Continuing Education Programs

Join us to learn from experts in the field about compelling topics that will inform your best practice of couple therapy. You will leave inspired to integrate new ideas and interventions with the couples you serve.

Treating Couples

Couples therapy is complicated and challenging; the complexity of our socio-political-cultural contexts during this worldwide health crisis has made it more so. The persistent stress of the pandemic has been a strain on couples and therapists alike. Effective couples therapy requires the ability to understand and address many types of intersectional identities, family forms, ethnicities, and relational challenges within the larger cultural context. Increased challenges are pushing therapists to address emerging issues.

This course will center on the latest advances in treatment and research in couples therapy. Dynamics of relationships and patterns of interaction that negatively impact relationships will be discussed, as well as a variety of treatment interventions to demonstrate what works best for various scenarios. Clinicians will gain strategies to help advance their treatment skills and improve their effectiveness.

Speakers will describe several specific therapy models as well as address many challenges unique to couples therapy, including the impact of culture, gender, and intersectionality on couples, as well as the use of meaning making, mindful self-compassion and spirituality in couples therapy. Finally, participants will learn tips and techniques for providing successful telehealth sessions with couples in the expanded virtual world.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Explain several specific techniques from IFS, Narrative and Brief Solution Focused Models to couples therapy.
• Discuss methods to integrate sex therapy, spirituality, and mindful self-compassion into couples therapy.
• Identify challenges of working with cross-cultural couples, intersectionality and gender identity in couples therapy.
• Devise interventions to address particular challenges innate to couples therapy.
• Apply strategies for providing effective couples therapy via the telehealth format.

For a complete list of session-specific learning objectives, please email cme@challiance.org

Target Audience

The course is intended for mental health and health clinicians as well as others interested in the principles and practices of treating couples.

Course Directors

Karen J. Kuc, MPH
Elizabeth G. Brenner, LICSW
Jill Harkaway, EdD

Saliha Bava, PhD

Associate Professor, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mercy College; online faculty member, MS Relational Leading Program, Taos Institute, Advisor, Taos Doctoral Program and Associate, Taos Institute; Director of Research and Consultant, International Trauma Studies Program, affiliated with Columbia University.

Corky Becker, PhD

Psychologist in Private Practice; Supervision, Provides Training, and Consultation to Cambridge Health Alliance, Therapy Training Boston, and Harvard Law School

Elizabeth (Liz) Brenner, LICSW

Director, Therapy Training Boston where she is the primary instructor of the Intensive Certificate Program in Family Systems Therapies and Private Practice, Watertown; Supervisor, Couples and Family Therapy Program, Cambridge Health Alliance; Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Recipient, Greatest Contribution to Social Work 2017, Massachusetts Chapter, National Association of Social Workers. Published two articles on doing home based family therapy and recently a short article in the New England Journal For Relational and Systemic Therapy: Couple Therapy in the Absence of Presence: Translating Presence to the Screen.

Elliott Connie, MA, LPC

Psychotherapist, Founder and Director, The Solution Focused University, an online learning community that also conducts trainings to help professionals master the Solution Focused Approach in their work; Author or Co-Author, The Art of Solution Focused Therapy, Solution Building in Couples Therapy, The Solution Focused Marriage, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma.

Celia Falicov, PhD

Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, and the Department of Psychiatry; Director of Mental Health Services, Student-Run Free Clinic, University of California, San Diego; Past President, American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA), Fellow, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the American Orthopsychiatric Association; Recipient, AFTA’s Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice Award.

Mark Greene

Speaker/consultant on masculinity, DEI; Author The Little #MeToo Book for Men, co-author with Dr. Saliha Bava, The Relational Book for Parenting; Founder, Remaking Manhood; Senior Editor, Good Men Project.

Len Greenberg, PhD

Faculty, Couples and Family Therapy Program, Cambridge Health Alliance; Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Family Therapy Institute of Washington, DC, Boston Campus; Private Practice, Lexington; Contributing Author, Psychotherapy Supervision: Theory, Research, and Practice; Manual de Terapia Sistemica.

Jill Elka Harkaway, EdD

Senior Faculty and Consultant, Couples and Family Therapy and recipient of several teaching awards, Cambridge Health Alliance; Assistant Professor of Psychology (part-time), Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, Couples Therapy Project; Editor: Eating Disorders; Private Practice, Newton.

