clinician-centered guidance on providing psychotherapy by telehealth, addressing both beginning and advanced aspects of telehealth service delivery, across two modules. The first module focuses on four core domains of competence for managing a variety of treatment boundaries, client presentations, technology issues, and other situations unique to, or significantly impacted by, a video-based approach to therapy services. In the second module, six advanced aspects of telehealth are explained, including ways to increase therapeutic presence, anticipating and managing issues that arise when working across multiple jurisdictions, and the heightened importance of self-care in a virtual role.
Participants will be introduced to mindfulness (a.k.a. present-moment awareness) as it is utilized in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), specifically using the ACT Matrix conceptualization. Participants will be able to describe and teach their clients how to practice mindfulness by
This presentation will provide an overview of the New Hampshire Health Care Workers for Climate Action whose mission is to educate health care professionals and the general public about the impact of
How do we support spiritual needs and growth within therapy? As providers of care that supports the full life cycle, we will explore how spiritual and transpersonal needs emerge within therapy an
How do we support spiritual needs and growth within therapy? As providers of care that supports the full life cycle, we will explore how spiritual and transpersonal needs emerge within therapy an
The mental health treatment field is changing, and is about to change even more than many expect. The emergence of new and novel treatments, including three (psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA-AT) that have been given “breakthrough therapy designation” by the FDA in their approval proc
The mental health treatment field is changing, and is about to change even more than many expect. The emergence of new and novel treatments, including three (psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA-AT) that have been given “breakthrough therapy designation” by the FDA in their approval proc
As practitioners of mental health services to a wide variety of clientele, part of the responsibility as ethical professionals is to stay current on advances in interventions in our field. Reviewing published literature is a key source of information for existing and new interventions. Meta-analysis is a quantitative research method used to synthesize available evidence from published literature with the goal of producing a mean effect size. The mean, or summary, effect size that is attained then speaks to the magnitude of the effect found, such as the impact of an intervention with a specific population. While meta-analysis follows a systematic method with straightforward steps, the statistics involved are quite complex in nature. However, with a few helpful tips that cover the basics of this important empirical method, practitioners without advanced statistical training can be adequately equipped to understand the nuts and bolts of meta-analysis.
