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If you completed this course in the past and would like to repurchase, please contact <a class="ProsemirrorEditor-link" href="mailto:support@zurinstitute.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Customer Service</a>
This intermediate level course reviews the importance of touch for human development and healing practices, describes the application of touch in psychotherapy as adjunct to verbal psychotherapy.
It opens with 4 audios (text transcripts are provided for all audios) and one article. The articles look critically at the prohibition of touch in therapy and examine its historical, professional and cultural roots. Sexualizing most forms of touch combined with psychoanalytic and risk management guidelines are reviewed, as they present the main obstacles for the clinically appropriate use of touch in therapy. Issues of power, gender, history of abuse, dx and context are also discussed. Finally, detailed clinical and ethical guidelines for the appropriate use of touch in therapy are provided and description of ethical decision-making and a summary of California law in regard to touch in therapy are also presented. Additional resources and references are provided for further study, but they are not part of the course.
Disclaimer: This course is purely educational and does not intend to serve as a license (or permission) to mental health professionals to prescribe or practice any of the approaches discussed in this course unless they fall within the scope of practice of your profession. Check with your licensing board about the scope of practice of your profession to make sure you practice within that scope. It also does not serve as a permission to title yourself in any specific way.
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Touch in Therapy I: The Ethics of Touch in Psychotherapy & Counseling

Ofer Zur, Ph.D.

Nola Nordmarken, MFT, MA

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NOTE TO PSYCHOLOGISTS: For psychologists not licensed in CA, NY, &amp; VA Continuing Education certificates will be designated as home study.
DESCRIPTION: Most therapists get very little training in sexuality. The public would be quite surprised, for example, that a counselor can get licensed without hearing the words vibrator, infidelity, prostate, or cunnilingus during their education.
Without specialized training, clinicians are left to rely on personal experience (which may not be so great), religious beliefs (which may not match our clients’), or the ideas of popular culture. And so most therapists base their interventions regarding sexuality on stereotypes, distortions, and factual errors without knowing it.
In this fast-paced webinar, award-winning sex therapist Dr. Marty Klein will highlight the most common myths therapists have about sexuality—that is, common sources of clinical errors. You may be surprised to learn, for example, that:
~ Preferences for kinky sex are sometimes wholesome and healthy, and sometimes an expression of emotional pathology.
~ Pornography is rarely the actual subject when couples are in conflict about pornography.
~ In roughly half of all heterosexual cases of desire discrepancy, the higher desire partner is female.
~ In cases of infidelity, requiring the Betrayer to disclose every last detail of the affair can destroy the primary relationship.
~ The solution for couples’ sexual dissatisfaction is rarely better erections, orgasm, or desire—even though that’s what couples routinely ask for.
In cases involving intimacy, power struggles, self-esteem, body image, and infidelity, sexuality is typically an issue. It’s crucial to approach these cases with accurate information, free from popular myths and cultural bias. This fast-paced webinar will challenge the way you’ve been dealing with sexual issues—and inspire you to discover and critique beliefs you didn’t even realize you had. 
Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals
Content level: Introductory/Intermediate
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Sexuality: Common Myths That Undermine Treatment

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Non CE Event &#8211; Free for Members
DESCRIPTION: Ozempic and related drugs now help people lose up to 20% of their body weight  with generally manageable side effects. As the price of these drugs drops, even more of our patients will take them.
How are these drugs (GLP-1 agonists) affecting couples and families? What about the self-image, decision-making, and sexual choices of individuals who finally lose weight after years of struggle and failure? How are the mates, children, friends, and co-workers responding to familiar people with suddenly unfamiliar bodies? And how are these slimmer people responding to others’ responses to them?
Not every newly-slim person will revel in the new attention they get at work. Not every couple will easily navigate the de-centering of food in one partner’s life. Not every lifelong-shy person will feel comfortable with the increased encouragement to socialize. Not every marriage will enjoy the melting away of one newly-slim partner’s sexual inhibitions. Not every newly-slim parent will know how to deal with their teenagers’ envy or insecurity. And not every newly-slim person will feel comfortable admitting how they’ve lost all that weight. And what about the loss of identity?
Therapists and healthcare professionals need to address the emotional and systemic effects of these new weight-loss drugs. Rather than waiting for patients to raise these issues, we must be prepared to ask lots of questions about their challenges.
Video will only be available for 30 days after the webinar. 
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Ozempic, Weight, & Desire - Guide for Mental Health Providers

