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• Create a functional understanding of the multi-dimensional character and energy of social anxiety
• Differentiate core clinical work vs. technique
• Identify the architecture of social anxiety: Function, Action, Thinking, Emotion and Personality Types
• Explain “mind state” development for patients with and without “initiative” (for healing)
• Demonstrate a clinical model for selective mutism as early intervention for social anxiety
• Examine a systems treatment methodology for social anxiety

Andy's Story: From Performance Anxiety to Suicide

• A profile of obsessive-driven social anxiety (Video interview with Andy's parents)
• Challenging the concept of "shyness"
• The architecture of social anxiety:
  1. F = Function (physiology)
  2. A = Action (behavior)
  3. T = Thinking (cognition)
  4. E = Emotion (feelings)
• Co-morbidity
• The dynamics of resistance
• Social phobia as an "addiction to avoidance"
• The faces of social anxiety:
  1. "Carol" (Ovarian cancer survivor-public speaking): (Audio interview)
  2. "Robert" (Executive-public speaking anxiety): (Audio interview)
  3. "Arthur" (School phobia): (Audio interview)
  4. "Mike" (Intimacy anxiety): (Audio interview)
• The role of learning disabilities
• Functioning levels (Video interview with Dr. Eli Ran Eliaz)

Avoidance, Detachment and Dependence

• Diagnostics: The layers of the problem
• Neural pathways
• Avoidant personality: ( Video interview - "Amy")
• The biofeedback card: Technique for attachment
• Detachment: The "doorway" to avoidance: (Video interview - "Paul" - "Successful Salesman")
• Dependent personality: (Audio interview - "David")

The Personalities of Social Anxiety

• "Initiative" vs. "primitive" functioning
• Enabling: (Video interview - "Ellen" - Mother of dependent with avoidant personality - selective mutism)
• Obsessive personality: (Video interview - "Tripp" - Performance anxiety & fear of blushing)
• Narcissism
• An overview of personality types: (Video interview - Dr. Nina Goldman - clinical psychologist)
• Intro to accessory clinical tools:
  1. Bio-card
  2. Multi-modal Life Inventory
  3. Emotions list
  4. Avoidance profile
  5. Dependence profile
  6. Selective mutism intake form

Creating The Ego-Graph

• Transactional analysis
• Identifying the "mind states":
  1. "Nurturing Parent"
  2. "Critical Parent"
  3. "Adult"
  4. "Adapted Child"
  5. "Natural Child"
• Mind state identification exercise: (Video interview - “Tripp” - Obsession and hyper-hidrosis)
• "Tiger Mother": The internal critical script ( Video interview - Alice Hong, M.D.)
• Ego-graph: Social Anxiety
• The "High Performance Mind": (Video interview - Kirk Rueter-major league baseball pitcher)
• Ego-graph: Social Anxiety Resolved

Creating The High Performance Mind

• Social phobia "cured": (Audio interview - "Arthur")
• Strategies for building the "nurturing parent", "adult", and "natural child" mind states
• Brain Health: The "hardware of the soul"
• Self-regulation: (Video - Biofeedback Demonstration)
• Alcohol insights: (Audio interview - "Sam" - DWI and social anxiety resolved)
• The physiology of performance
• The adrenaline control methodology
Creating a behavioral strategy
• "Self-nurturing": (Audio interview - "Richard")
• Journaling

Resolving Anger, Shame, and Embarrassment

• Variables for the therapeutic learning curve
• The core issue: Repressed anger and rage
• The "Sarnow" concept: The "reservoir" of repressed content
• The "energy of rage": (Audio interview - "Anonymous")
• Perfectionism and narcissism: (Audio interview - "Robert" - gifted salesman)
• Bridging the intellectual to the emotional mind
• Hyper-vigilance: (Audio interview - "Tom" - The "passion" of adrenaline)
• Embarrassment-logic exercise
• "Anger Under the Microscope" exercise
• Anger and mind states
• Masochism: Self-destructive personality
• Core work: The relationship of the brain to physical symptoms

Selective Mutism (Part 1)

• The selective mutism profile: The layers of the disorder
• Understanding selective mutism as a variation of O.C.D.
• "Core" treatment vs. "bridging" technique
• The selectively mute adult: (Video interview - "Mike")
• The selectively mute adult: (Audio interview - "Mike" #2)
• Treatment methodology for the SM adolescent: (Audio interview: Parents & Teen)
• Treatment methodology for children: (Video interview - part 1: "Karla")
• Teaching a parenting treatment methodology

Selective Mutism (Part 2)

