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Shari Simmons, LCSW, gives a unique and eye-opening look at how traumatic experiences shape personality development and the creation of strategies to ensure survival despite challenging circumstances and experiences. Presentation. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest CE approv...

Diversity expert Lambers Fisher, LMFT, offers a shame-free, centering approach to approaching values disagreements with clients. How do we maintain our values AND maintain rapport? This course covers it all. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the stro...

LGBTQ expert therapist John Sovec walks through the stages of LGBTQ+ coming out, and explores how the coming out process involves a continuous stream of coming out moments across a lifespan. Coming out trauma is also discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, w...

In this must-listen episode, Registered Dietician David Wiss dives deep about the gut microbiome, variations in diet, and their profound impact on mental health and addiction. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest CE approvals in the countr...

Insurance expert Barbara Griswold, LMFT, busts myths about billing insurance for couple therapy, and discusses coding considerations, legal/ethical concerns, and approaches. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest CE approvals in the country...

Dr. Jamie Marich, an expert on addictive disorders and trauma treatment, gives helpful insight about how to effectively bring a trauma-informed side to traditional 12 Step work. Presentation. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest CE approvals in the country (APA, NBCC, ASWB, an...

La Shanda Sugg, LCP, provides a helpful overview of Developmental and Relational Trauma Therapy (DARTT), including application to transgenerational dynamics and cultural, racial, and other traumas. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest CE a...

In this intimate, graceful interview, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, PSY shares perspectives and interventions to support couples in which one or both/all members are sexual trauma survivors. WARNING: Clearly Clinical listeners are warned that this interview course contains discussion about sexual trauma and acts of sexual violence. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening t...

Dr. Shashita Inamdar, a psychiatrist specialized in depression and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), helpfully discusses the application, risk, and benefits of TMS for people with 'treatment-resistant' depression, and gives a sound overview of how and when to refer clients for TMS. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost mem...

Dr. Mark Stevens, PSY discusses the challenges faced by young adult clients and their families who are making hard choices about what to do during the 2020/2021 academic year due to the pandemic. Helpful perspectives, reframes, and interventions are discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cos...

Dr. Frank Sanchez, PSY, LMFT, and Luna Malbroux, MSW, join trans advocate Jazzmun Crayton in discussing their clinical and lived experiences as multiple minority individuals... their thoughts on what it means to be members of both a racial minority and a sexual/gender minority simultaneously. Guidance for non-minority clinicians is also discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE cred...

Clinicians La Shanda Sugg, LPC, L.J. Lumpkin, LMFT, & Dr. Tiffany Crayton, LPC discuss the theme of therapeutic mistrust in the Black and African community, and offer insight about how the lived experience of BIPOC individuals may impact the course of therapy. Guidance for non-minority clinicians is also discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode...

Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, an expert on grief and loss, sheds a powerful light on how deaths caused by the pandemic are different than from other deaths, like lack of goodbyes and delayed/canceled funerals; the grief implications for surviving loved ones is discussed. Key insight is provided to help clinicians better support people who have critically-ill loved ones with COVID-19, or have already l...

Ariel Landrum, LMFT, an expert in the arena of online child and adolescent therapy, gives some great and practice guidance about how to keep sessions interesting, engaging, and effective. Important legal and ethical considerations are also discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credit...

Frank Baird, LMFT, LPCC, gives a primer about the themes white therapists can begin exploring to be more aware of their own racial identity, cultural conditioning, and the effects on clients of Color. Includes discussion of interventions and considerations. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE...

Dr. Jamie Marich, LPCC, a trauma specialist, discusses the pandemic's global and personal trauma impact, and offers helpful interventions to client and clinician alike. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with some of the strongest...

Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, an expert on grief and loss, desribes the origin and function of grief, and provides helpful interventions to help clients manage the innumerable losses caused by the pandemic. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entir...

Shane Birkel, LMFT, an expert couple therapist, shares insight about the challenges today's couples are facing, and offers practical tools to help clinciains support couples during this time. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, wit...

Dr. Peter Coleman, an expert in conflict and anxiety, discusses the challenges of and strategies for navigating interpersonal conflicts under highly-anxious, shelter-in-place conditions, and how the pandemic crisis offers opportunities for breaking free of the ensconced patterns of political divisiveness in our society. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this epi...

Telehealth experts Dr. Kate Campbell, LMFT and Kate Lemieux, LMFT shed light on how to make the transition to telehealth a positive experience for both client and clinician alike. Helpful tips are shared, as well as first-hand experience. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an ent...

Celebrity neuropsychologist Dr. Judy Ho shares the evolutionary origins of anxiety and discusses practical interventions that will help you both take care of yourself and help you support clients while connecting meaningfully during telehealth sessions. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membe...

Clearly Clinical founder and podcast host, Elizabeth 'Beth' Irias, gives the brief backstory of Clearly Clinical and tells you what we have in store for you during this uncertain and unusual time. You're mental health warriors, and we're here to support you. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with som...

Dr. Baruch Fischhoff, pandemic expert and clinical psychologist, discusses how human behavior changes in response to pandemics, and offers guidance about how individuals and communities can psychologically weather these unusual times. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited...

Dr. Amber Lyda, an expert on online therapy, discusses how to rapidly transition to providing online therapy, including a review of legal and ethical considerations and considerations for policies, procedures, and systems. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire year, with s...

David Deutsch, social worker and addiction counselor, explains the unique challenges faced by persons who have both a mental health and substance use disorders. The evidence-based practice of Integrated Treatment for persons with Co-occurring Disorders is also reviewed. Presentation. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits fo...