Older adult clients can be one of the most rewarding populations to treat ... and the need for senior mental health care providers is greater than ever before.
But if you don't have the training required to meet the complex needs of these often vulnerable and misunderstood clients -- including how to work with cognitive impairment, family strain, and end-of-life issues ...
... you could completely misinterpret your client’s struggle and intensify their suffering.
Board Certified Geropsychologist and Founder of the Center for Mental Health and Aging, Dr. Regina Koepp, has dedicated her career to training therapists in the most effective approaches for working with older adults.
Now, you can join her for the most comprehensive certificate training program in older adult mental health care that we’ve ever offered...
... so you have all the skills you need to effectively navigate all aspects of working with aging clients.
In this exclusive state-of-the-art program, you’ll discover how to:
- Provide mental health treatment tailored to the unique needs of older adults
- Help clients identify and adapt to cognitive changes
- Navigate family relationships while helping clients maintain independence
- Confront practical and ethical issues related to end-of-life
- Process grief related to past relationships and missed life opportunities
- And so much more
Certificate Course in Psychotherapy for Aging Clients:
Comprehensive tools for mental health symptoms, cognitive decline, end-of-life issues, and more$1,054.79 Value
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Join board-certified clinical psychologist, gerontologist and aging expert, Dr. Regina Koepp, and learn to provide skilled mental health services for older adults!
When you accept your invitation to earn your certificate in Psychotherapy for Aging Clients, you will:
- Gain the essential skills to address the most common challenges aging adults face
- Discover how to build strong connections with your older clients, no matter your age
- Learn to go beyond standard protocols to customize treatment with a systems approach, integrating mental health, medical needs, social relationships and more
- Effectively navigate complex family relationships while helping your clients maintain autonomy and independence
- Become a nationally recognized geriatric mental health provider, eligible to provide comprehensive care to the fastest growing age-group in the world
- A listing in the nation’s only mental health provider directory focused on older adults
- A comprehensive Family Health Care Planning Guide you can use to help your clients and their caregivers successfully navigate aging
- Psychotherapy Networker Magazine Article: Sex and the Older Couple: Helping Partners Reimagine Desire
Certificate Course in Psychotherapy for Aging Clients:
Comprehensive tools for mental health symptoms, cognitive decline, end of life issues, and more$1,054.79 Value
Just $399.99 Today — Unbelievable Savings!
Click here for course objectives and outline | Click here for Credit details
Module 1: Aging, Ageism & The Importance of Belonging
- The demographics of aging
- The impact of ageism and ableism on health and well-being
- Clinical implications of ageism
- Strategies to challenge ageism in older adult mental health care
- Intersecting identities among older adults
- Being an ally to transgender older adults
- Practicing cultural humility in working with older adults
- Resilience factors among minoritized older adults
Module 2: Relationships
- Social aspects of adult development
- Risks of loneliness and isolation among older adults
- The benefits of social connection and belonging in older adulthood
- Rates of sexual activity among adults 65 and older
- The benefits of intimacy among older adults
- Statistics regarding sexually transmitted infections among older adults
- Therapists’ attitudes about sexuality and aging among older adults
- Guidance for professionals on having conversations about sex with older clients
- Sexual health in the context of medical conditions
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Module 3: Common Life Issues and Transitions for Older Adults
- Common transitions in older adulthood
- Stages of retirement and its impact on mental health
- Rates of older adults living with chronic health conditions
- Impact of chronic health conditions on mental health
- Common transitions in living environments
- Differentiating loneliness and isolation
- Brief screening tools to identify loneliness and isolation in older adults
- Age-specific referral sources and barriers to using resources
Module 4: Cognition and Aging
- Differentiating typical and atypical age-related changes in the brain
- Treatable causes of cognitive impairment
- Risk factors for dementia disorders
- Differentiating Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Differentiating Depression, Delirium, and Dementia
- Pathways for referrals for people with cognitive disorders in therapy
- Therapist’s role in working with individuals and families with dementia
- Communication strategies for people with dementia
Module 5: Caregiver Family Therapy: Families with Dementia and Life-Altering Medical Conditions
- Role changes in older families
- Ambiguous loss when caring for a loved one with dementia
- The stages of caregiving and family conflicts in each stage
- Caregiving dilemmas in negotiating safety with autonomy
- Caregiver family therapy with families with dementia
Module 6: Ethical Principles and Common Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethical principles, dilemmas, and considerations in older adult care
- Strategies to prevent and resolve ethical dilemmas
- Common types of elder abuse
- Strategies to attend to elder abuse
Module 7: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Optimal Aging
- The five evidence-based strategies for optimizing well-being in older adulthood
- The benefits of spirituality on health and well-being
- The cognitive health benefits of nature
- Helping clients cultivate a sense of meaning and purpose in life
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Module 8: Anxiety Disorders and Older Adults
- Anxiety disorders among older adults
- Recognizing and assessing anxiety symptoms
- Incorporating medical information and medications into diagnostic assessment
- Evidence-based treatments for anxiety in older adulthood
Module 9: Depression and Older Adults
- Depression in later life
- Standardized assessment tools for assessing depression
- Evidence-based treatments for depression in older adulthood
Module 10: Insomnia and Older Adults
- Rates and risk factors for insomnia in older adults
- Assessment tools for assessing insomnia in older adults
- Evidence-based treatments for insomnia in older adulthood
Module 11: Trauma and Older Adults, including Post-Traumatic Growth
- Age-related factors associated with PTSD
- The impact of PTSD in older adulthood related to physical and cognitive health
- Assessment tools for PTSD in older adults
- Evidence-based treatment for PTSD in older adults
- How to make recommendations within a trauma-informed framework
- Post-Traumatic Growth and resilience related to older adults
Module 12: Suicide and Older Adults
- Suicide rates among older adults
- Older adult suicide risk compared to younger adults
- Tools to assess suicide risk in older adults
Module 13: Substance Abuse and Older Adults
- Unique considerations related to substance use disorders for older adults
- Rates and risk factors for substance use
- Assessment tools for substance use older adults
- Substance use treatment recommendations
Module 14: End of Life Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy models for providing end of life psychotherapy
- Strategies for end-of-life care communication
- Medical Aid in Dying and Right to Die
Module 15: Grief
- Types of grief
- Diagnosis, assessment, and evidence-based treatments
Regina Koepp, PsyD, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist, founder of the Center for Mental Health & Aging, creator of the only dementia and sexual health certification program in the United States, and lead medical psychologist at the University of Vermont Medical Center.
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Comprehensive Tools for Mental Health Symptoms, Cognitive Decline, End of Life Issues, and more
$1,054.79 Value
Just $399.99 Today — Unbelievable Savings!
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