Author Index

Most of the professionals who create online courses for the Zur Institute are recognized experts in their fields, and many are known internationally for their contributions and accomplishments.

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Anarde, Brooke,  MA, MSW, LCSW

CA Law and Professional Ethics (12 CE Credit Hours)

Foundations of Clinical Supervision (6 CE Credit Hours)

Supervision in Social Work Practice (3 CE Credit Hours)

Supervision in the Recovery Field: Guiding Clinicians & Psychotherapists Providing Substance Abuse Treatment (7 CE Credit Hours)

Borkosky, Bruce,  Psy.D.

HIPAA’s Patient Access Rights: What Patients & Providers Need to Know (3 CE Credit Hours)

Brickey, Michael,  Ph.D., ABPP

Aging and Positive Psychology: Cognitive, Personality, Health, Biological, and Clinical Issues (10 CE Credit Hours)

Aging, Long-term Care, and Positive Psychology (3 CE Credit Hours)

Counseling Boomers and Seniors (8 CE Credit Hours)

Psychology of Happiness (4 CE Credit Hours)

Cooper, Garry,  LCSW

Anxiety Disorders: Beyond Behavioral and Medication Treatments (4 CE Credit Hours)

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): Symptoms, Etiology, Treatments and Legal/Ethical Challenges (5 CE Credit Hours)

Child Abuse In Psychotherapy, Counseling & Nursing: Assessment & Reporting (7 CE Credit Hours)

Depression: Symptoms, Assessments, and Traditional & Alternative Treatments (6 CE Credit Hours)

Harm Reduction: The Growing Paradigm in Substance Abuse Treatment (2 CE Credit Hours)

Internal Family Systems (IFS): A Non-Coercive, Integrative Therapy Model for Individual and Couples Work (4 CE Credit Hours)

Retirement of Therapists: Ethical, Legal, Clinical and Psychological Considerations (2 CE Credit Hours)

The Neurobiology of Alcoholism (7 CE Credit Hours)

Veterans: Assessment and Screening for PTSD & Suicidality (2 CE Credit Hours)

Cox, Barbara,  Ph.D.

Stress Management Techniques: An Overview of What Works (6 CE Credit Hours)

de Beixedon Breslin, Sage,  Ph.D.

AD/HD: An Overview Of Current Perspectives (6 CE Credit Hours)

Anger Management: Identifying, Understanding & Treating Unhealthy Anger (7 CE Credit Hours)

Bipolar Disorder (8 CE Credit Hours)

CA Law and Professional Ethics (12 CE Credit Hours)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Nuts & Bolts (4 CE Credit Hours)

Crisis & Trauma: Identification, Assessment and Treatment for Acute and Prolonged Symptoms (15 CE Credit Hours)

Cultural Diversity 101: Introduction to Multicultural Sensitivity & Multicultural Competence (6 CE Credit Hours)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) (2 CE Credit Hours)

Eating Disorders: Identified, Defined & Treated (8 CE Credit Hours)

Foundations of Clinical Supervision (6 CE Credit Hours)

Gambling and Gaming Addiction: Beyond the One-Armed Bandit (8 CE Credit Hours)

Informed Consent (2 CE Credit Hours)

Intimate Partner Violence (2 CE Credit Hours)

Intimate Partner Violence: Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Maladaptive Coping in Relationships (7 CE Credit Hours)

Life Coaching for Clinicians: General Principles with a Focus on Weight Management (10 CE Credit Hours)

Mindfulness & Meditation in Psychotherapeutic Practice (4 CE Credit Hours)

Motivational Interviewing: Introduction and Application (3 CE Credit Hours)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (6 CE Credit Hours)

Post-Traumatic Growth: Advanced Clinical Applications (4 CE Credit Hours)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Defined, Described, Detailed and Debated (20 CE Credit Hours)

Supervision in Social Work Practice (3 CE Credit Hours)

Supervision in the Recovery Field: Guiding Clinicians & Psychotherapists Providing Substance Abuse Treatment (7 CE Credit Hours)

Supervision: Advanced Topics, Ethics and Law (6 CE Credit Hours)

Dorotik-Nana, Claire,  M.S. LMFT

Life Coaching for Clinicians: General Principles with a Focus on Weight Management (10 CE Credit Hours)

Motivational Interviewing: Introduction and Application (3 CE Credit Hours)

Post-Traumatic Growth: Advanced Clinical Applications (4 CE Credit Hours)

Freeman, Alison,  Ph.D.