Hugo Kamya, PhD, MDiv

Social Work Alumni Fund Endowed Chair and Professor of Social Work, Simmons College School of Social Work; Board/Founding Member, Makula Fund for Children; Board Member, Girma Haddis Foundation; Founding Member, Boston Institute for Culturally Affirming Practices; Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice, Arlington, MA.

Nancy Kehoe, RSCJ, PhD

Member, Religious of the Sacred Heart; Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Author, Wrestling with Our Inner Angels: Faith, Mental Illness and the Journey to Wholeness; Published five You Tube videos entitled, Conversations on Religion and Mental Illness.

Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT

Founder, Gender & Family Project, Ackerman Institute for the Family; Psychotherapist and Consultant in private practice, New York City; Media appearances include the TEDx Talk “The Gift of Gender Authenticity,” National Geographic’s “Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric,” PBS’s Frontline: “Growing Up Trans,” NBC’s The Today Show, ABC’s Nightline, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Guardian, and more.

Tammy Nelson, PhD

Director and Founder, Integrative Sex Therapy Institute; Director of the PhD Program, Counseling and Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy, Daybreak University - Southern California; Faculty, California Institute for Integral Studies - San Francisco; Licensed Counselor; Board Certified Sexologist; Certified Sex Therapist; Certified Imago Relationship Therapist; Author, Getting the Sex You Want and The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity. Her new book Open Monogamy: Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement will be released in December 2021. She has been a featured expert in NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Glamour Magazine, Cosmopolitan, RedBook, MSNBC, Men’s Health, Woman’s Day, and has been a source for Time Magazine.

Susan Pollak, MTS, EdD

Cofounder and Senior Teacher, Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, Cambridge, Health Alliance; Author, Self Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself; Co-author of Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy and a contributing author of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, 2nd edition. Dr. Pollak is a frequent writer for Ten Percent Happier and writes the popular blog, The Art of Now for Psychology Today; Psychologist in Private Practice, Cambridge, MA.

Cathy R. Schen, MD

Director of Psychotherapy Training, Cambridge Health Alliance; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Psychiatrist in Private Practice, Sudbury, MA.

Richard Schwartz, PhD

Creator of the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy. President, IFS Institute; Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Lyn Styczynski, PhD

Faculty, Couples and Family Therapy Program, Cambridge Health Alliance; Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Family Therapy Institute of Washington, DC, Boston Campus; Private Practice, Watertown; Contributing Author, Psychotherapy Supervision: Theory, Research, and Practice; Manual de Terapia Sistemica

Physicians

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 7 credits per day for a total of 14 continuing education credits.

Social Workers and Family Therapists

This program has been approved for a total of 14.0 Social Work Continuing Education hours for re-licensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approval Authorization Number D90643-2. NY Social Workers: Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0038; 14.0 contact hours have been approved.

This activity has been certified by New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions, for LMFT professional continuing education, Certificate # PC-041159 for a total of 14 contact hours. The States of CT and RI accept NBCC and NASW approval for marriage and family therapy.

Counselors and Educators

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. This program meets the requirements for 14 continuing education hours. CHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This offering is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation and PDP Educator accreditation for a total of 14 credits.

Nurses

The American Nurses Credentialing Center, Commission on Accreditation, accepts continuing education from the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) toward recertification. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, verifies that this course is a planned, organized learning experience designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the enhancement of nursing practice to the end of improving health care to the public as mandated by Massachusetts Regulation 244 CMR 5.00 toward relicensing requirements.

Physician Assistants

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Canadian Accreditation

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

European Accreditation

Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMEC®s). Information on the process of converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to ECMEC®s can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.

ABMS/ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)/ Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Professionalism

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine (IOM) Competencies:

• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Employ Evidence-Based Practice

Disclosure Policy

Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

Tuition for Treating Couples is listed below. You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment.

Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75, will be issued for all cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be made in our secure online system or by email. “No shows” are subject to the full course fee.

Course Tuition

Course Registration: Treating Couples

Physician (MD/DO)

$420.00
View Refund Policy

Nurse (RN/APRN)

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Resident/Fellow

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Allied Health Professional / Other

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Tuition includes electronic syllabus.

This innovative conference brings together expert speakers and offers sessions covering contemporary topics in the trauma field, including racial trauma, the neurobiology of traumatic stress, and collective healing. Attendees will gain clinical insights about sequelae of traumatic experiences and working with specific groups, and will learn about the latest trauma research and treatment methods to promote healing, resilience, and growth.

