Understanding the DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for PTSD

Course Introduction

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

 

This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Psychologists and Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselors (CASACs) in New York State.

All of our 400+self-study webinars are approved for New York State and there are more than 100 self-study webinars available for CEU credits in 46 additional states. Please ensure that you check the information page of the course to determine eligibility in your state.  

Format: Self Study Online Course 

Whether you take care of clients with PTSD or not, understanding this condition will enhance your overall skills as a mental health provider. You will master the latest on the How of interviewing someone with or without PTSD, screen for it, assess it, to increase reliability, while maintaining rapport, engagement, trust, safety, and while strengthening the therapeutic relationship.

You will also master symptom contextualization, the bio-psycho-social-cultural approach of formulating, as well as the Art of Questioning, in addition to how to best use and apply the DSM-5 criteria. Lastly, you will learn how to better work with all the other forms of trauma.

This is all in addition to learning the Socratic Motivational Practice framework as part of working with this population. The amount of knowledge in mental health doubles every eighteen months, and we all want to provide authentic care.

Please join us here.

What you’ll learn

• Learned the framework of the Socratic Motivational Practice to understand the DSM-5 Criteria for PTSD.
• Learned the Principles, Techniques of the Socratic Motivational Practice to understand the DSM-5 Criteria for PTSD.
• Increased your tools to talking with patients and clients by identifying at least one thing you will start doing differently, at the end of the webinar, as a result of the Socratic Motivational Practice framework.
• Everything you want in one place, including an illustration of how to implement the newly learned skills during our role plays.
• Received your certificate by email immediately after your post-test and evaluation are completed.

What others have said about our courses:

“A solid presentation of a treatment modality. It was easy to sign on, and to complete the process.”

– Urania, LCSW-R

“This webinar was very informative and would be helpful to all clinicians. I benefited from feedback from the other participants.”

– Nancy, LMSW