Hearing Loss Across the Lifespan: Unique Therapeutic Issues in Working With People Who Have Hearing Loss (2 CE Credit Hours)

Huggins, Roy,  LPC NCC

HIPAA and Technology in Mental Health Practices (11 CE Credit Hours)

HIPAA Made Friendly: Ethics, Law, and Updated Regulations (8 CE Credit Hours)

TeleMental Health: The New Standard – Ethical, Legal, Clinical, Technological, and Practice Considerations (12 CE Credit Hours)

Klein, Marty,  Ph.D.

Couples Therapy: Counterintuitive Approaches to Working More Effectively (4 CE Credit Hours)

Sexual Issues: Diagnosis and Treatment (5 CE Credit Hours)

Kolmes, Keely,  Psy.D.

Digital and Social Media Ethics for Therapists: Clinical & Ethical Considerations for Psychologists, Counselors, and Clinicians (8 CE Credit Hours)

Kotulski, Davina,  Ph.D.

Diversity: Beyond Cultural Competence in Psychotherapy with the LGBT Population (4 CE Credit Hours)

LGBT: Psychological Realities and Culturally Competent Therapy with LGBT Clients and Their Families (5 CE Credit Hours)

Transgender, Gender Queer, Two-Spirit and Intersex: Ethical Mental Health Services with Gender Variant Clients (6 CE Credit Hours)

Lazaris, Nick,  Psy.D.

Performance Psychology: Optimizing Performance with Psychology (3 CE Credit Hours)

MacDonald, Cheryl Ann,  Psy.D., RN

Foundations of Health Psychology (3 CE Credit Hours)

Nordmarken, Nola,  MFT, MA

Home Office (1 CE Credit Hours)

The Professional Will: What It Is and How to Write It (1 CE Credit Hours)

Touch in Therapy I: The Ethics of Touch in Psychotherapy & Counseling (6 CE Credit Hours)

Norris, Robin R.,  Ph.D., LMFT

Animal Assisted Psychotherapy and Counseling: Canine, Feline, & Equine Therapy (8 CE Credit Hours)

Obegi, Joseph H.,  Psy.D.

Attachment Theory and The Therapeutic Alliance (7 CE Credit Hours)

Robbins, Leah,  Ph.D.

Attachment Theory: Introduction to Infant Attachment (6 CE Credit Hours)

Rust, Jeanne,  Ph.D., LPC

Eating Disorders: Identified, Defined & Treated (8 CE Credit Hours)

Schneider, Kirk J.,  Ph.D.

Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Contemporary Issues (4 CE Credit Hours)

Shapiro, David,  Ph.D.

Medical Error Prevention for Mental Health Professionals (2 CE Credit Hours)

Shapiro, Francine,  Ph.D.

EMDR Therapy and Adaptive Information Processing (4 CE Credit Hours)

Smith, Tom,  Ph.D.

HIV/AIDS Assessment and Treatment (7 CE Credit Hours)

HIV/AIDS: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Complexities in Psychotherapy with Clients with HIV/AIDS (10 CE Credit Hours)

Suler, John R.,  Ph.D.

Psychology of the Web & Therapeutic Interventions in Cyberspace (5 CE Credit Hours)

Psychology of the Web Package Deal (15 CE Credit Hours)

Taylor & Francis, PLC, PLC

Clients’ Attachment Styles and Therapy Outcomes (5 CE Credit Hours)

Internet Pornography and Couples (4 CE Credit Hours)

Managing Multiple Relationships in Psychotherapy and Counseling (6 CE Credit Hours)

Neuroplasticity and Brain Repair (4 CE Credit Hours)

Opiate Addiction: Effective and Promising Treatments (4 CE Credit Hours)

Pain Management With the Elderly (3 CE Credit Hours)

Post-Traumatic Growth: Beyond Survival and Recovery (5 CE Credit Hours)

Psychological Testing (15 CE Credit Hours)

Psychopharmacology: General & Disorder-Specific Ethical & Clinical Considerations (15 CE Credit Hours)

Supervising Via Distance Technology (6 CE Credit Hours)

TeleMental Health: Practical Applications for Delivering Psychotherapy and Counseling via Telehealth (6 CE Credit Hours)

Treating Trauma, PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (10 CE Credit Hours)

Understanding And Treating Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma (10 CE Credit Hours)

Van Nuys, David,  Ph.D.