Traumatic Stress

This course will provide an overview of perspectives and approaches in the delivery of trauma treatment. Research findings and theories on traumatic stress will be presented from comprehensive neurobiological, sociocultural, and ecological perspectives.

Speakers will explore the roles of mental health clinicians in evaluating and treating disorders of traumatic stress, as well as approaches to address common challenges related to working with traumatized clients. Various types of trauma and common presentations and issues among trauma survivors will be covered, with attention to special considerations in treating specific trauma populations, including refugees and gender diverse individuals. Particular areas of focus include the effects of racism as systemic trauma, and multiple dimensions of the trauma experience, including pain, addiction, eating pathologies, sleep disorders, and self-harm. Finally, the impact on practitioners of treating patients who have experienced trauma will also be discussed, with strategies provided to promote clinicians’ effective clinical practice and resilience, and to reduce the likelihood and impact of secondary traumatic stress.

This livestreamed course will consist of lectures, case studies, discussion and Q&A sessions. It is intended for mental health and health practitioners, as well as healthcare administrators, policy creators, and others interested in the treatment of traumatic stress. Attendees will not only gain a deeper understanding of the etiology and correlates of traumatic stress, but will leave with essential skills to integrate into their clinical practice.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe neurobiological effects of trauma and various psychopharmacological agents used to treat trauma-related symptoms.
• Discuss the impact of systemic racism as a form of trauma and devise strategies to address racial issues with patients.
• Identify evidence-based treatment approaches for dimensions of the trauma experience such as sleep disruption, pain, addiction, eating pathologies, and self-harm/suicidality.
• Explain the differing approaches of trauma treatment for special patient populations, including pregnant women, refugees, and gender diverse individuals.

For a list of session-specific learning objectives, please email cme@challiance.org

Target Audience

This course is targeted to Primary Care Physicians, Specialty Physicians, Psychologists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants. This course may also be of interest to physicians who practice in Lifestyle and Mind-Body Medicine, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine Psychology and Mental Health.

Course Directors

Karen J. Kuc, MPH
Leah Soumerai, LICSW
Kate Zona, PhD

Sebastian Barr, PhD

Psychotherapist; Researcher; Consultant and Trainer on issues related to the transgender and gender diverse community; Alumnus of Pre-Doctoral Training, Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School including specialized training within the Victims of Violence trauma program; Published in academic journals including The Counseling Psychologist, The Behavior Therapist, and non-scholarly media outlets including Autostraddle and Everyday Feminism.

Alexander Brown, PhD

Clinical Psychologist and core faculty member, New Hampshire Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency program.

Jillian Burley, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist, Wellesley, MA. Co-Founder at Birch Hill Behavioral Health, LLC, a group practice specializing in integrative psychotherapy and the treatment of eating disorders; Teaching Associate in Psychology, Dept of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Former Clinical Manager in PCBHI program at Cambridge Health Alliance; Guest lecturer to Justice Resource Institute (JRI), William James College, and Community Health Centers of Burlington (VT).

Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD

Board Certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist; Founder and CEO of Well Minds Psychiatry and Consulting Company, PLLC; Senior Vice President and Medical Director for Scheduled Care and AtHome at Array Behavioral Care, the leading and largest telepsychiatry service provider in the US; member of the Board of Directors of The New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Families for Depression Awareness.

Elizabeth Davis, MD

Clinical Director, Addiction Care, Cambridge Health Alliance; Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Boarded in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry; Primary care practice, Union Square Family Health; Private practice in forensic psychiatry; Founder and former Director, Support Wellness Program for Addiction Medicine, South End Community Health Center.

Sadie Elisseou, MD

Nationally recognized expert in the field of trauma-informed care (TIC); Primary Care Physician, VA healthcare system; Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine; Full-Time Clinical Practice in the field of TIC.

James Hopper, PhD

Consultant, Outpatient Addictions Service, Cambridge Health Alliance; Teaching Associate in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Therapist, Boston Site, FDA Phase 3 Trial, MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies; Co-Editor, Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices.

Thomas Hübl

Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has been leading large-scale events and courses that focus on the healing and integration of trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans. Over the last decade, he has facilitated dialogue with thousands of people around healing the collective traumas of racism, oppression, colonialism, genocides in the U.S., Israel, Germany, Spain, and Argentina. He has been teaching workshops and presenting trainings for Harvard Medical School since 2019.