Ozempic, Weight, & Identity — A Guide for Mental Health Providers

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This webinar satisfies requirements for live interactive CE credits for all professions.
DESCRIPTION: If you avoid writing treatment plans, you aren’t alone. In one survey, 63% of psychotherapists reported they did not write treatment plans on all clients. Many stated they just didn’t have the time, or didn’t see them as helpful.
Yet treatment plans are required by insurance plans, ethics codes, and many state laws. Without an appropriate written treatment plan, you (or your client) may not be reimbursed by a health plan &#8212; or may be asked to pay money back. You could also be cited by a licensing or ethics board. Plus, a treatment plan can protect both you and your clients, ensuring all parties have a clear understanding of the goals and progress being made.
This webinar will address how to write a brief treatment plan that fulfills the expectations of insurance, ethics boards, licensing boards, and other oversight agencies.
Time permitting, we will address:
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<li>Shortcuts to make plans quick — but not “cookie cutter”</li>
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<li>How to choose goals — and which goals to avoid</li>
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<li>How to write goals that meet Medical Necessity Criteria</li>
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<li>How objectives differ from goals</li>
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<li>How to choose and describe your interventions</li>
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<li>How to update treatment plans — and how often to do it</li>
<li>Lots of sample treatment plans!</li>
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FREE DOWNLOADS: Best of all, participants will be given two downloadable sample treatment plans, plus a blank template you can use in your practice immediately. You will also get a list of sample interventions, and sample goals for children and adolescents.
The training is aimed at a nationwide audience. It is appropriate for introductory or veteran psychotherapists, supervisors, practice managers, students, or counselors-in-training, regardless of experience level or practice setting.
Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals
Content level: Introductory/Intermediate
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How to Write a 10-Minute Treatment Plan

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NOTE TO PSYCHOLOGISTS: For psychologists not licensed in CA, NY, &amp; VA Continuing Education certificates will be designated as home study.
DESCRIPTION: Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapeutic approach developed by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D that views a person as composed of various &#8220;parts&#8221; or sub-personalities, each with its own perspectives, memories, and roles. These parts can be thought of as an internal family, with some parts taking on managerial roles to protect the individual, while others hold onto pain and trauma. The core concept in IFS is the &#8220;Self,&#8221; which is seen as the compassionate, calm, and wise center of a person. The aim of IFS therapy is to foster a healthier relationship between the Self and the parts, promoting understanding and healing.
In this upcoming, live interactive webinar, you will learn an introduction to the model of Internal Family Systems. This will include an overview of the framework of this model, the basic assumptions of IFS, and the goals of IFS therapy. A demonstration of certain aspects of the model will be included.
Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals
Content level: Introductory
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Intro to IFS: Learning how to Integrate Parts Work 

Intro to IFS: Learning how to Integrate Parts Work through Internal Family Systems

Non CE Credit Live Interactive Webinar Feb 25, 2025 
11 am &#8211; 12 pm Pacific / 2 &#8211; 3 pm Eastern 
Presenter: Ofer Zur, PhD
Non CE Event &#8211; Free for Members
DESCRIPTION: 
Join Dr. Ofer Zur, founder of the Zur Institute and renowned expert in ethics, for an insightful webinar designed to provide mental health professionals with timely knowledge and tools needed to engaging in coaching without risking their licenses. Dr. Zur will delve into the critical distinctions between coaching and therapy, emphasizing ethical considerations and practical guidelines for therapists.
Among the topics to be discussed:
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<li>Understanding the differences between coaching and therapy: Definitions, boundaries, and ethical implications.</li>
<li>The two most important steps to take when engaging in coaching</li>
<li>Criteria for determining when it is appropriate versus inappropriate to engage in coaching with a client who has mental health concerns.</li>
<li>Will state licensing boards clamp down on coaching?</li>
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There will be plenty of time for questions.  The presentation will be recorded and available for viewing for 30 days following the conclusion of the talk.  All participants will receive a copy of Dr. Zur’s most recent article published in the Independent Psychologist Magazine
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Video will be available for 30 days after the webinar.

