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Clearly Clinical
Affordable, relevant, and diverse Continuing Ed for mental health professionals… one year of unlimited CE courses for just one low price! Clearly Clinical is an approved provider with the APA, NBCC, ASWB, NAADAC, NYS, CAMFT, & CCAPP; we feature clinicians from historically-marginalized populations, and donate to the Trevor Project.
Our innovative CE presentations and interviews feature national experts and cover topics that help today’s passionate providers learn, grow, and shine.
Visit us at www.ClearlyClinical.com to become part of the movement!
Our innovative CE presentations and interviews feature national experts and cover topics that help today’s passionate providers learn, grow, and shine.
Visit us at www.ClearlyClinical.com to become part of the movement!
Episodes
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Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 5min
Free Gottman CE Course: Healing Invisible Wounds: Working Through Past Sexual Trauma in Relationships, Ep. 100
In this intimate, graceful interview, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, PSY shares perspectives and interventions to support couples in which one or both/all members are sexual trauma survivors. WARNING: Clearly Clinical listeners are warned that this interview course contains discussion about sexual trauma and acts of sexual violence. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.

Aug 7, 2020 • 1h 2min
Turning the Frown Upside Down: TMS and the Treatment of Depression, Ep. 99
Dr. Shashita Inamdar, a psychiatrist specialized in depression and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), helpfully discusses the application, risk, and benefits of TMS for people with 'treatment-resistant' depression, and gives a sound overview of how and when to refer clients for TMS. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.

Jul 16, 2020 • 1h 6min
College During Coronavirus: Clinically Navigating Decisions and Challenges, Ep. 97 (Not eligible for CE credit)
Dr. Mark Stevens, PSY discusses the challenges faced by young adult clients and their families who are making hard choices about what to do during the 2020/2021 academic year due to the pandemic. Helpful perspectives, reframes, and interventions are discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit.

Jun 30, 2020 • 1h 1min
Lifting LGBTQIA Voices of Color: Racism Among Gender & Sexual Minorities, Ep. 96
Dr. Frank Sanchez, PSY, LMFT, and Luna Malbroux, MSW, join trans advocate Jazzmun Crayton in discussing their clinical and lived experiences as multiple minority individuals... their thoughts on what it means to be members of both a racial minority and a sexual/gender minority simultaneously. Guidance for non-minority clinicians is also discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.

Jun 19, 2020 • 1h 1min
Lifting Black Voices: Therapy, Trust, and Racial Trauma, Ep. 95
Clinicians La Shanda Sugg, LPC, L.J. Lumpkin, LMFT, & Dr. Tiffany Crayton, LPC discuss the theme of therapeutic mistrust in the Black and African community, and offer insight about how the lived experience of BIPOC individuals may impact the course of therapy. Guidance for non-minority clinicians is also discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.

Jun 11, 2020 • 1h 2min
Supporting Loved Ones Through COVID-19 Deaths: Critical Clinical Considerations, Ep. 94 (Not eligible for CE credit)
Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, an expert on grief and loss, sheds a powerful light on how deaths caused by the pandemic are different than from other deaths, like lack of goodbyes and delayed/canceled funerals; the grief implications for surviving loved ones is discussed. Key insight is provided to help clinicians better support people who have critically-ill loved ones with COVID-19, or have already lost someone to the disease. Interview with Elizabeth 'Beth' Irias. Note: Not eligible for CE credit.

Jun 4, 2020 • 1h 2min
Excelling at Telehealth with Children and Teens: The Structure, Interventions, and Legal/Ethical Considerations, Ep. 93
Ariel Landrum, LMFT, an expert in the arena of online child and adolescent therapy, gives some great and practice guidance about how to keep sessions interesting, engaging, and effective. Important legal and ethical considerations are also discussed. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.

Jun 1, 2020 • 1h 5min
Hey, White Therapist, Here's Where We Start, Ep. 92
Frank Baird, LMFT, LPCC, gives a primer about the themes white therapists can begin exploring to be more aware of their own racial identity, cultural conditioning, and the effects on clients of Color. Includes discussion of interventions and considerations. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.

May 22, 2020 • 1h 2min
A Heart-to-Heart about Appreciating the Global and Personal Trauma of COVID-19, Ep. 91 (Not eligible for CE credit)
Dr. Jamie Marich, LPCC, a trauma specialist, discusses the pandemic's global and personal trauma impact, and offers helpful interventions to client and clinician alike. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit.

May 7, 2020 • 1h 4min
The Grip of Grief: Processing The Continual Losses of the Pandemic, Ep. 90 (Not eligible for CE credit)
Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, an expert on grief and loss, desribes the origin and function of grief, and provides helpful interventions to help clients manage the innumerable losses caused by the pandemic. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Note: Not eligible for CE credit.