His non-profit organization, the Pocket Project, works to support the healing of collective trauma throughout the world. He is the author of the book Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds, which outlines his methodology called the “Collective Trauma Integration Process” as a safe framework for guiding groups through collective trauma. Learn more online at www.collectivetraumabook.com and thomashuebl.com.

Karestan Koenen, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry Epidemiology, Harvard Medical School; Co-Principal Investigator, NIMH-funded, AURORA study; Co-Lead, PTSD working group, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium; Co-Author, Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Interpersonal Trauma, Second Edition: STAIR Narrative Therapy.

Lynne Layton, PhD

Psychoanalyst, Boston; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Author, Who’s That Girl? Who’s That Boy?, Clinical Practice Meets Postmodern Gender Theory; Co-Editor, Narcissism and the Text: Studies in Literature and the Psychology of Self, Bringing the Plague. Toward a Postmodern Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalysis, Class and Politics: Encounters in the Clinical Setting, The Journal Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society; Associate Editor, Studies in Gender and Sexuality, and co-founder, Boston Psychosocial Work Group.

Joanna MacLean, MD

Psychiatrist, Women’s Behavioral Medicine, Women’s Medicine Collaborative; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Recipient, Isaac Ray Award in Psychiatry; Clinical interests include psychiatric issues unique to women, including mood and anxiety disorders particularly related to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum period and menopause.

Monica O’Neal, PsyD

Private Practice, Boston; Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Health Alliance; Former Staff Psychologist, Eating Disorders Team, Diversity Committee, and Grand Rounds Coordinator, Harvard University Health Services; Psychology Consultant and Contributor to various media outlets.

Katherine Peeler, MD

Expert on health and health rights of detained immigrant children and adults; Pediatric Critical Care Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital; Medical Director, Harvard Medical School Asylum Clinic; Instructor of Pediatrics, Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Recipient, Geisel School of Medicine Young Alumni Award and Harvard Medical School Dean's Community Service Faculty Award.

William Schleyer, MD

Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Consult Service, Emergency Department, Everett Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance.

Arielle Schwartz, PhD

Private Practice in Boulder, Colorado providing psychotherapy, supervision, and consultation; Developer of Resilience-Informed Therapy which applies research on trauma recovery to form a strength-based, trauma treatment model

Leah Soumerai, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration and Victims of Violence Programs; Cambridge Health Alliance; Teaching Associate, Harvard Medical School

Robert Stickgold, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Center for Sleep and Cognition, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Published over 100 scientific publications, including papers in Science, Nature, and Nature Neuroscience. His work has been written up in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, and Seed Magazine.

Tia Tucker, MD, MPH

Family Medicine and Primary Care, Malden, Cambridge Health Alliance

Barent Walsh, PhD

Expert in the topic of self-destructive behavior; Executive Director, The Bridge of Central Massachusetts; Author, Treating Self-Injury: A Practical Guide; Co-Author, Self-Mutilation: Theory, Research and Treatment

Kate Zona, PhD

Psychologist, Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration and Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance; Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

Physicians

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 7 credits per day for a total of 14 continuing education credits.

Social Workers and Family Therapists

This program has been approved for a total of 14.0 Social Work Continuing Education hours for re-licensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approval Authorization Number D 90643-3. NY Social Workers: Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0038; 14.0 contact hours have been approved.

This activity has been certified by New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions, for LMFT professional continuing education, Certificate # PC-041160 for a total of 14 contact hours. The States of CT and RI accept NBCC and NASW approval for marriage and family therapy.

Counselors and Educators

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. This program meets the requirements for 14 continuing education hours. CHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This offering is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation and PDP Educator accreditation for a total of 14 credits.

Nurses

The American Nurses Credentialing Center, Commission on Accreditation, accepts continuing education from the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) toward recertification. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, verifies that this course is a planned, organized learning experience designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the enhancement of nursing practice to the end of improving health care to the public as mandated by Massachusetts Regulation 244 CMR 5.00 toward relicensing requirements.

Physician Assistants

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Canadian Accreditation

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

European Accreditation

Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMEC®s). Information on the process of converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to ECMEC®s can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.

