Essentials of Thematic Analysis

Meet Drs. Gareth Terry and Nikki Hayfield, experts in thematic analysis. TA is a method of analyzing interview and focus group transcripts, qualitative survey responses, and other qualitative data. This webinar provides an overview of Drs. Terry and Hayfield's book, Essentials of Thematic Analysis, and this research approach.

This webinar provides an overview of Deliberate Practice in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with exercises designed to help students and trainees rehearse fundamental skills to develop basic competence and hone their own personal therapeutic style. CBT expert authors, Drs. James F. Boswell and Michael J. Constantino, as well as the Series Editor, Dr. Tony Rousmaniere, demonstrate the approach in their book and have a live discussion at the end of the event.

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Deliberate Practice in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Essentials of Autoethnography

Why do autoethnography? Autoethnography is a unique approach to qualitative research that employs writing as the primary method of inquiry. Through systematic participation, observation, reflection, introspection, and self-reflexive writing, the autoethnographer strives to achieve rich, detailed, evocative, compelling accounts of human social experience. In this webinar Dr. Christopher N. Poulos discusses his book Essentials of Autoethnography.

Essentials of Descriptive-Interpretive Qualitative Research

Featuring Drs. Robert Elliott and Ladislav Timulak, this webinar introduces their book Essentials of Descriptive-Interpretive Qualitative Research. The webinar outlines some features of a methodological approach that offers no-nonsense, step-by-step guidelines to qualitative research in psychology and related fields, presenting principles for using a generic approach to descriptive-interpretive qualitative research. The presenters offer an overarching framework of best research practices common to a wide range of approaches.

How to Conduct a Consensual Qualitative Research

Consensual qualitative research (CQR) is a rigorous qualitative approach. It is relatively easy to learn and ideal for examining in depth a variety of inner experiences, attitudes, and beliefs. In this webinar, Drs. Hill and Knox, authors of Essentials of Consensual Qualitative Research, provide the rationale for using this approach and offer some sample research questions, a brief overview of the steps of the approach, and some possible modifications of the approach.

Essentials of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Essentials Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, is a step-by-step guide to a research method that investigates how people make sense of their lived experience in the context of their personal and social worlds. Meet the authors Jonathan A. Smith, a professor of psychology at Birkbeck University of London, and Isabella E. Nizza, a qualitative researcher who specializes in researching the lived experience of chronic health conditions using IPA, in this 45-minute webinar.

Deliberate Practice in Emotion-Focused Therapy

This webinar provides a live demonstration of Deliberate Practice exercises from Deliberate Practice for Emotion-Focused Therapy. In the webinar, lead author Rhonda Goldman, an expert in EFT, provide examples of supervision for specific EFT techniques and interpersonal skills, such as responding empathically to clients, building therapist self-awareness, and repairing relationship ruptures.

Essentials of Existential Phenomenological Research

In this webinar, Dr. Scott D. Churchill, author of Essentials of Existential Phenomenological Research, and his co-presenter, Dr. Amy Fisher-Smith, provide an overview of this qualitative approach that seeks an in-depth, embodied understanding of subjective human existence that reflects a person’s values, purposes, ideals, intentions, emotions, and relationships.

Deliberate Practice in Motivational Interviewing

This webinar provides an overview of Deliberate Practice in Motivational Interviewing, with exercises designed to help clinicians, students, and trainees develop competence in fundamental motivational interviewing skills to better assist clients with change goals, like quitting addictive behaviors and developing healthier habits and improving treatment engagement and retention. MI expert authors Jennifer K. Manuel, Denise Ernst, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere demonstrate the approach and have a live discussion at the end of their presentation.

In this webinar, Drs. Ruthellen Josselson and Phillip L. Hammack provide an overview of narrative analysis, a qualitative method that investigates how people make meaning of their lives and experiences in both social and cultural contexts. This 45-minute webinar previews their book, Essentials of Narrative Analysis, and discusses audience members research questions.

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Essentials of Narrative Analysis

Deliberate Practice in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

This webinar provides an overview of Deliberate Practice in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with exercises designed to help students and trainees rehearse foundational dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills and strategies to respond effectively and flexibly to diverse, complex clinical presentations and situations. DBT expert authors Tali Boritz, Shelley McMain, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere give a demonstration of the approach in their book and a live discussion follows.