A Duck Without a License? Differentiating Therapy From Coaching

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This webinar satisfied California BBS requirements for ethics.
Free for Members
NOTE TO PSYCHOLOGISTS: For psychologists not licensed in CA, NY, &amp; VA Continuing Education certificates will be designated as home study.
Be sure to clear your schedule for an important Post-workshop session, where you can ask Dr. Pressman your questions, experience an actual exercise from the Deconstructing Anxiety program, and learn about a special discount on a future program only for those who attend the Introduction to Deconstructing Anxiety webinar.
DESCRIPTION: Deconstructing Anxiety is a groundbreaking, evidence-based approach for rapidly uncovering the root causes of anxiety. You will learn unique and powerful techniques for releasing the resistances that keep anxiety alive, getting at their source and transforming them into a sense of high purpose and meaning.
This model puts forth&#8211;and demonstrates&#8211;the revolutionary idea that there is a singular “core fear” at the root of all suffering, expressing itself in five universal themes of loss:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">abandonment (loss of love)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">loss of identity</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">loss of meaning</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">loss of purpose</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">fear of death</li>
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Each of us develops a &#8220;chief defense&#8221; as our best attempt to protect ourselves from our core fear. While this defense does have its silver lining, it inevitably backfires, creating more of the fear it was supposed to protect us from. It leaves us constantly holding vigil, on the lookout for the resurfacing of the core fear, never free to fully enjoy our fulfillment in the present moment.
The Deconstructing Anxiety model reveals the three ways in which defenses backfire: maintaining our fear, exacerbating our fear, and creating fear out of nothing. This insight reveals the master key to healing and growth&#8211;&#8220;doing the opposite of the chief defense&#8221;. This effectuates the needed exposure to, not just any fear, but one&#8217;s core fear, the true root of suffering in our lives. And with such exposure, the core fear is discovered to be an illusion.
The theory and techniques oﬀered in this workshop will teach you how to uncover the core fear and chief defense quickly and reliably. Armed with this knowledge, new strategies for dismantling the chief defense have been demonstrated by research to be &#8220;extremely effective.&#8221; Come prepared for an exciting adventure into the deepest regions of the unconscious, where the hidden fears at the deep source of our diﬃculties live, making them available for rapid and lasting transformation.
Unable to attend? No problem a recording of both the webinar and non-CE post session will be available for 30 days after the webinar.
Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals
Content level: Introductory/Intermediate
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Introduction to Deconstructing Anxiety

NOTE TO PSYCHOLOGISTS: For psychologists not licensed in CA, NY, &amp; VA Continuing Education certificates will be designated as home study.
DESCRIPTION: With the growing diversity of clients seeking mental health care, there is a pressing need to improve the cultural sensitivity of therapeutic interventions, particularly for Arab Americans as a minority group. The Arab American community is a culturally diverse ethnic group that has received relatively little attention in academic and clinical literature compared to other ethnic groups in the United States. This webinar will provide an overview of Arab populations, focusing on their ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity. It will also explore the impact of both actual and perceived experiences of discrimination and prejudice on the mental health of Arab clients. The seminar will offer clinical recommendations for culturally sensitive treatment strategies to support clinicians working with this population.
Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals
Content level: Introductory

Clinical Considerations in Counseling Arab Americans

Cultural and Clinical Considerations in Counseling Arab Americans

March 28th  9am-12pm Pacific Time/12:00-3PM Eastern time 
3 CEs
NOTE TO PSYCHOLOGISTS: For psychologists not licensed in CA, NY, &amp; VA Continuing Education certificates will be designated as home study.
DESCRIPTION: In part 1 of this 2 part series you will learn and discuss the common blocks that occur in EMDR based through a lens of trauma fragmentation. You will be introduced to a basic overview of ego states and the IFS model as it applies to trauma reprocessing and how these models can be integrated into your EMDR work. You will begin to explore interventions that will help soften protective defense and survival mechanisms to prepare you for more successful work within EMDR.

