Florida Mental Health Counselor CE Bundle

At the end of this package, licensees will be able to:

Trauma Processing: The Fundamentals

• Identify the PTSD subtypes as well as the other mental health diagnoses that may be found in individuals suffering from trauma-related disorders
• Identify various therapeutic techniques that may be used in treating a patient suffering from trauma-related disorders
• Describe the various obstacles that interfere with effective trauma therapy and how they can be prevented

Ethics & Boundaries: Mental Health Professionals

• Comprehend the role of boundaries in counseling practice and the professional’s role in healthy boundary maintenance
• Review key points of the Florida Statutes Chapter 491 laws and rules which are in effect codified ethics
• Demonstrate the application of ethics and boundaries to practice situations common to the counseling profession

Domestic Violence Update: A silent epidemic

• Describe common characteristics of both domestic violence victims and perpetrators
• Describe best practices in screening for domestic violence and assessing the needs of domestic violence victims
• Identify the role of the health care professional in reporting domestic violence and assisting victims

Preventing Medical Errors for Health Professionals

• Identify the two primary types of medical errors
• Explain the importance of near misses in preventing future medical errors
• Explain how errors are analyzed and the role of Root Cause Analysis in this process

Cultural Competency in Counseling

• Identify core competencies for mental health professionals related to cultural responsiveness.
• Identify the benefits of cultural competence for clients, practitioners, and mental health organizations.
• Describe ways in which mental health practitioners can pursue cultural competence within their organization.

Veteran and Family of Veteran Mental Health

• Describe the prevalence of various mental health issues among active duty military and veterans
• Identify barriers that may prevent veterans from seeking mental health care
• Describe why screening military personnel for mental health issues is so important

Suicide Assessment Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment

• To learn interventions to manage risk factors and precipitating events, particularly for high-risk groups and individuals
• To understand the clinician’s role in making a preliminary and ongoing assessment of a patient’s status vis a vis suicide potentiality
• By increasing knowledge and understanding, to thereby improve clinical judgment so that robust interventions are employed to protect the life and health of patients

Florida Laws and Rules: Social Workers, Counselors and Family Therapists

• Define cultural competence and the role that it plays in the therapeutic relationship
• Define confidentiality and informed consent along with any limits to these concepts within the therapeutic relationship
• Identify the requirements for mandated reporting of child or elder abuse
• Outline the steps for assessing and reducing suicide risk