Continuing Education Programs

Our exploration of sexuality and gender throughout the life cycle continues with a focus on the common changes that occur adulthood and how a person's sensuality, sexuality, sexual and gender identities affect their experience of these life milestones. We'll discuss exploring the many types of relationships and experimentation, the choice to have or not have a family and children, challenges in different cultures, changing gender roles, career decisions and their impacts, and starting to experience physical changes or consider mortality.

Sex, Sexuality, and Gender: The Transition to Adulthood

In recent years there has been increasing attention paid to issues of sexuality and gender in the treatment of patients across the age and developmental spectrum. Adulthood is an expansive phase and not one single kind of experience; it is a series of trials and opportunities, stability and perhaps instability as individuals progress through milestones and experience changes at different rates. Notions of gender and sexual desire may shift when the rest of life may be settling down. What are the changes that occur and how does a person's sensuality, sexuality, sexual and gender identities affect their experience of these life milestones?

Mental health and primary care clinicians treating individuals in this middle life stage (approximately ages 30-65) need to better understand the interplay of these factors and their effects on a person's mental health. In this series, we will discuss exploring the many types of relationships and experimentation, the choice to have or not have a family and children, challenges in different cultures, changing gender roles, career decisions and their impacts, and starting to experience physical changes or consider mortality.

How should clinicians and therapists help their patients navigate this complex phase of life? What should they ask and how should they work with generational differences?

This series is designed to fill training gaps for all mental health disciplines, and for those who specifically treat adults in midlife. Join us for valuable and practical insights, lively discussions, and plenty of time each week devoted to answering audience questions.

Who Should Attend

• Primary Care Physicians
• Specialty Physicians
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Counselors
• Family Therapists

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate the developmental stage of each patient and devise tailored treatment plans that address their particular mental health needs.
• Review how race, culture, gender, religion, and class affect sexuality and gender identity shifts in adults.
• Discuss how a person's gender and sexuality may affect their experience of common life milestones that occur in adulthood.
• Identify specific questions that should be asked of patients to help them navigate issues related to sex, sexuality, and gender that commonly arise in adulthood.
• Foster better communication in intergenerational relationships that occur in adulthood.

ABMS / ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) / Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Medical Knowledge
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Professionalism

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Core Competencies:

• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Employ Evidence-Based Practice

Friday, September 8, 2023

Friday, September 15, 2023

Friday, September 22, 2023

Friday, September 29, 2023

Friday, October 6, 2023

Stephen Duclos, LMFT, LMHC, CRC, CST

Founder, South Shore Sexual Health
Faculty, University of Massachusetts Boston

Marshall Forstein, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry (part-time), Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance
Private Practice, Boston

Arlene (Ari) Lev, LCSW-R, CASAC

Founder and Clinical Director, Choices Counseling and Consulting and The Training Institute for Gender, Relationships, Identity, and Sexuality (TIGRIS)
Lecturer (part-time), School of Social Welfare, University at Albany
Project Director, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Project (SOGI)
Clinical Supervisor, Center Support Counseling Services, Pride Center of the Capital Region

Francisco Surace, PhD

Instructor in Psychology (part-time) in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Private Practice, Boston

Cynthia J. Telingator, MD

Senior Consultant, Gender and Sexuality Clinic and Teacher and Supervisor, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (part-time), Harvard Medical School
Co-Chair, Women’s Committee, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Private Practice, Cambridge

Kate Thomas, PhD, APRN

Director of Clinical Services, The Sex and Gender Clinic, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Private Practice, Baltimore

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 7.50 continuing education credits.

Social Workers

Application for social work continuing education credits has been submitted. Please contact us at cme@challiance.org for the status of social work CE accreditation. NY Social Workers: The Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an Approved Provider #0038 of continuing education for licensed social workers. This course has been approved for 7.50 contact hours.

Counselors

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. This program meets the requirements for 7.50 continuing education hours. CHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This offering is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation for 7.50 credits.

Family Therapists

An application has been submitted to the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions, for LMFT professional continuing education. The States of CT and RI accept NBCC and NASW approval for marriage and family therapy.

Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses

For the purpose of recertification, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and the American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Canadian Accreditation

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

European Accreditation

The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found here.

Disclosure Policies

In accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), course planners, speakers, and content reviewers have been asked to disclose any relationships they have to companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. In addition, faculty have been asked to list any off-label uses of pharmaceuticals and/or devices for investigational or non-FDA approved purposes that they plan to discuss.

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgement before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

Tuition for Sex, Sexuality and Gender: The Transition to Adulthood is listed below. You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus and access to recordings for 30 days after the course.

At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration. Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75, will be issued for all cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be made in our secure online system or by email. “No shows” are subject to the full course fee.

Course Tuition

Course Registration: Sex, Sexuality, and Gender: Navigating Adulthood

Physician (MD/DO)

$250.00 / ($225 if registered by August 10, 2023)

Nurse (RN/APRN)

$195.00 / ($175 if registered by August 10, 2023)

Resident/Fellow

$195.00 / ($175 if registered by August 10, 2023)

Allied Health Professional / Other

$195.00 / ($175 if registered by August 10, 2023)

Tuition includes electronic syllabus.

