Attachment Disorders
Beyond Technique
Bipolar Disorder
Constructive Therapy
EMDR
Healing Plots
Object Relations Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Sandplay Therapy
The Joshua Tree is proud to offer the following selections as part of their continuing education program. These courses are designed for Masters and Doctoral level professionals who are seeking to enhance their skills based upon well integrated references of theory and application. Evaluation measures are objective, with credit awarded to participants who score 80% or better. The number of credits for each course is determined based upon the time investment to complete all materials. 

We are approved by the American Psychological Association and National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education to psychologists and counselors. The Joshua Tree maintains responsibility for the program.

 

Bipolar Disorder
Cory F. Newman, et al

Educational Objectives:

  • Learn research-based cognitive techniques for treating bipolar patients

  • Learn techniques for the management of hypomania and mania

  • Understand guidelines for addressing medication nomcompliance issues

  • Gain skill in helping couples and families collaborate effectively in treating bipolar disorder

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12 CE Credits
$120.00 (Text and Exam)
$100.00 (Exam only)
Hard Cover, 260 Pages
Exam: 55 Questions, Multiple Choice

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EMDR: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures, 2nd Edition
Francine Shapiro

Educational Objectives:

  • Examine the theoretical underpinnings of EMDR and Adaptive Information Processing

  • Review the standard EMDR protocol from interview to body scan and closure

  • Review techniques for challenging clients, with a special emphasis on the cognitive interweave

  • Explore the outcomes of controlled EMDR studies and directions for future research

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20 CE Credits
$235.00 (Text and Exam)
$150.00 (Exam only)
Hard Cover, 472 Pages
Exam: 90 Questions, Multiple Choice

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Healing Plots - The Narrative Basis of Psychotherapy
Amia Lieblich, Dan P. McAdams, Ruth Ellen Josselson

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore the relationship between story-telling and therapy

  • Review the deconstruction of harmful narratives

  • Review the co-construction of healing narratives

  • Examine the process of life story change through, and as a result of therapy

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12 CE Credits
$120.00 (Text and Exam)
$100.00 (Exam Only)
222 Pages
Exam: 55 Questions, Multiple Choice

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Object Relations Therapy
Sheldon Cashdan

Educational Objectives:

  • Review object relations theory

  • Identify the stages of object  relations therapy

  • Identify the four projective identifications

  • Incorporate alternate therapeutic medium into an object relations framework

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12 CE Credits
$120.00 (Text and Exam)
$100.00 (Exam only)
Hard Cover, 198 Pages
Exam: 55 Questions, Multiple Choice

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Sandplay Therapy
Barbara Labovitz-Boik and E. Anna Goodwin

Educational Objectives:

  • How to create a sandplay therapy room

  • Gain insight into the interpretation of evolving and completed sandworlds

  • Learn to conduct spontaneous and directed sandplay therapy sessions

  • Understand for whom sandplay is contraindicated

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12 CE Credits
$120.00 (Text and Exam)
$100.00 (Exam only)
Hard Cover, 260 Pages
Exam: 55 Questions, Multiple Choice

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Constructive Psychotherapy
Michael J. Mahoney

Educational Objectives:

  • Understand the elements of constructivist therapy

  • Explore advanced techniques to deepen the constructivist experience

  • Review constructivist assessment and basic practice techniques

  • Review the application of change and growth processes to the lives 
     of therapists

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14 CE Credits
$140.00 (Text and Exam)
$120.00 (Exam Only)
302 Pages
Exam: 60 Questions, Multiple Choice

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Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change (2nd Edition)
William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick

Educational Objectives:

  • Gain familiarity with the stages-of-change model

  • Explore the use of MI with groups, couples, and adolescents

  • Learn the specific skills of: handling resistance, recognizing readiness for change, building motivation while strengthening commitment, and enhancing client confidence.

  • Review the application of MI to medical, public health, and criminal justice contexts.

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19 CE Credits
$190.00 (Text and Exam)
$160.00 (Exam only)
Hard Cover 428 Pages
Exam: 80 Questions, Multiple Choice

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Beyond Technique
Eve Lipchik

Educational Objectives:

  • Learn what to respond to and what to ignore in a solution-focused interview

  • Understand how to formulate the message and task at the end of a session

  • Review what to do when clients do not respond to solution-oriented questions
     or goal definition

  • Review application to couples, families, involuntary clients, crisis intervention,
     and long-term treatment

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12 CE Credits
$120.00 (Text and Exam)
$100.00 (Exam Only)
230 Pages
Exam: 50 Questions, Multiple Choice

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