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  • Telehealth Strategies for CBT with Older Adults: Virtual CE

Telehealth Strategies for CBT with Older Adults: Virtual CE

  • 04/09/2024
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Virtual

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  • Includes 1 CE Credit for no additional cost above registration
  • NO CE is offered for student membership level. Student participants must be seeking licensure & have some suprvised clinical experience with this population
  • Includes 1 CE Credit - consider becoming a PBTA member before registering to obtain best value. LICENSED non-PA residents are welcome to become members to attend virtual events & be listed in THERAPIST FINDER referral directory
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Telemental health services provided via video conference or telephone sessions can be effective means for providing CBT to adult clients across the lifespan, including older adults. There are now a variety of resources and tips available for CBT therapists who would like to improve the impact of their telehealth sessions with older adults.  This Lunch & Learn Session unpacks challenges and strategies to manage procedural aspects of telehealth sessions, develop and maintain therapeutic rapport, and enhance therapy effectiveness with older adult clients. Recommendations from the Clinician Guide to Treating Later-Life Depression: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach will be described and discussed (pp. 87-88), using examples of telehealth friendly materials from the LLD Workbook. 

 

CE Learning Objective:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Describe 3 strategies for improving the impact of CBT sessions with older adults who are participating via video conference or telephone.

ABOUT PRESENTERS

Ann Steffen, PhD, ABPP is currently a professor of psychology and gerontology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she has spent her career in teaching, research, supervision and direct clinical services focused on the needs of older adults and family caregivers.  At UM-St. Louis, she has served as the director of Gerontology programs and as director of clinical training for the APA-approved doctoral program in clinical psychology.  Dr. Steffen is a faculty clinician at the UM-St. Louis Community Psychological Service, and is dual board certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology and in Geropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She is lead author on the recently revised 2nd edition of Treating Later-Life Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach workbook and clinician guide  in Oxford University Press's Treatments ThatWork Series.

Suzann Ogland-Hand, Ph.D.  completed her bachelor’s in psychology at the University of Northern Iowa; her doctorate in clinical psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, CA; & a fellowship in Geropsychology at the Palo Alto VA. She has been practicing geropsychology for over 25 years. After working at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services for 18 years, she started a private practice in 2015 in Grand Rapids, MI. She focuses on family caregiving, mental health issues, and treatment-resistant depression across the adult lifespan. Throughout her career, she has also provided training, supervision, and consultation to mental health professionals.

Target Audience

This presentation is intended for licensed mental health professionals and advanced graduate student trainees seeking licensure and with some clinical experience. The instructional level of this presentation is INTERMEDIATE.

Continuing Education

  • Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists*. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • This program provides one (1) hour of CE credits.
  • PBTA is also an authorized provider of CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania.
  • ZOOM VIDEO LINK WILL BE SENT TO  REGISTRANTS 2 DAYS BEFORE & MORNING OF EVENT
  • Full attendance with video display is required to obtain CE credit for this program. APA guidelines do not permit PBTA to issue partial CE credits. No refunds are provided for CE programs. No exceptions allowed. Registrants can log in to cancel up to 4 days before the event.
  • Contact PBTAcontinuingeducation@philabta.org if you need any learning accommodations no later than one week before event.
  • * PBTA offers CE to ALL licensed psychologists in the U.S.A., including those licensed in the state of New York. If you are not licensed as a psychologist & do not practice in PA -- essentially if you are not certain about whether or not CE credits from an APA-sponsored CE provider meets criteria for ongoing education for your specific board,  please inquire with your respective licensing board to confirm.  
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