BodyMind: Goodbye to Dualism (6 CE Credit Hours)

Brain: Insights from Neuroscience (8 CE Credit Hours)

Certificate Program in Jungian Psychotherapy (33 CE Credit Hours)

Crisis & Trauma: Identification, Assessment and Treatment for Acute and Prolonged Symptoms (15 CE Credit Hours)

Holistic & Nutritional Approaches to Treating Psychological Disorders (5 CE Credit Hours)

Holistic Psychotherapy: Treating the Whole Person (6 CE Credit Hours)

Jungian Psychotherapy, Part I: Understanding the Jungian Worldview (6 CE Credit Hours)

Jungian Psychotherapy, Part II: Exploring Jungian Archetypes (7 CE Credit Hours)

Jungian Psychotherapy, Part III: Tools and Applications (7 CE Credit Hours)

Jungian Psychotherapy, Part IV: Active Imagination (6 CE Credit Hours)

Jungian Psychotherapy, Part V: Myth, Story, and Synchronicity (7 CE Credit Hours)

Meditation & Psychotherapy (8 CE Credit Hours)

Neuroscience and Healing (8 CE Credit Hours)

Positive Psychology: The Fundamental Building Blocks and Principles (7 CE Credit Hours)

Positive Psychology: The New Science of Happiness (6 CE Credit Hours)

Pros and Cons of Positive Psychology: A Critical Look (5 CE Credit Hours)

The Psychology of Relationships: Promoting Intimacy with Couples, Children and Adolescents (7 CE Credit Hours)

Wisdom of the Dream: Still the Royal Road (4 CE Credit Hours)

Walker, Lenore E. A.,  Ed.D.

Medical Error Prevention for Mental Health Professionals (2 CE Credit Hours)

Walker, Nick,  M.A.

Autism and the Neurodiversity Paradigm (8 CE Credit Hours)

Somatic Psychotherapy: An Introduction (7 CE Credit Hours)

Weinberg, Haim, Ph.D.

Online Group Psychotherapy: Theoretical, Practical and Legal Considerations (2 CE Credit Hours)

Wexler, David B.,  Ph.D.

Anger Management: Identifying, Understanding & Treating Unhealthy Anger (7 CE Credit Hours)

Wolz, Birgit,  Ph.D., MFT

Boundaries and the Movies: Learning About Therapeutic Boundaries Through Movies (6 CE Credit Hours)

Cinema Therapy with Children and Adolescents (5 CE Credit Hours)

Cinema Therapy: Using the Power of Movies in the Therapeutic Process (4 CE Credit Hours)

DSM-5: Diagnoses Seen in Movies: Using Movies to Understand Common DSM Diagnoses (5 CE Credit Hours)

DSM-5: Friend or Foe? A Comprehensive Breakdown of Changes and Controversies (6 CE Credit Hours)

Positive Cinema Therapy with Children and Adolescents: Successfully Treating Young Clients through Movies & Positive Psychology (6 CE Credit Hours)

Positive Psychology & The Movies: Transformational Effects of Movies through Positive Cinema Therapy (5 CE Credit Hours)

Therapeutic Ethics and the Movies: What Films Can Teach Psychotherapists About Ethics and Boundaries in Therapy (6 CE Credit Hours)

Young, Kimberly S.,  Psy.D.

Children, Technology Addiction, Parenting and the Future (4 CE Credit Hours)

Cybersex and Internet Sex Addiction (2 CE Credit Hours)

Internet Addiction: How to Assess and Treat the Disorder (4 CE Credit Hours)

Psychology of the Web Package Deal (15 CE Credit Hours)

Zur, Ofer,  Ph.D.

Advanced Topics in Clinical Supervision (6 CE Credit Hours)

Bartering in Psychotherapy: Ethical and Clinical Considerations (6 CE Credit Hours)

Boundaries and the Movies: Learning About Therapeutic Boundaries Through Movies (6 CE Credit Hours)

Boundaries in Psychotherapy and Counseling (2 CE Credit Hours)

CA Law and Professional Ethics: Ethics of Psychotherapy and Counseling (18 CE Credit Hours)

Chemical Dependency and Substance Abuse: The Disorder and Its Treatment (15 CE Credit Hours)

Clients’ Attachment Styles and Therapy Outcomes (5 CE Credit Hours)

Confidentiality in Psychotherapy & Counseling: Ethical, Legal and Clinical Issues (6 CE Credit Hours)

