Important Information
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- You must verify that you have watched or listened to the course in its entirety.
- At the end of the course, you must complete the CE/CME Final Report Form and the Final Evaluation Form.
- You must also complete, with a minimum 80% passing rate, a multiple choice test.
- A link to all forms will be provided to you.
Accreditation/ Approval
NICABM, as the approved sponsor, maintains responsibility for the program and must abide by each board’s continuing education guidelines.
Psychologists
National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NICABM maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course is approved for 4 CE credits or clock hours.
Physicians
- NICABM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- NICABM designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4 credit hours in category 1 toward the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Social Workers
- The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Approved Provider #50-2010 (Exp. 3/31/25). This is approved for 4 contact hours.
Nurses
- Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 17241 (Exp. 3/31/2025), for 4 Contact Hours.
- NICABM is accredited by the ACCME. Therefore, nurses certified through ANCC are able to use NICABM’s programs to fulfill 50% of their CE requirements.
- This activity meets the criteria for a formally approved American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) activity. NICABM is also an approved provider by the American Psychological Association, which is recognized by the ANCC for behavioral health related activities.
Counselors
- The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5381. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NICABM is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This program is approved for 4 clock hours.
- Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Approved Provider #50-2010 (Exp. 3/31/25). This is approved for 4 contact hours.
Marriage and Family Therapists
- Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Approved Provider #50-2010 (Exp. 3/31/25). This is approved for 4 contact hours.
Target Audience
This program has been designed for medical and mental healthcare professionals. This course is appropriate for advanced-level practitioners.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to discuss relevant theory and/or new research findings in the field.
- Participants will be able to name new approaches and strategies for use in clinical practice.
- Participants will be able to apply new approaches and strategies in clinical practice.
- Participants will be able to describe and implement at least three attention-centering techniques to manage anxiety.
- Participants will be able to explain how the relationship between challenges and resources can either increase or decrease anxiety.
- Participants will be able to describe strategies to help clients shift their relationship to anxiety.
- Participants will be able to discuss how anxiety can impact couples.
Enduring Materials
The “Expert Strategies for Working with Anxiety” program, originated in February 2018. The termination date is February 2021. Participants must apply for CME within one year of registering for the series.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
In accordance with standards for commercial support established by the organizations that accredit and approve the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM) as a provider of CE/CME courses, we require that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest*. NICABM resolves all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all its CE/CME programming.
The following individuals have indicated that they have no conflicts of interest:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD
- Joan Borysenko, PhD
- Rick Hanson, PhD
- Shelly Harrell, PhD
- Steven Hayes, PhD
- Sue Johnson, EdD
- Peter Levine, PhD
- Kelly McGonigal, PhD
- Scott Miller, PhD
- Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT
- Pat Ogden, PhD
- Christine Padesky, PhD
- Laurel Parnell, PhD
- Stephen Porges, PhD
- Ron Siegel, PsyD
- Richard Schwartz, PhD
- Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT
- Michael Yapko, PhD
The following individuals have indicated that they do have conflicts of interest which have been resolved:
- Peter Levine, PhD – Consultant for The Meadows Addiction Treatment Center and Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute training program
The planners and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationship to disclose.
*The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) defines a “commercial interest” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients, organizations that offer training and education to clinicians, publishers of books or professional journals, non-profit or government organizations, non-health care related companies, health insurance providers, group practices, for-profit treatment centers, or researchers (with the exception of the principal investigator whose research is supported by funds from a-for-profit entity, to be commercial interests.