Integrating EMDR with IFS - Session 1

Integrating EMDR with Internal Family Systems Session 1

In part 2 of this 2 part series you will continue to explore and learn about identifying blocks in processing. You will learn strategies to befriend and &#8216;map&#8217; out different parts of client&#8217;s survival responses in a proactive manner that will help heal and lessen the burden of some of these internal driving forces. You will continue to learn and explore the use of interweave strategies and learn how to work with different presenting issues such as grief, addiction and dissociation.

Integrating EMDR with IFS - Session 2 

Integrating EMDR with Internal Family Systems Session 2

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2-session live 6 CE training 
March 28th and April 11th 
9am-12pm Pacific Time/12:00-3PM Eastern time
NOTE TO PSYCHOLOGISTS: For psychologists not licensed in CA, NY, &amp; VA Continuing Education certificates will be designated as home study.
Description: 
Experience with EMDR and basic knowledge of Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a prerequisite for this training.  For those unfamiliar with IFS, we encourage you to join Megan in her <a href="https://www.zurinstitute.com/webinars/intro-to-ifs-learning-how-to-integrate-parts-work-through-internal-family-systems-2/">Introduction to IFS webinar</a>
This advanced EMDR course will broaden your use of EMDR and teach you practical ways to integrate ego state interventions and IFS strategies. Explore how to navigate within the EMDR framework when working with some of your most complex and challenging clients. This training integrates key concepts from parts work, ego state therapy, and IFS, equipping you with effective techniques for addressing complex trauma and other comorbid symptoms associated with trauma. You will gain practical tools such as: working with blocked processing, learning how to enhance and create adaptive information, navigate complex PTSD, explore how addictive and compulsive behaviors form alongside trauma and how to implement ego state theories within EMDR.
A recording of this training will be available to those unable to attend live.
Content Level: Intermediate
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Integrating EMDR with Internal Family Systems

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Free for Members
DESCRIPTION: In today&#8217;s complex, interdisciplinary world, building strong relationships with medical professionals isn&#8217;t just a bonus—it’s a game-changer for your practice. This dynamic course is designed specifically for mental health providers who want to strengthen their connections with healthcare professionals and increase referrals. Through engaging lessons and practical strategies, you’ll learn how to:
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<li>Position yourself as an essential partner in patient care.</li>
<li>Build trust and foster collaboration within interdisciplinary teams.</li>
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Discover how to navigate the unique challenges of working alongside medical professionals, advocate for your expertise, and confidently present your value. By the end of this training, you’ll have the tools to cultivate a steady stream of referrals, expand your professional network, and elevate your impact in the healthcare community.
This beginner level webinar is applicable nationwide and aimed at mental health professionals at all levels; whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting to collaborate with medical teams, this course will help you stand out, build partnerships, and grow your practice with confidence!
In part one of this webinar, participants will explore strategies for clear and impactful communication, presenting mental health insights in ways that align with medical priorities, and fostering trust within interdisciplinary teams. In part two, we will address practical methods for advocating your expertise, overcoming common collaboration barriers, and establishing referral networks that benefit both providers and patients.
Video will only be available for 30 days after the webinar.
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Building Collaborative Relationships with Healthcare Professionals for Mental Health Providers

Bridging the Gap: Building Collaborative Relationships with Healthcare Professionals for Mental Health Providers

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Touch in Therapy I: The Ethics of Touch in Psychotherapy & Counseling (TT201)

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