Digital and Social Media Ethics for Therapists: Clinical & Ethical Considerations for Psychologists, Counselors, and Clinicians (8 CE Credit Hours)

Dual Relationships: The Ethical Way (6 CE Credit Hours)

Effective and Ethical Supervision in Psychotherapy & Counseling (6 CE Credit Hours)

Ethical Decision-Making in Psychotherapy: On Being Moral, Ethical and Professional (6 CE Credit Hours)

Fees In Psychotherapy and Counseling: Clinical, Ethical and Management Considerations (6 CE Credit Hours)

Gifts in Psychotherapy: Ethical and Clinical Considerations (1 CE Credit Hours)

HIPAA Made Friendly: Ethics, Law, and Updated Regulations (8 CE Credit Hours)

HIV/AIDS: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Complexities in Psychotherapy with Clients with HIV/AIDS (10 CE Credit Hours)

Home Office (1 CE Credit Hours)

Human Sexuality: Advances and Treatment (10 CE Credit Hours)

In-Home Therapy, Home Visits, or Home-Based Therapy (3 CE Credit Hours)

Informed Consent (2 CE Credit Hours)

Internet Pornography and Couples (4 CE Credit Hours)

Intimate Partner Violence (2 CE Credit Hours)

Intimate Spousal and Partner Violence (15 CE Credit Hours)

Managing Multiple Relationships in Psychotherapy and Counseling (6 CE Credit Hours)

Neuroplasticity and Brain Repair (4 CE Credit Hours)

Opiate Addiction: Effective and Promising Treatments (4 CE Credit Hours)

Out-Of-Office Experiences: Ethical and Clinical Considerations for Encounters Outside the Office Walls (2 CE Credit Hours)

Pain Management With the Elderly (3 CE Credit Hours)

Post-Traumatic Growth: Beyond Survival and Recovery (5 CE Credit Hours)

Power in Psychotherapy and Counseling: Rethinking the ‘Power-Differential’ Myth and Exploring the Moral, Ethical, Clinical, and Practice Issues of Power in Therapy (6 CE Credit Hours)

Power Relationships in Psychotherapy: Rethinking Therapists’ Omnipotence and Clients’ “Inherent” Vulnerability (2 CE Credit Hours)

Psychological Testing (15 CE Credit Hours)

Psychopharmacology: General & Disorder-Specific Ethical & Clinical Considerations (15 CE Credit Hours)

Record Keeping in Psychotherapy & Counseling: Ethical, Legal and Clinical Issues (6 CE Credit Hours)

Retirement of Therapists: Ethical, Legal, Clinical and Psychological Considerations (2 CE Credit Hours)

Risk Management: Towards Ethical Risk Management Practices (6 CE Credit Hours)

Rural Practice: Therapeutic Boundaries and Dual Relationships (3 CE Credit Hours)

Standard of Care in Psychotherapy & Counseling: Shedding Clarity on an Illusive Standard (1 CE Credit Hours)

Subpoenas and How to Handle Them: Ethical and Legal Considerations (1 CE Credit Hours)

Suicide Assessment and Intervention (6 CE Credit Hours)

Supervising Via Distance Technology (6 CE Credit Hours)

Tele-Supervision: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Aspects of E-Supervision (6 CE Credit Hours)

TeleMental Health: Practical Applications for Delivering Psychotherapy and Counseling via Telehealth (6 CE Credit Hours)

TeleMental Health: The New Standard – Ethical, Legal, Clinical, Technological, and Practice Considerations (12 CE Credit Hours)

Termination in Psychotherapy & Counseling: Ethical & Clinical Considerations (4 CE Credit Hours)

The Professional Will: What It Is and How to Write It (1 CE Credit Hours)

Therapeutic Ethics and the Movies: What Films Can Teach Psychotherapists About Ethics and Boundaries in Therapy (6 CE Credit Hours)

To Zip or Not To Zip (One’s Lips), Therapist Self-Disclosure: Ethical and Clinical Considerations (4 CE Credit Hours)

Touch in Psychotherapy II: Advanced Standard of Care, Clinical & Ethical Explorations (6 CE Credit Hours)

Touch in Therapy I: The Ethics of Touch in Psychotherapy & Counseling (6 CE Credit Hours)

Treating Trauma, PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (10 CE Credit Hours)

Treatment Planning (2 CE Credit Hours)

Understanding And Treating Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma (10 CE Credit Hours)