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Getting licensed can open up incredible opportunities, but the exam can seem daunting. Our podcasts make passing more achievable and even fun. Dr Hutchinson and Stacy’s energy and passion for this content will get you motivated and confident.
We break things down in understandable ways - no stuffiness or complexity and focus on the critical parts you need so your valuable study time counts. You’ll come away feeling like, “I can do this!” Whether it’s nailing down diagnoses, theoretical approaches, or applying ethics in challenging situations, we help you get into a licensed mindset. Knowledge domains we cover in these podcasts include:
Professional Practice and Ethics
Intake, Assessment, & Diagnosis
Areas of Clinical Focus
Treatment Planning
Counseling Skills and Interventions
Core Counseling Attributes
And, of course, the DSM-5-TR.
If you listen, you might surprise yourself at how much you absorb and enjoy it along the way. Take that first step – you’ll gain confidence and valuable skills and feel confident getting ready for your licensing exam!
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Aftercare Planning
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May 08, 2026 |
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Defense Mechanisms: Repression
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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2027 NCMHCE Exam Changes PT 2
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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2027 NCMHCE Exam Changes
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Bipolar I, Bipolar II and Cyclothymic Disorder
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Ego Syntonic Vs Ego Dystonic
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Family Constellation PT 2
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Family Constellation Therapy PT1
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Attachment Theory
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Finding the Balance: Study Without Burnout
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Choosing the Right Reflections Pt 2
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Choosing The Right Reflection Pt 1.
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Finding time to study
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Untangling Trichotillomania
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Neurodevelopmental PT 3 Learning Disabilities
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Neurodevelopmental PT 2 ADHD
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Neurodevelopment PT 1 ASD
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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What if I don't remember?
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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The SMART Framework for Therapy Goals
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Avoidant Personality Disorder Vs. Dependent Personality Disorders
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Dissociative Fugue: When People Forget Who They Are
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Nicotine Dependence: The Fagerstrom Test and HONC
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Microskills: Emotional Heightening
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Defense Mechanisms
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Microskills: Reflection of Meaning
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Miroskills: Reflection of Content
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Microskills: Reflection of Emotions
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Microskills: Paraphrasing vs. Summarizing in Counseling Practice
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Microskills: Unconditional Positive Regard
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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In Vivo vs In Vitro: What's the Difference?
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Symbolic Experiential Family Therapy
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Decoding the SCID-5
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Child Abuse vs Separation Anxiety
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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How Psychodrama Bypasses Cognitive Defenses
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May 30, 2025 |
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Personality Development vs. Personality Disorders
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May 23, 2025 |
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Gestalt with Rachel
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May 15, 2025 |
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Distinguishing OCD from OCPD
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May 08, 2025 |
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Defense Mechanisms: 100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla
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May 07, 2025 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Dependent Personality Disorder
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May 01, 2025 |
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Assessments: Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Beyond Fight or Flight: Panic Disorder
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Demystifying Disorders: The Nuances of Eating Disorders
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalysis vs Psychodynamic Therapy
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Beyond the Dumpster Fire: The Web of Alcohol Use Disorder
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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What about Safety Plans for the exam?
