Therapy Tidbits Winter/Spring 2025

Course overview

Therapy Tidbits Winter Spring 2025 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the current issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, online newsletter intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are: Curbing Youth Violence - Explains the rise in violent crime arrests in children, highlighting how "hot spots" influence phenotypic expression and subsequent behaviors and decisions of young individuals, and outlining intervention strategies for supporting youth in these areas. Pros and Cons of PSYPACT - Three Psychologists share their experiences with PSYPACT, outlining the pros and cons of practicing teletherapy in PSYPACT states. New HIPAA Disclosure Requirements - Summarizes the new attestation requirements from parties requesting PHI "potentially related" to reproductive healthcare. Psychologists Can Have Public Health Roles in Disaster Recovery - Offers a personal account of secondary traumatization as the author discusses how psychologists can support communities during disaster recovery. Technology in Clinical Practice: What's In it for Me? - Outlines three ways in which clinicians can integrate technology into their professional life. Methods To Access Professional Literature - Lists six methods for accessing professional literature, making it easier to stay current with research and developments in one's chosen specialties. New Ethics Code Will be Trouble for Psychologists - Discusses the challenges of complying with HIPAA patient access laws while keeping test materials secure and how upcoming revisions to the APA code may address it. The Unregulated Coaching Industry - Distinguishes between "coaching" and psychotherapy/counseling and the risk coaching poses to clients due to the lack of operating within an established and regulated standard of care. From Overwhelmed to Optimized: Rethinking Assessment Psychology in the Age of AI - Demonstrates how practitioners can utilize AI and automation workflows into their practice. Course #11-57 | 2025 | 19 pages | 10 posttest questions