Events

The purpose of this course is to equip postgraduate mental health professionals with a systematic integrative approach to couple therapy.

Contribution of Relational Psychologists to understanding development and to psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and their parents with a focus on play interventions.

Evolving new research significantly challenges our cultural bias of a universal gender binary.

Systemic racism, ethnocentrism and xenophobia contribute to the negative experiences of Latinx children and families in the US.

Technology and social media shape the identities and worldviews of today’s teens. Adolescent sexuality and relationships are interwoven with cell phones and social media.

Adelphi University’s Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development will once again present and host the Post-Graduate Ecological Justice Certificate Program for Social Workers.

Group Work: Promoting a Mutual-Aid Environment workshop is designed for Clinicians seeking to enhance their group facilitation skills and conceptualization from a Mutual-Aid framework.

This seminar focuses on Contemporary Object Relations theory which is involved in the study and treatment of the unconscious couple system.

This course presents techniques of time limited counseling in the schools.

This course will focus on the racial and cultural identifications of both the child patient, and that of the therapist.

The following selected workshops are relevant to the work of school psychologists, school social workers and all mental health professionals working with children.

There is a growing body of evidence showing that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ+) youth experience potentially traumatic events at significantly higher rates than their straight and cisgender peers. Traumas and stressors, such as parental rejection, bullying, and harassment, place LGBTQ+ children and youth at risk for a wide range of health disparities and can impact their ability to seek and engage in support.

There are numerous ethical issues specific to social workers’ roles across settings. In this course we will focus on ethical principles to a variety of topics.

Using Interpersonal theory and a discussion of dissociation as a backdrop for exploration, this seminar will discuss how the treatment of eating disorders allows for an exaggerated version of what we may consider a more traditional analysis.

In this workshop, Johanna Louie, LMSW introduces a support framework for caregivers who are caring for an individual who is thinking about suicide or exhibiting suicidal behaviors. Given the stressful nature of caregiving and the lack of existing services, it is crucial to consider this population’s unique needs.

Patients who remain mired in depression, despite treatment with multiple medications, often have undiagnosed bipolar illness.

In this 4-day program, offering 12 hours of continuing education, learners will gain knowledge of geriatric mental health challenges, including social isolation, depression, suicide, anxiety, hoarding and substance abuse.

Participants will learn basic concepts of Jungian theory, receive guidance on ways to listen and respond to a client’s dream, and engage in experiential exercises to practice implementing dream work techniques.

The extremely dissociated person offers us entre into a world of unthinkable and unimaginable terror. Life gone awry, minds derailed by cruelty and sadism, bodies seemingly intact but perverted, holding secrets of betrayal, rend and terrify the soul within.

This course will review the research literature on the risks and benefits of psychopharmacological interventions as an adjunct to individual psychodynamic treatment.

This course offers participants an opportunity to consider the needs of children of various developmental stages within school-based settings.

A course for school mental health professionals and for clinicians working with children and adolescents.

An introduction to the new disorder in the DSM-5-TR will be explored in depth along with the two disorders that have been renamed.

Participants will review and update their knowledge of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the domains of theory, assessment, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes with standardized instruments.

Adelphi University School of Social Work Continuing Education has launched a 4-week online LMSW/LCSW test preparation workshop. 

This course introduces psychotherapists to the legal responsibilities, risks and dilemmas inherent in their work with minors and their families.

Picturing Change is a course that will harness the power of this visual second language and utilize it for positive change.

Attendees will be given an overview of key theoretical concepts that inform the “spirit” of DBT, the core treatment strategies as used within a DBT skills group, and how DBT skills relate to the other components of comprehensive DBT.