Free CEÂ Training with Bestselling Author Dr. Diane Gehart
Good to Great:
5 Surprising Mistakes That Separate Average Therapists from Highly Effective OnesÂ
What separates good therapists from great ones?
Research has identified what the top 15% of clinicians do differently—and the answers may surprise you.
Some of the very techniques you've been taught could actually be holding you back.
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Good to Great:
5 Surprising Mistakes That Separate Average Therapists from Highly Effective Ones
Free 1.5-hour CE Training with Dr. Diane Gehart
Even experienced, well-trained therapists can unknowingly make simple mistakes that undermine their effectiveness. Some of these mistakes involve the questions we fail to ask—or the seemingly helpful questions that take therapy in the wrong direction. Others involve something even more surprising: how validation, empathy, and well-intentioned interventions can actually interfere with progress when the timing is wrong. In this engaging, evidence-informed workshop, you'll discover five common clinical mistakes that can keep good therapists from becoming great ones. You'll learn why curiosity, precision, and timing can make the difference between therapy that feels helpful and therapy that creates lasting change. Best of all, you'll leave with practical strategies you can start using in your very next session to become a more confident, effective clinician.
Program Goal and Objectives
Program Overarching Goal:Â By the end of this program, participants will be able to describe what distinguishes the top 15% of therapists from the rest.
Specific Learning Objectives:Â At the end of this training:
1. Participants will be able to identify 5 common mistakes that reduce clinical effectiveness.
2. Participants will know how to adjust their timing for at least 2 common interventions to improve outcomes.
3. Participants will be able to adjust their approach to clinical questions in at least 2 ways to improve outcomes.
Cost and Access:Â Free access to course materials through February 2, 2027. Afterward, the course can be accessed for $39.
Continuing Education Approval
Continuing education credit is available through the NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors), CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners for licensed marriage and family therapists.
Therapy that Works Institute maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Course CE certificates will be awarded via email within 24 hours upon completion of all course modules, course quiz, and course evaluation.Â
Dr. Diane Gehart
An award-winning author, educator, and TEDx speaker, Dr. Diane Gehart has trained thousands of licensed mental health professionals over the past 30 years, translating complex clinical theories into easily understood principles and practices.
She is the Founder of the Therapy that Works Institute, pioneering a Unifying Framework for Psychotherapy, and is Professor Emerita at California State University, Northridge.
Her authored works include Theory and Treatment Planning in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Mastering Competencies in Family Therapy, Mindfulness and Acceptance in Couple and Family Therapy, and Mindfulness for Chocolate Lovers: A Lighthearted Way to Stress Less and Savor More Each Day and she has co-edited two volumes on Collaborative-Dialogic Practices: Relationships and Conversations that Make a Difference Across Cultures and Contexts with Harlene Anderson.
She maintains a private practice in Agoura Hills, California and is a licensed mental health provider in Hawai’i, Texas, and Oregon.
Course Details
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Audience:Â This course is intended for both new and experienced mental health clinicians, including counselors, family therapists, and social workers.Â
Accommodations/Grievances: Questions for accommodations and/or grievances related to the course should be directed to [email protected]. These communications will be responded to within 2 working days.
Diversity Policy:Â The instructor and all participants agree to respect and not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program, or activity based on gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability, or other prohibited basis. Participants whose behavior is disruptive for any reason may be removed from the program/course without receiving CE credit.
Refunds:Â N/A
Continuing Education
Continuing education credit is available through the NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors), CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners for licensed marriage and family therapists.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Therapy that Works Institute programs are offered for NBCC credit (NBCC ACEP No. 7125).
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Therapy that Works Institute (Provider #1000141) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs.Â
New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners
The Therapy that Works Institute is approved by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0146).
