Divorce Options: Supporting Clients Through Next Steps

About the Course

Parents, individuals, and children can heal, grow, and learn from a divorce process centered in respect and dignity. Most individuals don’t know what options there are for divorce; especially how to find family-systems and holistic focused processes for divorce. This course will teach practitioners to identify the key components of divorce and trauma for children and adults. This course will provide practitioners with an understanding of the pros and cons of different divorce options, and how these options may differentially affect their client(s) and the therapeutic process during the divorce process. Options discussed include: mediation, “do it yourself”, litigation and Collaborative Divorce. This course will provide a framework for clinicians to implement these discussions into their treatment process.

2 hours CE. Recorded video format (non-interactive)

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Course Overview

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 2.12 hours 

CE CREDITS: 2.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Advanced 

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 11/1/2023

 

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Identify four options for divorce
  • Identify the key components to Collaborative Divorce
  • Describe the challenges and downsides to divorce litigation
  • Have a streamlined, step-by-step plan to integrate divorce options education for clients into their practice

Course Outline

  1. Why Clinicians are the Best First Step
    1. Clinicians who support adults or children
    2. Clinicians who support parents
    3. Clinicians who support couples
    4. Negative impacts of divorce
  2. Divorce Impacts on Adults and Children
    1. Why is divorce an ACE?
    2. Parental challenges in divorce
  3. Trauma and Divorce
    1. ACE's and trauma effects on children from divorce
    2. Impacts of divorce on adults
  4. Options for Divorce
    1. What is litigation and how does it affect families/individuals?
    2. Mediation
    3. Do it yourself divorce
    4. Collaborative Divorce Process - an intervention for families
  5. Supportive Interventions for Clients at the Time of Divorce
    1. Collaborative Process
    2. Co-Parenting intervention
    3. Conscious Uncoupling coaching
  6. How to Build a 2-3 Session Framework Into Your Treatment Plan for Your Work With Families and/or Individuals

CE Information


American Psychological Association (APA)
Psych Hub is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists completing this course receive 2.00 continuing education credits.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Psych Hub, #1750, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2.00 clinical continuing education credits.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Psych Hub is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CAMFT Approval #1000074. Course meets the qualifications for 2.00 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Psych Hub has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7051. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Psych Hub is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course receive 2.00 continuing education hours.

New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0257. New York State licensed mental health counselors completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0109. New York State marriage and family therapists completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0208. New York State licensed psychologists completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0699. New York State social workers completing this course receive 2.00 contact hours.

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider Number 50-45376. Participants completing this course earn 2.00 continuing education credits.

Experts


Brandyn Roark Caires, MS, LCPC
Brandyn Roark Caires is a Montana Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (#23438) in private practice in Bozeman, MT, specializing in working with children in two-home structures. She has more than 20 years of experience in the children's mental health field. She is a co-founder of Parent Team, an online resource for parents and clinicians navigating challenges of separation and divorce.