This course will focus on doing effective relational work in the midst of specific challenges in couple therapy, including working with trauma, maintaining stable and cohesive relationships, healing from infidelity, addressing consensual non-monogamy, working well across cultural differences and different attachment needs.

Treating Couples: Surmounting Challenges

Couples therapy presents complexity unlike any other form of therapy, and today's couples therapists need to address increasingly difficult situations. Effective couples therapy requires clinicians to understand and address many relational challenges in an intimate context that can sometimes invite defensiveness and repetition of problematic patterns. In addition, the persistent stress of our socio-political-cultural contexts has been a strain on couples and therapists alike.

This course will focus on doing effective relational work in the midst of specific challenges including working with trauma, maintaining stable and cohesive relationships, healing from infidelity, addressing consensual non-monogamy, working well across cultural differences and different attachment needs.

We will also enhance participants' learning about the therapeutic position of a couples therapist using concepts from Internal Family Systems Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Socioculturally Attuned Couple Therapy, and other integrative models.

We will continue the series format this year to delve deeper and allow ample time for audience interaction and questions. Clinicians will gain key strategies to help advance their treatment skills and improve their effectiveness.

Who Should Attend

• Primary Care Physicians
• Specialty Physicians
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Counselors
• Family Therapists

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Identify how the Internal Family Systems Model understands the primary route to healing trauma.
• Summarize the basic insights of attachment science and how they offer a map to the core interventions, and the potent change events of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) that consistently predict positive results in therapy. In addition, outline how EFT addresses depression and the echoes of trauma in distressed partners.
• Apply sociocultural attunement as a conceptual framework to assess larger context influences on relational power dynamics in couple relationships and identify ways to transform power processes.
• Identify strategies to effectively coach both betrayed and unfaithful partners to undertake specific tasks to manage intense feelings and master skills for navigating the complex road to recovery.
• Define and understand different forms of open couples relationships, including the ethical principles differentiating these romantic and sexual practices from betrayal and disloyalty.

ABMS/ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) / Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Professionalism

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Core Competencies:

• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Employ Evidence-Based Practice

Course Directors

Karen J. Kuc, MPH
Elizabeth G. Brenner, LICSW
Jill Harkaway, EdD

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Elizabeth Brenner, LICSW

Director, Therapy Training Boston
Supervisor, Couples and Family Therapy Program, Cambridge Health Alliance
Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Private Practice, Watertown, MA

Jill Harkaway, EdD

Senior Faculty and Consultant, Couples and Family Therapy, Cambridge Health Alliance
Assistant Professor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Couples Therapy Project
Private Practice, Newton MA

Sue Johnson, EdD

Founder, Emotionally Focused Couples and Family Therapy (EFT)
Distinguished Research Professor, Alliant University (San Diego)
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, University of Ottawa
Clinical faculty, University of British Columbia’s Department of Psychiatry

Lana Kim, PhD

Program Director and Associate Professor, Marriage, Couple, & Family Therapy, Lewis & Clark College Graduate School

Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT

Founder, Gender & Family Project, Ackerman Institute for the Family; Private Practice, New York City

Richard Schwartz, PhD

President, IFS Institute
Teaching Associate, Harvard Medical School

Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW

Director, The Divorce Busting Center

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Harvard Medical School designates this live virtual activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers 7.50 continuing education credits.

Social Workers

Application for social work continuing education credits has been submitted. Please contact us at cme@challiance.org for the status of social work CE accreditation. NY Social Workers: The Division of Continuing Education in Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an Approved Provider #0038 of continuing education for licensed social workers. This course has been approved for 7.50 contact hours.

Counselors

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. This program meets the requirements for 7.50 continuing education hours. CHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This offering is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation for 7.50 credits.

Family Therapists

An application has been submitted to the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions, for LMFT professional continuing education. The States of CT and RI accept NBCC and NASW approval for marriage and family therapy.

Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses

For the purpose of recertification, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and the American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Canadian Accreditation

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

European Accreditation

The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found here: https://www.uems.eu/areas-of-expertise/cme-cpd/eaccme

Disclosure Policy

In accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), course planners, speakers, and content reviewers have been asked to disclose any relationships they have to companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. In addition, faculty have been asked to list any off-label uses of pharmaceuticals and/or devices for investigational or non-FDA approved purposes that they plan to discuss.

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgement before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

Tuition for Treating Couples: Surmounting Challenges is listed below. You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Electronic syllabus and access to recordings for 30 days after the course are included.

At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration. Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75, will be issued for all cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be made in our secure online system or by email. “No shows” are subject to the full course fee.

Course Tuition

Course Registration - Treating Couples: Surmounting Challenges

Physician (MD/DO)

$250.00 / ($225 if registered by Wednesday, October 11, 2023)

Nurse (RN/APRN)

$195.00 / ($175 if registered by Wednesday, October 11, 2023)

Resident/Fellow

$195.00 / ($175 if registered by Wednesday, October 11, 2023)

Allied Health Professional / Other

$195.00 / ($175 if registered by Wednesday, October 11, 2023)

Tuition includes electronic syllabus.