Rather than focus on theory, this course focuses on what you must "do" in session to become a highly effective clinician.

Unlike most university and continuing education programs, you experience live demonstrations and supervision with an expert in the field, making this one of the few available programs that teaches you the practical skills needed to use the approach. 

Furthermore, it is currently the only training program outside of a university environment that uses cutting-edge, mixed-reality simulation, allowing for an unparalleled training experience. 

Whether you are a seasoned clinician or just starting your professional journey, the live training experiences in this course are designed to be personally and professionally transformative. 

Hands down, all graduates report that the live training was the most fun, valuable, and transformative part of the course.

As one graduate said, "There is simply nothing else like it available--anywhere for any price."

The course is paced to work with a busy professional's schedule.

The recommended pace is approximately 1-2 hours per week to complete the entire 45 hours in 5-6 months.

Alternatively, you will have two years to finish the course at your own pace.

The course includes 25 hours of pre-recorded materials and 20 hours of Zoom training sessions that can be attended live or by watching the replay.

 "A Schedule that Works": To ensure an optimal schedule, after registering for the course you will complete a survey to identify the best times for live sessions.

On average there are 2 live sessions per month, with multiple options for the Q & As and demonstrations.

Most cohorts prefer a mix of morning and afternoon weekend sessions.

All live sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing. All students have two years to complete the 45 hours of training to receive their certificate.

Average tax write-off: $624.80.

In the US, most continuing education programs are tax-deductible for professionals. Check with your tax preparer. 

If your employer reimburses you for continuing education, this course will likely qualify.

Remarkably, both seasoned and new professionals report finding this course equally valuable.  

Advanced clinicians benefit by finally having a comprehensive framework that allows them to easily use all of their training simultaneously.

New professionals describe this course as "more helpful than my entire graduate program" for learning the practical skills for doing psychotherapy well.  

This is a very important question to be asking yourself. It is also a question that I asked the first cohort that went through this course. And 100% said that they believed the course was worth the investment. That impressed me--a lot.

I am a single mother living in one of the world's most expensive cities, Los Angeles, and I have always had to work hard to live within my budget. So, I made sure that you would definitely get your money's worth out of this course. 

My goal was to create a course that would likely net you $20,000+ in the first 5 years after completing the course. I sincerely hope that over the next 10 years or more that this course will be worth $100,000+ in additional income and/or money saved.

How do I plan to do that?

1. Master Financial Knowledge and Wellness: In Week 2 (part of Module 1 Self-of-the-Clinician), I cover "financial wellness" as one of the 6 areas of whole-life wellness. I include a bonus video (can't be counted toward CE) with a multi-page spreadsheet to help you create a lifelong system for managing your finances, personally and professionally. If you use these spreadsheets regularly, I can guarantee that you will rapidly recover the cost of the course.

2. Income Building: Module 12 is all about planning your career path and includes an honest discussion about how to make a good living doing the work you love. I will identify several options for choosing the path that is right for you (again, most of this is a bonus above the 45 hours of CE).

3. Increase Your Ability to Connect and Achieve Rapid Outcomes: You will leave this program better able to 1) connect with clients and 2) help your clients quickly achieve their goals. Your drop rate should significantly drop, and you should expect your clients to tell their friends and family about you--because you are easy to talk to and know how to help. 

4. Save on Taking Care of YOU: This course is designed to significantly reduce your out-of-pocket self-care expenses, including personal psychotherapy, which it has done for those who have been through it. Additionally, many past participants have solved  

You have access to earning CEs for you 25 hours of prerecorded material and 20 hours of live supervision and training for two full years.

After two years, you will retain access to the 25 hours of prerecorded training for at least 10 years, but you will not be able to collect CE hours. We are not allowed to issue CEs for the same training more than once.

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, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, or other prohibited basis. Participants whose behavior is disruptive for any reason may be removed from the program/course without refund.

All pre-recorded videos and live sessions include closed captioning, and a transcript of live sessions will be posted with the video.

PDFs include OCR encoding for those who need it.

Participants can request additional accommodations for special needs by contacting the instructor directly through the private course webpage. We do our best to meet the needs of all learners.

Any concerns or grievances should be sent to the instructor directly. This can be done through the private course webpage. Complaints will be reviewed, and a written response/resolution provided within three (3) working days

Overall Program Goal

The goal of this program is to learn a single, comprehensive, evidence-informed approach to working with 95% of your outpatient clients. 

Specific Learning Objectives

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

1. Use mini-habits and similar techniques to achieve 1-2 personal goals that will improve their clinical effectiveness.

2. Facilitate collaborative dialogue using dialogic curiosity to carefully track how clients make sense of their lives and identify new possibilities for change.

3. Effectively implement a single 4-level assessment approach that incorporates systemic, CBT, EFT, and narrative theories to quickly assess clients' core issues, whether working with individuals, couples, or families.

4. Develop targeted treatment plans using the evidence and research base, knowing when to use a specific approach vs. when to use one's theory of choice.

5. Know how to flexibly draw from a range of interventions to enable individual clients to manage depression/anxiety and trauma symptoms, drawing from CBT, trauma-informed, postmodern, and systemic theories.

6. Intervene using different styles of enactment and relational coaching to help couples and families re-establish secure attachment and authentic connection.

7. Help clients maintain the gains from therapy using narrative and solution-focused interventions that solidify identities and habits that support goal maintenance.  

Dr. Diane Gehart has been a professor of family therapy and counselor education since 1997 and is currently directing the marriage and family therapy program at California State University, Northridge. She has authored numerous best-selling texts in the field including Mastering Competencies in Family Therapy, Theory and Treatment Planning in Counseling in Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness and Acceptance in Couple and Family Therapy. She has co-edited with Harlene Anderson, Collaborative Therapy: Conversations and Relationships that Make a Difference. 

She hosts a YouTube channel that covers all of the major counseling and family therapy theories as well as several evidence-based treatments.

She presents internationally in the field and is best known for explaining complex theoretical and research concepts so they can be easily applied in practice.