ABMS/ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)/ Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Professionalism
• Medical Knowledge

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine (IOM) Competencies:

• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Employ Evidence-Based Practice

Disclosure Policy

Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

Tuition for Traumatic Stress is listed below. You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment.

Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75, will be issued for all cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be made in our secure online system or by email. “No shows” are subject to the full course fee.

Course Tuition

Course Registration: Traumatic Stress

Physician (MD/DO)

$420.00
View Refund Policy

Nurse (RN/APRN)

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Resident/Fellow

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Allied Health Professional / Other

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Tuition includes electronic syllabus.

This course will address clinicians' need to understand the history, science, neurobiology, and ethical and legal issues associated with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. It will provide clinicians the information they require to evaluate their own interest and participation in this emerging field of research and practice.

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: The Next Frontier

Non-ordinary states of consciousness, such as hypnosis and free association, have played an important role in psychotherapy since its inception. More recently, we are seeing an explosion of research on the clinical application of non-ordinary states induced by pharmaceutical psychedelics. MDMA and psilocybin are being studied in FDA-approved trials in the United States, as well as government-sanctioned studies abroad, to enhance psychotherapy for PTSD, depression, and addictions, and to ease end-of-life transitions. Ketamine is increasingly used in clinical settings for the treatment of depression. Psychotherapy in combination with psychedelic treatment is a new treatment model for both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, offering intriguing possibilities for mutually enhancing neuroplasticity, shifting and broadening perspective, and expanding awareness rather than suppressing symptoms.

There is also a growing need for clinicians to help patients integrate their psychedelic experiences in therapy and to advise patients who ask about psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. To provide informed counsel, clinicians need to know about the benefits and risks of using psychedelics as well as treatment models that enhance safety and reduce harm.

More research and training will be needed before psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy can be offered by therapists to their patients, assuming the results of controlled studies continue to confirm its efficacy. Additional work is also required to adapt these treatments to patients from diverse cultures, especially historically marginalized populations.

This course will address clinicians’ need to understand the history, science, neurobiology, and ethical and legal issues associated with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. It will provide clinicians the information they require to evaluate their own interest and participation in this emerging field of research and practice.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Identify classical and novel psychedelic agents
• Define what is meant by psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP)
• Describe models of psychotherapy that may support PAP
• Summarize the legal status of psychedelics for the general public, clinical practice, and in research
• Describe principles for enhancing safety in PAP
• Assess obstacles to PAP among marginalized groups as well as its potential benefits for treating racialized trauma
• Review the outcomes research on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
• Identify neurological and psychological mechanisms of action of psychedelics and psychotherapy
• Summarize the research and putative mechanisms of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, anxiety and depression

Target Audience

This course is targeted to Primary Care Physicians, Specialty Physicians, Psychologists, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers and Counselors. This course may also be of interest to physicians who practice in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Lifestyle and Mind-Body Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychology and Mental Health.

Course Directors

Karen J. Kuc, MPH
Christopher K. Germer, PhD
Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD
Laura Warren, MD

Christopher K. Germer, PhD

Faculty and Co-Founder, Center for Mindfulness and Compassion and Supervisor, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance; Lecturer on Psychiatry (part-time), Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy; Co-Developer, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Training Program; Private Practice and Supervision, Arlington; Author, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion; Co-author: Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program and The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook; Co-editor: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy

Charles Grob, MD

Investigator, The Lundquist Institute; Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Angela Haeny, PhD

Director, Race Equity & Addiction Lab and Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine

James Hopper, PhD

Consultant, Outpatient Addictions Service, Cambridge Health Alliance; Teaching Associate in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Therapist, Boston Site, FDA Phase 3 Trial, MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies; Co-Editor, Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices

Franklin King, MD

Psychiatrist, Emergency Department and Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD

Faculty, Center for Mindfulness and Compassion and Assistant Professor of Psychology (part-time), Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Health Alliance; Faculty, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy; Author of the Great Courses Program, The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being; Books include: Sitting Together, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, The Mindfulness Solution, Back Sense, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy

Gita Vaid, MD

Board Certified Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst; Faculty, Institute for Psychoanalytic Education and NYU Department of Psychiatry; Training therapist, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

Laura Warren, MD

Psychiatrist at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and on the leadership team of CHA’s Center for Mindfulness and Compassion. Part-time clinical instructor, Harvard Medical School. Private practice. Dr. Warren is a board member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, and her interests include burnout prevention, the mind-body relationship, and holistic approaches to mental health.

