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We provide innovative and challenging CE training for psychotherapists, psychologists, and other mental health workers.

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Our nervous systems shape the way we navigate living, loving, and working. Polyvagal Theory, through the organising principles of hierarchy, neuroception, and co-regulation, has revolutionised our understanding of how this system works...

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The ability to meet the challenges of everyday life is a marker of well-being and is dependent on the autonomic nervous system. 2/

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The ability to meet the challenges of everyday life is a marker of well-being and is dependent on the autonomic nervous system. 2/

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Are you interested in expanding your knowledge of how to work with the nervous system/polyvagal in your practice?

3 CE Credits: https://t.co/hCusNfCsZZ

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Are you interested in expanding your knowledge of how to work with the nervous system/polyvagal in your practice?

3 CE Credits: https://t.co/hCusNfCsZZ

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Join Dr Williams and get a chance to discuss this topic during the Q&A session of our upcoming event on the medicalisation of distress: https://t.co/87h8QrC3V4

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... "Currently, in the United States, where insurance companies allot specific numbers of sessions for specific diagnostic categories, often in defiance of a therapist’s judgement, the assessment process is especially subject to corruption." - Dr Nancy McWilliams

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... "Currently, in the United States, where insurance companies allot specific numbers of sessions for specific diagnostic categories, often in defiance of a therapist’s judgement, the assessment process is especially subject to corruption." - Dr Nancy McWilliams

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"...Racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, and numerous other prejudices can be (and have often been) handily fortified by nosology... 3/

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"...Racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, and numerous other prejudices can be (and have often been) handily fortified by nosology... 3/

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."..the anguished person gets linguistically distanced by the clinician who cannot bear to feel the pain; the troublesome person gets punished with a pathologizing label... 2/

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."..the anguished person gets linguistically distanced by the clinician who cannot bear to feel the pain; the troublesome person gets punished with a pathologizing label... 2/

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"For many people, including some therapists, diagnosis is a dirty word. We have all seen the misuse of psychodiagnostic formulations: the complex person gets flippantly oversimplified by the interviewer who is anxious about uncertainty... 1/

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"For many people, including some therapists, diagnosis is a dirty word. We have all seen the misuse of psychodiagnostic formulations: the complex person gets flippantly oversimplified by the interviewer who is anxious about uncertainty... 1/

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An excerpt from Dr Nancy McWilliams' "Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process.". Dr McWilliams will be exploring the inferential and dimensional assessment of psychological suffering in our upcoming seminar: https://t.co/rHrScnkAce

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An excerpt from Dr Nancy McWilliams' "Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process.". Dr McWilliams will be exploring the inferential and dimensional assessment of psychological suffering in our upcoming seminar: https://t.co/rHrScnkAce

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Our seminar on the medicalisation of distress is closing next week Wednesday... Book your spot in this radical and engaging talk, with a chance to engage the speakers during our panel and Q&A sessions!

(4 CE credits): https://t.co/87h8QrC3V4

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An interesting read by our speaker on the medicalisation of distress James Barnes @psychgeist52

https://t.co/joNHptKDTq

Join James in our upcoming seminar here (4 CE Credits): https://t.co/87h8QrC3V4

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Distress HAS been overmedicalised. Join our talk on diagnosis, formulation, and relational psychotherapy and discuss more about what can be, and what is being done: https://t.co/87h8QrC3V4

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

@confer_us Distress has been overmedicalised

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CLOSING TOMORROW! Join us in this unique seminar and discover how to talk to your patients without shame about sex.

Working with Fetish, BDSM, and Kink Practices
Kink-Affirmative Therapy

US bookings: https://t.co/XbONbi7qWt

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Closing this week!

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Bookings for our seminar on working with kink-affirmative therapy close next week!

Book your spot here: https://t.co/JDWi4dEnHG

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Bookings for our seminar on working with kink-affirmative therapy close next week!

Book your spot here: https://t.co/JDWi4dEnHG

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The Art of Letting Go: https://t.co/chqrhd1305

Conscious Uncoupling: https://t.co/K9udly1yxz

Psychotherapeutic Forms of Love: https://t.co/PbqakiARZ4

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Valentine's Day is a mixed day in the consulting room -- with clients facing loss, heartbreak, loneliness, and abuse, to clients enjoying their relationships and discovering new aspects of life and romance. How can we be prepared to work with these aspects?

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Upcoming seminar on working with clients who engage in kinks and BDSM: https://t.co/1DQ5vC3FYS

Oxytocin: The Neurobiological Mystery of Love and Attachment: https://t.co/2MoBQGd2Uo

Working with Domestic Violence and Emotional Abuse: https://t.co/PQHLSyv2Tx

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Valentine's Day is a mixed day in the consulting room -- with clients facing loss, heartbreak, loneliness, and abuse, to clients enjoying their relationships and discovering new aspects of life and romance. How can we be prepared to work with these aspects?

[Confer US | CE for Mental Health Workers @confer_us]

Valentine's Day is a mixed day in the consulting room -- with clients facing loss, heartbreak, loneliness, and abuse, to clients enjoying their relationships and discovering new aspects of life and romance. How can we be prepared to work with these aspects?

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How can therapists work around the medicalisation of distress? Why has the medical model continued to expand and dominate mental health provision despite poor outcomes?

Join Dr Nancy McWilliams, James Barnes, James Davies, and Lucy Johnstone: https://t.co/7KxwxtkYI6

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Join our speakers @DrBisbey, @DrRichardSprott, @DominicDavies1, Anna Randall @SFSexHealth, and Dr Ryan Witherspoon: https://t.co/JDWi4dEnHG

4 CE Credits (NBCC; NYSED (Psychology); NYSED (Psychoanalysis); NYSED (Social Work)

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Do you find it hard, awkward, or uneasy in your responses when working with clients who want to discuss their s*x lives or who engage in kink, fetish, and/or BDSM? How can we work towards a kink-affirmative therapy?

https://t.co/3t3JGCqfF1

4 CE Credits are available