What’s the Point of APA Style?
Relevance of a Writing Style to Life After Graduation

Every librarian knows that many students are skeptical—or even highly resistant—to learn APA Style. Students often perceive APA Style as being relevant only to writing papers for school, but in fact, APA Style helps students develop many communication skills relevant to life after graduation. In this webinar, the APA Style team explores how librarians can increase students’ buy-in to learning APA Style by demonstrating how learning and using a writing style will help students in any career they pursue. They share real-life examples of applications of APA Style, showing how the APA Style core principles of writing with clarity, precision, and inclusion support people in tasks such as writing resumes and emails, creating PowerPoint presentations and other visual displays, and, above all, communicating with others to get important stuff done.

The Thriving Therapist

In this webinar, Dr. Matt Hersh, author of The Thriving Therapist: Sustainable Self-Care to Prevent Burnout and Enhance Well-Being, offers practitioners an integrative, holistic, and developmentally sensitive path toward a vital professional life.

Dr. Hersh presents a practical 5-phase self-development model that involves de-mystifying and defining self-care; building awareness of one’s needs; cultivating embodied qualities such as self-compassion and gratitude; sharpening self-care tools such as establishing boundaries, seeking support, and somatic release; and integrating meaningful self-caring enactments into daily life.

Deliberate Practice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

This webinar provides an overview of Deliberate Practice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, with exercises designed to help trainees achieve competence in essential psychodynamic therapy skills and apply them in a range of clinical situations while honing their own personal style and language. Expert authors Hanna Levenson, Volney Gay, and Jeffrey L. Binder, as well as series editors Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz, give a demonstration of the approach in their book and a live discussion follows.

APA Style 7th Edition Refresher for Instructors

In this webinar, APA Style experts provide a refresher on seventh edition APA Style guidelines for instructors who want to ensure that they are providing up-to-date guidance for students.

They discuss basics of seventh edition APA Style guidelines, how the guidelines have changed from earlier editions, how you can help students learn the seventh edition, and which outdated guidelines (zombie guidelines) and APA Style myths (ghost guidelines) to watch out for!

Addressing Psychosocial Impacts of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women and Gender Diverse Individuals

Presented by Dr. Stacey Williams, author of The Psychology of PCOS, this APA webinar addresses the numerous psychosocial impacts of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), as well as uncovers the similarities and differences in PCOS impact between cisgender women and gender diverse individuals.

This new knowledge will impact anyone studying or practicing in areas related to women and gender, depression and anxiety, self and relationships, and has direct implications for those looking to expand their understanding of the lives of women and gender diverse individuals.

Deliberate Practice in Schema Therapy

This webinar provides an overview of Deliberate Practice in Schema Therapy with exercises that allow students and trainees to rehearse foundational schema therapy skills so that they can build competence and hone their own personal therapeutic styles. Expert authors Wendy T. Behary, Joan M. Farrell, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere give a demonstration of the approach in their book and a live discussion follows. 

The 10 Habits of the Complete Researcher

Habits, those behaviors we do on a regular basis, are perhaps the most important predictors of whether someone will succeed or fail in their research. In this webinar, the authors of The Complete Researcher: A Practical Guide for Graduate Students and Early Career Professionals will discuss 10 work habits that will set you up for success in your research. 

This workshop will help attendees learn to engage in deep work that is steady and sustainable with plenty of rest—avoiding the common traps of stress, reactivity, overload, and burnout.

This webinar provides an overview of Deliberate Practice In Multicultural Therapy, with exercises designed to provide trainees and students opportunities to develop a more multicultural, intersectional approach to psychotherapy and hone their own personal therapeutic style.

Join expert authors Jordan Harris, Joel Jin, Sophia Hoffman, Selina Phan, Tony Rousmaniere, and Alexandre Vaz for a demonstration of the approach in their book and a live discussion at the end of the presentation.

Date: March 6, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM ET

Deliberate Practice In Multicultural Therapy

This webinar provides an overview of Deliberate Practice in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, (REBT), with exercises designed to provide trainees and students an opportunity to build competence in essential REBT skills while developing their own personal therapeutic style.

Join expert authors Mark D. Terjesen, Kristene A. Doyle, Raymond A. DiGiuseppe, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere for a demonstration of the approach in their book and a live discussion at the end of the presentation.

Date: March 7, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM ET

Deliberate Practice in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Maintaining a healthy brain is an essential part of overall health and wellness. Research shows people with healthier brains have better memory and cognitive skills, better mood and well-being, and a lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia when they grow older.

In this webinar, Dr. Vonetta Dotson, author of Keep Your Wits About You: The Science of Brain Maintenance as You Age, will summarize the latest scientific evidence for healthy lifestyle behaviors that promote brain health, and give practical recommendations for clinicians to promote brain-healthy behavior in their clients and in their own lives.

Date: March 27, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM ET

Lifestyle Behaviors for Lifelong Brain Healthy