Continuing Education
Collective Care Clinic (CCC), in collaboration with Portland Anxiety Clinic (PAC), offers virtual continuing education events for psychologists and other mental health professionals on a variety of topics relevant to professional practice, including evidence-based practice, ethics, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
CCC is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CCC maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
To join our CE listserv for announcements about upcoming trainings, please email:
DrAllisonBrandt@PortlandAnxietyClinic.com
Upcoming CE Trainings:
Adverse Child Experiences & Trauma-Informed Care
Friday July 17th
10:00am-11:00am
Description
In this presentation, Dr. Brandt will provide an introduction to Adverse Child Experiences (ACEs), including incidence, sequelae, risk/protective factors, and signs in childhood. Dr. Brandt will then review the role Trauma-Informed Care can play in mitigating traumatic stress within health organizations/systems.
Learning Objectives
- List common ACEs and sequelae
- Recognize various risk and protective factors
- Differentiate between trauma-informed care, trauma-sensitive care, and trauma-specific services
- Discuss key principles of trauma-informed care
Instructional Level: Introductory
Registration Fees:
Professional: $20
Student: $10
Optional Add-On Training:
Trauma-Specific Services for the Treatment of Childhood Traumatic Stress
Friday July 17th
12:00pm-2:00pm
Description
This presentation is an optional add-on to the Adverse Child Experiences & Trauma-Informed Care presentation, during which Dr. Brandt will provide an overview of traumatic stress symptoms in childhood as well as evidence-based universal, targeted, and clinical interventions for addressing childhood trauma. Next, Dr. Brandt will provide a deep dive into the gold standard treatment Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
Learning Objectives
- Identify symptoms of traumatic stress in childhood
- Differentiate between universal, targeted, and clinical interventions for childhood trauma
- Describe core cognitive-behavioral components of TF-CBT
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Registration Fees:
Professional: $50
Student: $25
ERP for OCD
Monday July 27th
9am-11am
2 Hours of CE
Description
In this presentation, Dr. Brandt will provide an intro to OCD, with emphasis on the gold standard of treatment: Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). In addition to neurobiology of OCD, Dr. Brandt will discuss assessment and diagnosis, then review the basics of ERP, including providing psychoeducation, creating a hierarchy, and common ERP missteps.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize OCD symptoms
- Describe the OCD cycle
- Distinguish between imaginal and in-vivo exposures
- Discuss cross-cultural applicability of the YBOCS, models of OCD, and OCD subtypes
Level: Introductory
Registration Fee:
Professional: $50
Student: $25 (discount code: STUDENT)
Optional Add-On Training:
ERP for OCD in Kids
Monday July 27th
12pm-2pm
2 Hours of CE
Description
This presentation is an optional add-on to the ERP for OCD presentation, during which Dr. Brandt will discuss how to tailor ERP for children and incorporate caregivers into treatment. Dr. Brandt will also review assessment and differential diagnosis of OCD in early childhood, as well as caregiver-mediated ERP for young children.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss differential diagnosis of OCD in childhood
- Recognize and define caregiver OCD accommodation
- Apply Exposure and Response Prevention with children and families
Level: Intermediate
Registration Fee:
Professional: $50
Student: $25 (discount code: STUDENT)
Oregon Mental Health Law & Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice
Friday July 31st
12:30pm-2:00pm
1.5 Hours of CE
Description
This presentation will review Oregon laws and mental health professional ethical codes (APA, NASW, ACA) related to common issues in clinical practice, including confidentiality, mandated reporting, harm to self/others, rights of minors, multiple relationships, non-custodial parents, unethical behavior of colleagues, and self-care.
Learning Objectives
- Identify common ethical issues in clinical practice and associated OR statutes and ethical standards
- Discuss research on the ethnic/racial disparities in the US child welfare system
- List steps of an ethical decision-making model for navigating ethical dilemmas
Registration Fee:
Professional: $30
Student: $15 (discount code: STUDENT)
Self-Care as an Ethical Practice
Friday August 7th
9:30am-11:00am
1.5 Hours of CE
Description
Given the impact of burnout on personal and professional functioning, experts in the field have described self-care as an ethical imperative inherent to competent psychological practice. In this presentation, Dr. Brandt will review research on psychologist burnout, relevant ethical standards with the APA code, and best practices for attending to self-care in order to meet our ethical obligations.
By the end of the seminar, participants will be able to:
- List negative sequelae of burnout
- Identify sections of the APA Ethical Code relevant to burnout
- Discuss strategies for preventing personal and professional burnout
Registration Fees:
Professional: $30
Student: $15 (discount code: STUDENT)
Treating Trichotillomania & Other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors
Friday August 21s
9:00am-11:00am
2 Hours of CE
Description
In this presentation, Dr. Brandt will provide an introduction and overview to the assessment and treatment of body-focused repetitive behaviors, including trichotillomania (hair pulling), excoriation (skin picking), nail biting, cheek biting, etc. via Habit Reversal Training (HRT). Integration of ACT into treatment will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Describe functional assessment of BFRBs
- List components of HRT
- Identify ACT interventions that can enhance HRT for BFRBs
Registration Fee:
Professional: $50
Student: $25 (discount code: STUDENT)
Ethical Issues in Clinical Supervision
Friday August 28th
9:00am-11:00am
2 Hours of CE
Description
During this interactive presentation, Dr. Brandt will review common ethical issues that arise in clinical supervision. Best practices for preventing and resolving ethical issues in the supervisory relationship will be discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Identify common ethical dilemmas in clinical supervision
- List sections of the APA and other professional ethical codes relevant to clinical supervision
- Discuss strategies for preventing and resolving ethical issues in the supervisory relationship
- Describe steps for addressing microaggressions on the part of the supervisor
Registration Fee:
Professional: $50
Student: $25 (discount code: STUDENT)
Speaker
Allison Brandt, PhD
Dr. Brandt is a licensed psychologist and Director of Community Outreach & Training at Portland Anxiety Clinic. She specializes in pediatric psychology, parenting, and family-based treatment of anxiety and related disorders. Formerly a tenured Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at Pacific University, Dr. Brandt has taught in a variety of clinical areas, published numerous research articles and book chapters, and regularly presents at national and international conferences. She also provides outreach in the community and formerly served on the Oregon Psychological Association’s Ethics Committee.
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