• Teaching a parenting treatment methodology for SM children (continued)
• A non-enabling strategy
• "Attachment" vs. delusion
• The "freeze the moment" technique
• "Processing” with the SM child: Challenging the "I don’t know disease"
• "Processing": (Audio interview - Parent and 7 year old)
• 3-step method for teaching emotional vocabulary
• Using the bio-card: Intro to mind-body awareness for the SM child
• Psycho-pharmacology: (Video interview - Matthew Lorber, M.D. - Pediatric Psychiatrist)
• A methodology for school intervention

Treating the Resistant Adult

• The homeostasis of "primitive" functioning
• Dependent pathology: (Audio interview - Mother of 38 yr. old with psych degree)
• Resistance resolved: Initiative attained: (Audio interview-long term patient)
• A treatment methodology for parents of resistant adults
• Restructuring “mind states” for the resistant adult
• The culture of the family with the resistant adult
• Atypical social anxiety: A case study with Dr. Nina Goldman (Audio interview)

The Psycho-Pharmacology of Social Anxiety

• Video interview: In-depth discussion with Seth Mandel, M.D. (Psychiatrist)
• Assessing the patient for medicine
• Co-existing disorders
• SSRIs
• SNRIs
• Benzodiazepines
• Anti-psychotics
• Contraindications
• Titration

Jonathan Berent, LCSW, ACSW, has provided and supervised treatment for thousands of individuals of all ages with social anxiety and related disorders in individual, family, and group therapy. He has created numerous socialization programs for “special needs” individuals. In addition he has been a stress management consultant to corporations and organizations including NBC, Bloomingdales, and The United Federation of Teachers.

Jonathan has been featured extensively in the media including Oprah, Anderson Cooper, CNN Medical News, CNBC, and The New York Times. He has created www.social-anxiety.com. He is the author of Beyond Shyness: How to Conquer Social Anxieties (Simon & Schuster, 1992) and Work Makes Me Nervous: Overcome Anxiety and Build the Confidence to Succeed (Wiley, 2010).

For U.S. and Canadian customers, a CE test is available for $9.99 USD per participant. International CE rates may vary; please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details.

Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion may be emailed, faxed or mailed to participants completing the post-test/evaluation and paying the CE fee.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Addiction Counselors
This self-study activity consists of 10.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Connecticut Addiction Counselors: Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 10.75 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.

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Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 10.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

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Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 10.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. Provider #: 168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 10.5 credits.

Texas Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider #: 503. This self-study activity qualifies for 10.5 continuing education credits.

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Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
This intermediate activity consists of 10.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 10.5 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 10.5 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 13.0 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistant: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 10.8 continuing education credits.

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Psychologists
This self-study activity consists of 10.75 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline and the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity. Contact us for more information on your state board or organization specific filing requirements.

Canadian Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 10.5 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: https://catalog.pesi.com/page/ceinformation#psychologists

Florida Psychologists: PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology. Provider Number 50-399. This product qualifies for 10.8 self-study continuing education credits. Please make sure to bring your license number to the seminar so that we can report your attendance to CE Brokers.

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Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists
This course contains 10.5 hours of self-study continuing education. It was not offered for ASHA CEUs. Please retain your certificate of completion. If audited for ASHA Certification Maintenance, you can submit this certificate of completion at that time. For state licensure, teacher certification renewal, or other credential renewal, contact those agencies for information about your reporting responsibilities and requirements.

California Speech-Language Pathologists/Audiologists: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, #PDP 319. This course meets the qualifications for 10.5 hours of self-study continuing professional development credit for Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists, as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board.

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Social Workers
PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this self-study course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 10.75 Clinical Practice continuing education credits. Course Level: Intermediate. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation.

Canadian Social Workers: PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this self-study course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 10.75 Clinical continuing education credits. Course Level: Intermediate. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.

Illinois Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 10.5 contact hours.

Minnesota Social Workers: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study course has been approved for 10.5 continuing education hours. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of a post-test.

California Social Workers/ Counselors/Marriage & Family Therapists/Licensed Educational Psychologists: The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE programs that are approved by other approval agencies, including several that approve PESI and its programs. A full list of approval agencies accepted by the BBS can be found at www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html under “Where to find CE Courses.” This intermediate level activity consists of 10.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction.

Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 10.75 continuing education credits.

Ohio Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #: RCST071001. Successful completion of this self-study course meets the qualifications for 10.75 clock hours of continuing education credit.

Pennsylvania Social Workers/Counselors/Marriage & Family Therapists: This intermediate activity consists of 10.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required, variable credits may not be awarded per the Pennsylvania State Board.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 10.75 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychologists, Addiction Counselors, Nurses, Occupational Therapists/Occupational Therapy Assistants, Speech-Language Pathologists and Other Mental Health Professionals