Clients Who Lie Honestly: Treatment Strategies & Special Considerations
Confabulation – the unintentional creation of false memories – poses significant challenges in mental health care. These false memories can range from subtle distortions of real events to elaborate fabrications of events that never occurred. Commonly observed in individuals with neurological conditions (e.g., Alzheimer’s), psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia), and developmental conditions (e.g., FASD), confabulation has profound implications for assessment and treatment, often complicating the therapeutic process.
This course provides mental health professionals with the clinical knowledge and tools needed to address confabulation effectively. By the end of the training, attendees will be better equipped to navigate the complexities of confabulation, from understanding its origins to mitigating its impact on clinical care.
This training equips participants with the clinical knowledge and practical tools needed to:
- Understand and define confabulation, including its presentation in mental health treatment.
- Identify risk factors for confabulation at both the individual and environmental levels.
- Analyze the consequences of confabulation within mental health care settings.
- Explore implications for assessment and treatment strategies.
- Examine cutting-edge research on confabulation and discuss future research directions.
Target Audience
This course is tailored for mental health counselors, psychologists, social workers, drug and alcohol counselors, marriage and family therapists, telehealth treatment professionals, and other clinical mental health practitioners.
CPD Information For Mental Health Professionals
Enjoy complete flexibility with 100% self-paced learning you can access anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Pay once for lifetime access.
Course Duration: 2 learning hours
Certificate and CPD hours: On completion you’ll receive a Certificate of Completion to support your CPD records.
Assessment: Complete a short quiz at the end (80% pass mark), which you can resit as many times as needed.
Lifetime Access: Your access to the course does not expire, so you can revisit key concepts anytime you want a refresher for practice.
CPD Eligibility: This program may be suitable for CPD for professionals such as:
- Psychologists
- Counsellors and Psychotherapists
- Social Workers
- Community Workers
- Mental Health Nurses
- General Practitioners (GPs)
- Occupational Therapists
CPD requirements vary between professional bodies, so please check with your association or credentialing body to confirm you can claim CPD hours/OPD points for this program and what evidence they require.
Course Content
Meet Your Instructor
Complex forensic cases involving neurodivergent individuals, traumatic brain injuries, or fetal alcohol spectrum disorders often leave practitioners feeling overwhelmed by the intersection of mental health, neuroscience, and criminal justice issues. Jerrod Brown has spent his career developing expertise at these critical intersections, becoming one of the few professionals who can navigate the complex interplay between brain-based conditions, trauma, and forensic presentations with both scientific rigor and practical application.
As Assistant Professor and Program Director of Forensic Behavioral Health at Concordia University, and Founder/CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS), Dr. Brown represents a unique integration of academic excellence and real-world forensic expertise. His extraordinary educational background - including four separate master's degrees, a Ph.D. in Psychology, and over a dozen specialised certifications ranging from Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor to Certified Neurodiversity Professional - demonstrates his commitment to understanding human behavior from multiple scientific perspectives. His co-editorship of Forensic Mental Health: A Source Guide for Professionals and role as Editor-in-Chief of Forensic Scholars Today reflect his leadership in advancing the field.
Dr. Brown's expertise spans forensic behavioral health, autism spectrum disorders, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, traumatic brain injury, neurocriminology, confabulation and suggestibility, trauma and resilience, and applied clinical nutrition. His approach recognises that many forensic presentations involve complex interactions between neurological conditions, trauma histories, and environmental factors that traditional psychological assessments miss. He specialises in cases where standard forensic evaluations fail to capture the full picture, particularly involving individuals with developmental disabilities, brain injuries, or conditions that affect memory and decision-making capacity.
What sets his training apart is interdisciplinary depth combined with practical application. Brown doesn't just teach from one theoretical perspective - he shows practitioners how neurological, nutritional, sleep, and trauma factors interact to create the complex presentations they encounter in forensic settings. His over 300 workshops and webinars demonstrate his exceptional ability to translate complex neuroscience into immediately applicable assessment and intervention strategies.
For your practice, expect to gain specialised knowledge in forensic neuropsychology, tools for assessing neurodivergent individuals in legal contexts, and frameworks for understanding how brain-based conditions affect criminal responsibility and treatment planning. His approach particularly benefits forensic psychologists, criminal justice professionals, or clinicians working with intellectually disabled or brain-injured populations.
Quick Win: Brown's "neurocriminology assessment framework" helps practitioners quickly identify when criminal behavior may be influenced by undiagnosed neurological conditions - often revealing mitigating factors that completely change case conceptualisation and intervention strategies.
Qualifications
- Ph.D., Psychology, Northcentral University, Scottsdale, AZ
- M.A., Counseling, Adler Graduate School, Richfield, MN
- M.S., Criminal Justice, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
- M.S., Special Studies in Forensic Studies, St. Cloud State University
- M.S., Special Studies in Cognitive Disorders, St. Cloud State University
- B.E.S., Applied Psychology and Psychology, St. Cloud State University
- Currently pursuing 5th M.S., Applied Clinical Nutrition, Northeast College of Health Sciences
Advanced Certifications & Certificates
- Post-Doctoral Certificate, Leadership and Organisational Strategy, Walden University, 2021
- Professional Certificate, Forensic Psychology, San Diego State University Global Campus, 2021
- Graduate Certificate, Neuroscience and Law, Michigan State University, current
- Graduate Certificates: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Other Health Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury (Hamline University)
- Graduate Certificates: Neuropsychology, Medical Biochemistry, Exercise Prescription, Dyslexia
- Diabetes Care and Education Certificate, Central Arizona College, 2023
Specialised Certifications
- Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor (CFNC)
- Certified Neurodiversity Professional
- Certified Kid's Nutrition Specialist
- Tobacco Treatment Specialist (Mayo Clinic)
- Brain Health Coach
- Certified Digestive Health Specialist
- Gut Health Specialist
- Certified Sleep Science Coach
- Integrative Adult Sleep Coach
- Holistic Health Coach
- Stress and Mindset Coach
Leadership & Teaching
- Assistant Professor & Program Director, Forensic Behavioral Health and Trauma, Resilience, and Self Care Strategies, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
- Founder & CEO, American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS)
- Editor-in-Chief, Forensic Scholars Today (FST)
- Faculty, Walden University
- Presenter, CONCEPT Professional Training, Palo Alto University
Training & Speaking
- Over 300 workshops, webinars, and on-demand trainings conducted
- National and international speaking engagements
- Professional and student audience presentations
- Conference presentations at various organisations
Clinical Specialties
- Forensic assessments involving neurodevelopmental conditions
- Autism spectrum disorder in forensic contexts
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and criminal justice implications
- Traumatic brain injury and competency evaluations
- Confabulation and suggestibility in legal proceedings
- Miranda rights comprehension issues
- Youth firesetting assessment and intervention
- Criminal recidivism risk factors and prevention
Ready to develop expertise in the complex intersection of neuroscience, mental health, and criminal justice? Discover how Dr. Brown's interdisciplinary approach can enhance your ability to conduct comprehensive forensic assessments and provide effective interventions for the most challenging cases.
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