Approved Continuing Education for

Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Psychologists

Dr. Sonkin offers Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Clinical Psychologists and Child Custody Evaluators to receive online Continuing Education Units (CEUs) on domestic violence and the psychotherapeutic applications of attachment theory.

Domestic Violence Assessment and Treatment

Purchase a copy of Domestic Violence: The Court Mandated Perpetrator Assessment and Treatment Handbook/CD. After reading the book, take the online test (True/False and Multiple Choice). When the exam is completed, you will receive 9 continuing education units, the correct answers to your test and a Certification of Completion (which you should keep as proof of your continuing education activities). This course meets the qualifications for 9 online hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and Board of Psychology (Course #SON-011-0013). This workshop satisfies the California mandate that requires all Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists to complete at least 7 hours of training in domestic violence assessment and treatment. This workshop also satisfies California Penal Code 1203.097c that requires that facilitators of Batterers Intervention Programs receive 40 hours of core basic training and 16 hours of yearly continuing education. Cost: $89.00

This 8 hour / continuing education units workshop involves reading a presentation online or saving the web page on your computer (or printed out), with links to online resources and the ability to ask Dr. Sonkin questions through out the material. This workshop satisfies the California mandate that requires all Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists (Course #SON-011-0014) to complete at least 7 hours of training in domestic violence assessment and treatment. This workshop also satisfies California Penal Code 1203.097c that requires that facilitators of Batterers Intervention Programs receive 40 hours of core basic training and 16 hours of yearly continuing education. This continuing education program will meet a portion of the core training requirements as well as the yearly continuing education requirements. Consult with your local probation department for more details. At the completion of the workshop you are asked to complete an evaluation form, after which you are given a certificate of completion. Cost: $89.00

Online Interactive Workshop on Attachment Informed Psychotherapy - 7 CEUS

Read an extensive discussion on the application of attachment theory to psychotherapy. This workshop is approved for Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Psychologists (SON011-0012). This interactive, online workshop involves reading material and interacting with Dr. Sonkin via email. At the completion of the workshop you complete an evaluation and short quiz. Upon completion you will be emailed a link for a certificate of completion.

This workshop will help clinicians integrate the large body of attachment research that has evolved of the past 40 years into their work with patients. In it we will explore John Bowlby’s initial conceptualization of attachment theory and how it has been expanded upon by developmental and social psychologists over the past twenty-five years. We will also explore the neuro-biological aspects of attachment and how this knowledge can help pinpoint specific capacities that clinician can focus their attention. We will examine the psychotherapist-patient relationship as an attachment relationship, and the parallels to infant parent relationship. We will explore how attachment theory can help us develop a deeper understanding of and facilitating the therapeutic alliance. We will discuss ways of assessing attachment status through the Adult Attachment Interview, as well as other interview techniques. We will also discuss the concept of attachment style, how social psychologists deconstruct these styles and assess attachment style through self-report measures. With the groundwork, we will discuss the application of this theory to clinical practice. Since one way of conceptualizing attachment theory is about affect regulation, we will discuss the latest findings in the affective neurosciences and their application to psychotherapy. Participants will receive links to many online attachment theory resources. Specific case material will also be discussed. Cost: $75.00

Psychotherapy and Attachment Theory 3 CEUS

Read an online article and receive 3 CEUs for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Social Workers. In this article, I speak about attachment theory and its application to psychotherapy in general.  I begin with an overview of attachment theory and the assessment of attachment status.  Then, I discuss other contemporary authors who are exploring the clinical aspects of attachment theory.  The article will finish with how I believe attachment theory may inform our understanding and development of the therapeutic alliance. Cost: $30.00

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Daniel Jay Sonkin, Ph.D., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist is an approved provider of Continuing Education (CE) for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT's) and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW's) by the Board of Behavioral Sciences in California (PCE 1999) and is an approved provider of Continuing Education (CE) for psychologists by MCEP (SON-011). Dr. Sonkin is an internationally known authority on domestic violence. Dr. Sonkin is the author of numerous books on domestic violence including: Learning to Live Without Violence: A Handbook for Men, A Counselor's Guide to Learning to Live Without Violence, Wounded Boys/Heroic Men: A Man's Guide to Healing from Child Abuse, and his most recent title, Domestic Violence: The Court-Mandated Perpetrator Assessment and Treatment Handbook.

Attention: California Domestic Violence Treatment Providers

California Penal Code requires that facilitators of Batterers Intervention Programs (1203.097c) receive 40 hours of core basic training and 16 hours of yearly continuing education. These continuing education programs will meet a portion of the core training requirements as well as the yearly continuing education requirements. Consult with your local probation department for more details.

Attention: Marriage & Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Psychologists

Attention: California Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Psychologists

All continuing education units can be obtained via the internet through interactive means for MFTs and LCSWs. Psychologists can receive up to 27 hours of distance learning continuing education during each renewal cycle. Contact the California Board of Behavioral Sciences or the Board of Psychology for more details.