Physicians

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 7.5 continuing education credits.

Social Workers and Family Therapists

Application for social work continuing education credit has been submitted to the NASW-MA chapter and to New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy for LMFT professional continuing education for 7.5 credits. Please contact us at cme@challiance.org for the status of CE accreditation. NY Social Workers: Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0038; 7.5 contact hours have been approved. The states of CT and RI accept NBCC and NASW approval for marriage and family therapists.

Counselors and Educators

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. This program meets the requirements for 7.5 continuing education hours. CHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This offering is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation and PDP Educator accreditation for a total of 7.5 credits.

Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses

The American Nurses Credentialing Center, Commission on Accreditation, accepts continuing education from the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) toward recertification. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, verifies that this course is a planned, organized learning experience designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the enhancement of nursing practice to the end of improving health care to the public as mandated by Massachusetts Regulation 244 CMR 5.00 toward relicensing requirements.

Physician Assistants

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Canadian Accreditation

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

European Accreditation

Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert MA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMEC®s). Information on the process of converting MA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to ECMEC®s can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.

ABMS/ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)/ Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Medical Knowledge

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine (IOM) Competencies:

• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Employ Evidence-Based Practice

Disclosure Policy

Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: MA PRA Category 1 Credits™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

Tuition for Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: The Next Frontier is listed below. You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment.

Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75, will be issued for all cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be made in our secure online system or by email. "No shows" are subject to the full course fee.

Course Tuition

Course Registration: Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: The Next Frontier

Physician (MD/DO)

$225.00
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Nurse (RN/APRN)

$175.00
View Refund Policy

Resident/Fellow

$175.00
View Refund Policy

Allied Health Professional / Other

$175.00
View Refund Policy

Despite our new reality of mostly virtual-based instruction for children and adolescents, many of the same school-related issues and struggles exist, some of which are exacerbated under the additional weight of pandemic-related mental health effects. We'll review pertinent topics that providers and educators frequently encounter, and discuss how we can guide our students toward better mental health and resilience.

School Mental Health: Treating Students K-12

As we continue to navigate the pandemic and schools return to in-person learning, clinicians and educators will need to address its many effects on the mental health of children in the evolving ‘new normal’ school environment. This course will equip participants with up-to-date knowledge and skills to enhance the emotional well-being of children and adolescents at school.

Topics will encompass fostering open communication around racial diversity and gender/sexuality, preventive strategies for substance abuse and suicide, pharmacotherapy for mental health disorders, interactive case studies in school safety assessment and cognitive processing speed, engaging youth via healing-centered and performance psychology skills, and applying lessons from family therapy with challenging families. The emphasis is on practical and timely clinical information and skills based on emerging research, evidence-based practices, and innovative learning strategies.

Mental health and health clinicians, educators, school administrators, researchers, and others interested in the development and treatment of school-aged children and adolescents will gain updated knowledge and skills via a mix of didactic lectures, case studies, panel discussions and Q&A.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe new ways to approach diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to student mental health
• Review the current psychopharmacological medications for student mental health conditions
• Identify the social and mental health issues facing LGBTQ students
• More effectively assess safety risks for students, both within and outside of school
• Describe the process of hospitalization for mental health issues
• Cultivate protective factors against mental illness and suicide
• Explain the impact of processing speed on behavioral issues such as aggression
• Review current updates and preventive strategies for substance abuse
• Devise strategies to build strong, healing relationships with students struggling with PTSD
• Identify insights from family systems theory that can enable better collaboration and community in school systems
• Assess the level and extent of stress of the coronavirus pandemic in students, and provide effective coping methods
• Develop post-pandemic resiliency strategies for students and staff

Target Audience

This course is targeted to psychologists, nurses and social workers. This course may also be of interest to physicians who practice in pediatrics and adolescent, psychology and mental health.

Course Directors

Nancy Rappaport, MD
Christopher Willard, PsyD

Larry Berkowitz, EdD

Psychologist, Co-Founder and Director, Riverside Trauma Center; Executive Committee member, Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention, and Co-Chair, Northeast Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention; Teaching Associate in Psychology part-time, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Executive Director of Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP) at Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School; most recent book: Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up.

