Distance Learning & Online Education Services

An Expansive Model: A Global View of Race, Culture and Trauma in the Treatment of Addiction

The concepts of race and culture are frequently used interchangeably, which falsely represents large groups of people. On an individual basis, it can distort service delivery, and result in the perpetuation of bias. Being able to distinguish between race and culture offers a first step in the provision of trauma-informed and sensitive counseling. Approximately ten percent of Americans report being in recovery and require assistance maintaining sobriety. Approximately 23.5 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol and these numbers continue to rise. Unfortunately, there are many gaps in service delivery, and frequently a medical model or westernized medicine doesn't adequately address all the needs. Counseling may serve an important role in closing the gap. Counselors can clearly provide an important service that allows some individuals or their families to become educated on issues of race and culture and their influence on trauma and addiction. Having an increased awareness and a step-by-step approach to treatment will allow counselors to contribute and provide trauma-informed and sensitive services.

6 CEs for $129.00

This course provides 6-hours of CE and is supported via online education through CECircuit. You will complete 5-hours of education online and meet with Clare E Steffen, Ed.D., ND, CNHP, CMH, CADCII, ICADC, NCC, BCC for the remaining one hour via a tele-session, 1:1, or a group web meeting.

Victim Defined Advocacy

The impact of domestic violence is far-reaching and can be passed inter-generationally within families; therefore, we now have broadened the scope to consider "family violence." There are numerous reasons why women stay in relationships with intimate partners who are violent (IPV), these risks can be viewed from two main categories: batter-generated risks, and life-generated risks. Various addictions can result in episodes and cycles of violence, some predictable and some impulsive incidents. Trauma can result from the experience of exposure to violence that can result in PTSD, and/or inter-generational and vicarious trauma. As most victims experience an increased risk upon attempting to leave their efforts at developing a career are disrupted or thwarted, and for those that are employed they may experience increased health risks that interfere with job performance. Counselors can partner with victims to empower, create options that clearly consider batter and life-generated risks, promote choice, and improve advocacy through applying a step-by-step systemic approach to change! Advocacy for victims of domestic violence has been the cornerstone of the movement to create change for families.

6 CEs for $129.00

Reshaping Trauma to Retrain the Brain

Trauma has many faces and can impact the lives of not only the person who experienced trauma but of their family and close relationships. In this course, you will learn about the different types of trauma, and how to effectively address it in coaching. You will be provided the tools to assist your clients in reshaping their experience so they can retrain their brain. As a coach, it is important to know when to refer to a therapist, consult, or collaborate. Our client's life stories give us insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (TFB Paradigm), but most importantly their relationships to self and others. Examining their ability to analyze the TFB paradigm will allow you to teach them how to apply corrective techniques, and reshape their present day relationship to their experiences. Clients rely on life coaches to teach them new behaviors, acquire new skills, as well as change attitudes and correct thought processes and address healing in their interpersonal relationships. Trauma impacts so many aspects of life functioning and providing your client with the tools needed to reclaim and empower their lives is a first step toward healing and wellness. Everything in life is relational. Addressing trauma from a relational and brain-based perspective will provide you with the necessary tools to assist your clients in reshaping the experience and retraining their brain to begin their healing process. Trauma is experienced globally, and coaches can contribute to changing world views and empowering people.

6 CEs for $129.00

Steps to Change

Sometimes change requires putting one foot in front of the other as we carefully navigate the new path. Counselors must be resilient in an effort to guide individuals, couples, and families to a new path. Having a balanced approach will protect you and your clients. CE4Counselors designs each course with an emphasis on creating life balance, empathy in treatment, and bringing trauma-sensitive and informed services to your clients. Contact Dr. Clare Steffen if you would like to learn more about holistic counseling or to enroll in a one-on-one session, "A Game Counseling."

1 CE for $50.00

Creating New Choice Thinking

At the core of every relationship to the people, things, and environments in our lives is choice! We may not always like the choices we have available to us, but we still can exercise choice. We can become overwhelmed by the number of choices available in life. If you are interested in learning a decision-making system to assist your clients in learning how to make healthy choices, develop dispositional traits that support choice, and create a new philosophy for living, just ask! We offer courses that will help you teach your clients this impressive choice-making system. Enroll today in our course on Accessing Cognitions of Choice, to start guiding your clients to new horizons.

25-CEs for $499.00

This course provides 25-hours of CE and is supported via online education through CECircuit. You will complete 21-hours of education online and meet with Clare E Steffen, Ed.D., ND, CNHP, CMH, CADCII, IACDC, NCC, BCC for the remaining four hours via a tele-session, 1:1, or a group web meeting.

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Next Steps...

Enroll today by calling Clare E Steffen, Ed.D., NC, NCC, BCC, CADCII, ICADC, CNHP, CMH at 541.221.3408 or just click and join the course of your choice.

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