Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 15 CE credits for $150 for psychologists, and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors, licensed by the APA, California BBS, BRN, or BCE.*

Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public.

Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program you will better able to:

• Describe the concept of “presence” and its benefits for communication with clients/patients and co-workers, including how this practice may reduce stress and professional burnout;
• List at least three habitual, unhelpful ways of reacting to conflict;
• Demonstrate the clinical skill of pausing, and describe how this skill can improve communication with patients/clients and health care team members;
• Describe the differences between “needs” and “strategies,” and how understanding this difference when working with clients results in improved clinical outcomes;
• Describe the difference between empathy and non-empathic forms of communication, and how empathic communication may improve the clinician-patient relationship;
• Demonstrate three forms of offering empathic connection, in ways that may improve patient care;
• Identify and distinguish basic emotions from words implying being judgmental or projecting blame;
• Explain the difference between observations and evaluations or interpretations;
• Demonstrate translating a judgmental statement into an observation, feeling, and need;
• Describe the difference between requests aimed at enhancing connection and requested aimed at devising a solution.

Continuing Education content level: Introductory

*Please note:

• For those with a different license or with a license from a different licensing board, please contact your licensing board directly to ask if CE credit from the above-approved sponsors is accepted. Spirit Rock does not confirm applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed above. Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905 for 15 contact hours.
• Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
• For full Provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our Continuing Education Credit information page.