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Clinical Development Series: Certification Course in Superhero Therapy - Part 1

Sat, Apr 10th, 2021

10:00am – 5:00pm US Eastern Time

Part of: Clinical Development Series: Superhero Therapy: Combining Evidence Based Therapy with Pop-culture Narratives to Heal Clients

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Clinical Development Series: Superhero Therapy: Combining Evidence Based Therapy with Pop-culture Narratives to Heal Clients

April 10 – 11, 2021 See agenda for times

Up to 12 CE hours available

2 Sessions

About the Event

Superhero Therapy refers to incorporating elements from popular culture into evidence-based therapy to help a client of any age to become the hero of their own journey. This workshop will focus on how to incorporate elements of popular culture and interactive games into evidence-based therapies, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and narrative exposure therapy (NET) to help clients better manage anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other psychological disorders. It will also demonstrate how to help clients understand and process their origin stories, as well as how to create a treatment plan using Superhero Therapy and game-based therapy.

AGENDA

DAY 1: ● 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Introduction to Superhero Therapy; Formulation and processing of an origin story ● 11:30 am – 11:45 am: Morning Break ● 11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Creating a treatment plan using Superhero Therapy ● 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch Break ● 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Introduction to game-based therapy ● 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Afternoon Break ● 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm: Research related to game-based and demonstrate game-based interventions Establishing emotional safety through pop culture; introduction to willingness and vulnerability - Patronus Charm

Live Event This is a live online event. It will be conducted via Zoom Webinar.

Live Event Instructor

Janina Scarlet

Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Janina Scarlet is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author, and a full-time geek. A Ukrainian-born refugee, she survived Chernobyl radiation and persecution. She immigrated to the United States at the age of 12 with her family and later, inspired by the X-Men, developed Superhero Therapy to help patients with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Dr. Scarlet is the recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award by the United Nations Association for her work on Superhero Therapy. Her work has been featured on Yahoo, BBC, NPR, Sunday Times, CNN, CW, ABC, Huffington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, the Nerdist, BuzzFeed, and many other outlets. She currently works at the Center for Stress and Anxiety Management in San Diego. She authored Superhero Therapy, Harry Potter Therapy, Therapy Quest, Dark Agents, Super-Women, Supernatural Therapy, as well as numerous contributions to Star Wars Psychology, Star Trek Psychology, Wonder Woman Psychology, Supernatural Psychology and many other books.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

1 Explain the concept of Superhero Therapy.
2 Demonstrate how to incorporate pop culture examples into treatment.
3 Create a treatment plan using Superhero Therapy.
4 Explain the concept of game-based approaches to therapy.
5 Discuss research related to game-based and demonstrate game-based interventions
6 Demonstrate how clients can learn to build emotional safety through pop culture connections

Disclosure to Learners

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

Connecticut Certification Board (CCB)

6 CE credit hours

Eligible until Apr 10th, 2021

AddictionCounselorCE.com is an approved provider for the CCB. AddictionCounselorCE.com takes responsibility for this course and it's content.

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NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)

6 CE credit hours

Eligible until Apr 10th, 2021

This course has been approved by CE Learning Systems, service provider of Impact CE, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #192243, CE Learning Systems is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

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