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Grill and Drill: Transtheoretical Model of Therapy
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Pica: Beyond Dirt and Paint Chips
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Strength-Based Approach
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Therapy to Therapy: Logotherapy
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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The Flex-Care Model of Therapy
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Building Support Systems
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Assessments: CAGE Questionnaire
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Prolonged Grief Disorder
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Demystifying Disorders: ADHD
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Trichotillomania
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: PTSD
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Cyclothymic Disorder
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Ethics: FERPA Compliance
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Assessments: Addiction Severity Index
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Theory to Therapy: Jungian Psychology
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Short-Term and Long-Term Goals, Part 2
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Short-Term vs. Long-Term Goals, Part 1
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Couples Therapy: The Gottman Method
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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What the heck is Choice Theory?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Assessments: The Beck Hopelessness Scale
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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EAP Confidentiality: Balancing Client Privacy and Reporting Obligations
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Adjustment Disorder
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Assessments: The Penn State Worry Questionnaire
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Understanding Symptoms & Treatment for Panic Disorder
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Assessments: Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for the DSM-5
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Assessments: Beck Anxiety Inventory
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Part 2
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Part 1
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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What do I need to know about the DSM-5-TR Online Assessment Measures?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Managing Test Anxiety, Part 2
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Managing Test Anxiety, Part 1
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Conquering Test Anxiety: Effective Strategies and Insights
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Theory to Therapy: Contextual Family Therapy, Part 2
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Theory to Therapy: Contextual Family Therapy, Part 1
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Frotteuristic Disorder
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Defense Mechanisms: Repression vs Suppression
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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What's Preventing Me From Passing? Part 3
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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What's Preventing Me From Passing? Part 2
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Theory to Therapy: Reality Therapy
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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What's Preventing Me From Passing? Part 1
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Exam Differences Between MHC and MFT
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Theory to Therapy: Unlocking Early Relationship Patterns with Object Relations
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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MSE: Mood and Affect
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Developmental: Freud vs Erikson
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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MSE: Evaluating Cognitive Functioning
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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MSE: Thought Process and Content Explained
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Cultural Competency: Tailoring Therapy to Diverse Clients
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Treating Co-Occurring Disorders
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Defense Mechanisms: Projection vs. Displacement
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May 17, 2024 |
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Crisis Case Study: What are the Crisis models?
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May 14, 2024 |
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Supervision vs Consultation
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May 10, 2024 |
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MSE: Appearance and Behavior
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May 07, 2024 |
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Group Therapy: Mastering Techniques for Focused and Connected Sessions
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May 03, 2024 |
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Navigating Conflict: Therapeutic Perspectives on Resolution and Neutrality
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Group Therapy: Charting Yalom's Therapeutic Factors
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Career: Navigating the Anticipation and Implementation Model
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Theory to Therapy: Working with Adolescent Clients
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Diagnosing Substance Use Disorders
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: SAD, GAD, ASD, Oh My!
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Co-Occurring Disorders
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Group Therapy: Tuckman's Stages
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Skinner
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Narrative Therapy
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Cognitive Distortions
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Social Anxiety
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Career: Super's Developmental Theory
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder in Children
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Hoarding Disorder
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Career: Roe's Fields and Levels Matrix
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Excoriation Disorder
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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50. Demystifying Disorders: Prolonged Grief Disorder and Uncomplicated Bereavement
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Development: Piaget's Stages of Development
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Understanding PTSD, Acute Stress, and Adjustment Disorders
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Group Therapy: Corey's Stages of Group Development
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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46. Theory to Therapy: TransTheoretical Model of Change
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Logotherapy vs Gestalt Therapy
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Demystifying Disorders: Bulimia vs Anorexia
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalysis
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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40. Microskills: Summarization
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Career: Holland
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Study Smarter: Interleaving
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Tackling Exam Anxiety through Gestalt Therapy
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Emotionally Focused Therapy
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Microskills: Self-Disclosure in Therapy
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Transactional Analysis
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Theory to therapy: Adlerian Therapy
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Microskills: The Art of Validation and Normalization
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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30. Microskills: Clarifying Feelings
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Study Smarter: Mnemonics and More
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Developmental: Piaget
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalytic Therapy for Specific Phobia
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Microskills: Confrontation
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Microskills: Therapeutic Silence
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Study Smarter - Active Study Strategies
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Study Smarter: The Journey to Mind Mapping
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Study Smarter - Applying Spaced Repetition
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Microskills: The Role of Paraphrasing and Reframing
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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20. Microskills: Empathy vs Reflection of Feeling vs Reflection of Meaning
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Theory to Therapy - Solution Focused Therapy
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Study Smarter - Using Multiple Senses
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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DBT Techniques
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Study Smarter - The Art of Chunking
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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10. Study Smarter - Your Study Environment
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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When CBT Doesn't Fit: Exploring Alternative Therapies
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Conquering the NCMHCE: 4 Strategies for Staying Motivated and On Track
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Techniques
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Person Centered Therapy Techniques
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Motivational Interviewing Techniques
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Gestalt Techniques
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Psychotic Disorders- organic or non-organic?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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1. Kohlberg Stages of Moral Development
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May 26, 2023 |
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Barriers to Counseling
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May 05, 2022 |