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CONCEPT Professional Training

CONCEPT is Palo Alto University’s Division of Continuing and Professional Studies, a not-for-profit offering world-class education for mental health professionals.

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LIVE: Working With Immigrants and First Generation Americans: Clinical Considerations 3 Hours / 3 CEs
Maria Veronica Laguna, MSW

LIVE: Working With Immigrants and First Generation Americans: Clinical Considerations

Event Date: Jul. 15, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$125
LIVE: Working With Immigrants and First Generation Americans: Clinical Considerations 3 Hours / 3 CEs
Maria Veronica Laguna, MSW

LIVE: Working With Immigrants and First Generation Americans: Clinical Considerations

Event Date: Jul. 15, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$125
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LIVE: AI for Social Work Organizations: Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation for Your Agency 2 Hours / 2 CEs
Marina Badillo-Diaz, DSW

LIVE: AI for Social Work Organizations: Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation for Your Agency

Event Date: Jul. 17, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$100
LIVE: AI for Social Work Organizations: Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation for Your Agency 2 Hours / 2 CEs
Marina Badillo-Diaz, DSW

LIVE: AI for Social Work Organizations: Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation for Your Agency

Event Date: Jul. 17, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
$100
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LIVE: Postpartum Rage Among BIPOC Women: What Clinicians Can Do to Help 2 Hours / 2 CEs
S Anandavalli, PhD

LIVE: Postpartum Rage Among BIPOC Women: What Clinicians Can Do to Help

Event Date: Jul. 23, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
$100
LIVE: Postpartum Rage Among BIPOC Women: What Clinicians Can Do to Help 2 Hours / 2 CEs
S Anandavalli, PhD

LIVE: Postpartum Rage Among BIPOC Women: What Clinicians Can Do to Help

Event Date: Jul. 23, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
$100
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CONCEPT Continuing & Professional Studies trains mental health professionals towards certification in specialty areas.

 

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Learn about our group training programs, so you can simplify and scale your new staff training and onboarding in areas such as forensic psychology, counseling, and more.

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Forensic Psychology Meets DBT: Treating Complex Trauma in Incarcerated Populations

Forensic Psychology Meets DBT: Treating Complex Trauma in Incarcerated Populations

Discover how Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is transforming forensic psychology by providing trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment ...

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Blake Harper

July 01, 2025

Organizational Consultation in Professional Counseling

Organizational Consultation in Professional Counseling

The Thoughtful Counselor speaks with Kenneth Edwards to discuss how professional counselors can engage in organizational consulting

The Thoughtful Counselor Podcast. Organizational Consultation with Kenneth Edwards
Dr. Theo Burnes

June 30, 2025

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Embracing the Digital Shift: How AAFP Successfully Pivoted to Virtual CE Programs & Boosted Profit Margins

Embracing the Digital Shift: How AAFP Successfully Pivoted to Virtual CE Programs & Boosted Profit Margins

The collaboration between AAFP & CONCEPT transformed the org's CE offerings, resulting in increased attendance, higher profit margins, and ...

Embracing the Digital Shift: How AAFP Successfully Pivoted to Virtual CE Programs & Boosted Profit Margins
CONCEPT Staff

May 02, 2023

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