Nicholas Carson, MD

Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Services and Clinical Research Associate, Health Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance; Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Peter Daniolos, MD

Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program, University of Iowa Health Care

Sarah Goodrum, PhD

Senior Research Associate in Violence Prevention, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado Boulder; Co-author, Colorado School Safety Guide for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office; Co-PI on an evaluation of the training for the Colorado Threat Assessment and Management Protocol in partnership with the Colorado School Safety Resource Center.

Sam Himelstein, PhD

Psychologist, Founder, and President, Center for Adolescent Studies; Author, A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents, Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents: A 12-Session Curriculum, and Trauma-Informed Mindfulness With Teens: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals (forthcoming).

Jonathan Jenkins, PsyD

Assistant in Psychiatry and Outpatient Psychologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Dorothy Kelleher, PhD

Psychologist, Cambridge Teen Health Center, Cambridge Health Alliance

Deborah Kulick, MD

Private Practice, Consultant, and Attending Psychiatrist, School Based Health Centers, Cambridge Health Alliance; Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

Michelle Lipinski

Principal, Northshore Recovery High School; Founder, I Can Help

Nancy Rappaport, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry (part-time), Harvard Medical School; Consultant, School-Based Programs, Cambridge Health Alliance; Co-Author, The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students.

Albert John Sargent, III, MD

Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Vice Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Dana Sarvey, MD

Associate Medical Director, Belmont Adolescent Partial Hospital Program, McLean Hospital; Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

Kevin Simon, MD

Assistant in Psychiatry, Adolescent Substance Use & Addiction Program (ASAP) Boston Children's Hospital; Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Health Policy, Harvard University; Consulting Medical Director Wayside Youth & Family Network.

Howard Stevenson, PhD

Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Human Development and Quantitative Methods Division, and Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania; Executive Director, Racial Empowerment Collaborative.

Christina Villarreal, PhD

Faculty Director, Teacher Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Christopher Willard, PsyD

Psychologist and Educational Consultant, Boston; Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Health Alliance; Board of Directors, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy; Author, Growing Up Mindful, Raising Resilience, Alphabreaths, The Breathing Book.

Tyrone Williams, MD

Psychiatrist in Private Practice, Cambridge; Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Physicians

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers a total of 14 continuing education credits.

Social Workers and Family Therapists

Application for social work continuing education credit has been submitted to the Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work and to New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy for LMFT professional continuing education for a total of 14 credits. NY Social Workers: Cambridge Health Alliance, Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0038; 14 contact hours have been approved. The states of CT and RI accept NBCC and NASW approval for marriage and family therapists.

Counselors and Educators

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. This program meets the requirements for 14 continuing education hours. CHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This offering is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation and PDP Educator accreditation for a total of 14 credits.

Nurses Practitioners and Registered Nurses

The American Nurses Credentialing Center, Commission on Accreditation, accepts continuing education from the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) toward recertification. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, verifies that this course is a planned, organized learning experience designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the enhancement of nursing practice to the end of improving health care to the public as mandated by Massachusetts Regulation 244 CMR 5.00 toward relicensing requirements.

Physician Assistants

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Canadian Accreditation

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

European Accreditation

Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMEC®s). Information on the process of converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to ECMEC®s can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.

ABMS/ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)/ Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Professionalism
• Medical Knowledge

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine (IOM) Competencies:

• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Employ Evidence-Based Practice

Disclosure Policy

Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

Tuition for School Mental Health: Treating Students K-12 is listed below. You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment.

Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75, will be issued for all cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be made in our secure online system or by email. “No shows” are subject to the full course fee.

This year we are pleased to offer Two registration options: in-person and online livestream. Please note that for both options the course materials (i.e. syllabus) will be provided as digital pdfs. In addition, sessions will be recorded and, for those faculty giving their permission, the recordings will be available for all participants (both in-person and online) to view for 30 days post-conference.

Course Tuition

Course Registration: School Mental Health: Treating Students K-12 - In-Person

Physician (MD/DO)

$450.00
View Refund Policy

Nurse (RN/APRN)

$350.00
View Refund Policy

Resident/Fellow

$350.00
View Refund Policy

Allied Health Professional / Other

$350.00
View Refund Policy

Course Registration: School Mental Health: Treating Students K-12 - Livestream

Physician (MD/DO)

$420.00
View Refund Policy

Nurse (RN/APRN)

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Resident/Fellow

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Allied Health Professional / Other

$320.00
View Refund Policy

Tuition includes electronic syllabus and refreshments at break(s).