LIVE Continuing Education

Helping Clients Cope with Divorce and Separation

Earn 3 Live CE Credits!

Continuing Education

About The Live CE Event

Date and Time: Friday, 1/24/25, 10am – 1pm EST

Learning Method: Synchronous distance (interactive). Attendees will also get access to a recorded video and the presented resources.

Amount of CE Credit Offered: 3 credits for both ASWB ACE and NBCC

Fees: This live event is available to subscribers of our annual unlimited continuing education subscription, available for $99/year.

Certificate of Completion: In order to receive a certificate of completion, you must attend the entire live event.

Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to provide an orientation and framework for clinicians who are interested in working with clients, both individuals and families, who are going through all stages of separation and divorce.

With approximately 50% of the population in the US experiencing divorce, many clinicians find that they are struggling to manage client’s presentation surrounding the myriad of issues when they emerge in the clinical process. This course will provide clinicians with clinical skills and knowledge to help their clients to cope with stress, conflict and relationship struggles, due to separation and divorce. Participants will learn practical techniques and skills to assist clients with communication skills, co-parenting, reunification, parenting support, interpersonal violence, blended families, impact on children, ethics, parenting plans and personality disorders to address the many facets that this transition presents with, when working with clients of all ages.

Learning Objectives:

Identify all the aspects of what the divorce process entails, how it impacts clients and clinical skills to provide treatment.
Identify & assess how the specific aspects of divorce (such as single parenting, communication with ex-partner) effect the individual as well as the whole family system
Explain how personality disorders, infidelity, IPV, poor communication skills, and conflict can be addressed in the clinical setting.

Instructor Bio(s):

Alyse November, PhD, LCSW obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Adelphi University, N.Y., and her PhD in Clinical Sexology from IICS. She is credentialed by the Academy of Certified Social Workers.

Alyse is the founder of Different Like Me, a company with a staff of over 30 professionals providing psychotherapy, psychoeducational testing and cognitive rehabilitation. As a licensed clinical social worker, Alyse provides psychotherapy to individuals across the lifespan. A substantial portion of her practice has focused on addressing challenges faced by children, adults, seniors, and families ranging from trauma, narcissistic and borderline family recovery, aging, chronic illness, divorce, trans-care, relationships, parenting, and special needs, end of life issues, dementia, caregiving, educational challenges, anxiety, and depression. Her PhD dissertation focused on the assessment of sexual challenges and dementia. Alyse also created DLMU which is an educational platform that provides seminars for both professional and personal development.

Alyse is:

Certified in EMDR, Brainspotting and transgender care
A published author and a national speaker and presenter
Awarded 2022 Social Worker of the Year: National Association of Social Workers
A Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator, parenting coordinator and a collaboratively trained divorce facilitator
Palm Beach Chapter Past President/Chair for the National Association of Social Workers
A past board member of Florida’s Voice on Developmental Disabilities and National Association of Divorce Professionals

Stephanie Newberg, LCSW, M.Ed

Stephanie is a licensed psychotherapist in FL and PA, working with individuals, couples and families. She has been in practice for more than 25 years specializing in: family and couples therapy, conflict resolution, grief and loss, parenting support and the implications of divorce on children and families.

Stephanie is a trained family and divorce mediator/ co-parent counselor and has received intensive training in sand tray play therapy for adolescents and children. Stephanie has led numerous workshops and presentations for adults and adolescents on relationship and communication skills, dealing with the effects of divorce on families, diversity issues, cyberbullying/effects of technology on development, nutrition and mental health, and conflict resolution skills.

Stephanie has numerous publications and has been on two podcasts. Stephanie is a certified counselor for first responders, trained in neuro- emotional techniques, served as a consultant for the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia, PA and works at the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social work as an adjunct professor, supervisor, and field work liaison for social work students.

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Specific New Skills Taught Include:

How to help clients and their families prepare and cope with all the facets of the divorce process
Learning about the unique dynamics of blended families and new partners, and how to help clients gain success when bringing different families together.
Understanding the importance and implications of parenting plans for both parents and children
Understand effective co-parenting counseling principles and skills
Understanding how parental alienation can occur and how to help clients understand it and prevent it
Understanding how to help clients communicate in an effective and non-conflictual manner
Understanding how to help clients cope with the multiple losses that come from the divorce process
Understanding the complexities of the divorce process and the myriad of issues that relate to it
Instruction on how to implement techniques and interventions which will address the many aspects that the client and the family needs when going through a separation and or divorce

Teaching Methods:

This course will be taught with a combination of methods including didactic lecture and interactive activities which will:

Offer participants the opportunity through case presentation to understand the skills, techniques and strategies that prepare them for working with families who are separated or divorced.
Engage participants in experiencing the client perspective through experiential exercises.
Discussion of how to apply clinical skills related to divorce and separation, as well as provide case examples throughout.

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Target Audience:

Mental Health Professionals and Masters and Clinical level licensees pursuing continuing education.

Content Level:

Both beginning and intermediate-level content are included in this live event.

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System Requirements:

The most recent version of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge browser
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Broadband internet connection with a minimum speed of 5Mbps (recommended)
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Cancellation Policy: If an Agents of Change Continuing Education event is canceled, a full refund will be provided to all participants.

Please email [email protected] with any questions about the live event.

Agents of Change is Approved by ACE

Agents of Change, #1919, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 7/26/2023 – 7/26/2027.

Agents of Change is Approved by NBCC

Agents of Change has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7620. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Agents of Change is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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