Self-Regulation for Adults: The Break Through Process
This course focuses on the research that shows how to alter subconscious emotional patterns that stop people from thriving. As they become more aware of repetitive negative conditioning and learn how to let go of it, movement beyond habitual programs occurs. With powerful tools that can interrupt “horror movies in the mind’ and with release of energy to develop a calm mind, inner confidence and ability be in productive mental states, a transformative change occurs and self-regulation is achieved.
Every client has the ability to discover the answers within to dissolve repetitive negative patterns, and each person can train the mind to let go of fear, worry, dread and live in states of joy and calm.
This practical course will provide you with transformational education and tools to help shift from obsessive rumination, irritability, and anxiety to calm. When clients learn how to use simple science-based interventions for self -regulation, they develop calm comfort, connection, resilience to stress, and an overall happier and successful life. A variety of exercises will be presented to equip you with tools you can use to help clients remove blocks and develop deep self-acceptance from which emerges living in positive reality. Deep within each person is a creative intelligence that enables clients to achieve peace, shift anxiety and dissolve depression; it’s just that we need to teach them how to access these inner resources.
We learn habitual and conditioned subconscious programs that lead to spending a majority of time in negative states. The good news is that humans have extraordinary abilities to de-condition these and live for longer periods of time in states of thriving.
When we learn how to engage our natural resourceful states of mind, we can dissolve negativity, feel empowered, and call on the subconscious mind to generate solutions to problems.
By managing and training the nervous system to be an ally, life is more interesting and happier. Clients can learn how to define the present differently in order to instantly shut down the inner Stephen King horror movie of the mind.
- Teach Your Clients how to shift from rumination, irritability and anxiety
- Help Clients to re-write their subconscious programming to transform their negative states
- Learn to use hypnotic phrases without hypnosis in therapy sessions.
Bill Wade, Ph.D. is Co-Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Houston, and is accredited as both a marriage and family therapist and professional counsellor, holding supervisory status with both capacities.
He is a Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is a member and Approved Consultant with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Dr Wade is co-author of Brain Change Therapy: Clinical Interventions for Self-Transformation, published by WW Norton and The Worry-Free Mind, published by Career Press.
He is a long-time student of meditation and has taught at several Buddhist temples. He has presented workshops in Spain, Italy, and across the United States. He has been utilizing psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis for over 35 years.
Carol Kershaw, Ed.D. is Co-Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Houston. She is an international trainer, author and psychotherapist running her private practice in Houston, Texas, USA. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, and an Approved Consultant for the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
She is board certified with the status of Fellow in EEG Biofeedback and the author of The Couple’s Hypnotic Dance and co-author of Brain Change Therapy: Clinical Interventions for Self- Transformation published by WW Norton and The Worry-Free Mind published by Career Press. She has been invited to speak for NASA, and she also presented in Saudi Arabia, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Canada, Italy as well as in the United States and in Australia.
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: 7 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
High-stakes psychological evaluations - where careers, freedom, and public safety hang in the balance - require a level of expertise that most clinicians never encounter. Bruce Cappo has spent over three decades mastering this specialised arena, becoming one of America’s leading forensic psychologists and police psychology specialists.
As a board-certified specialist in Police and Public Safety Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Dr. Cappo founded Clinical Associates in 1992, building it into a multidisciplinary practice serving more than 85 professionals across Kansas and Missouri. His recognition as Fellow and Past-President of both the Kansas Psychological Association and Kansas Association of Professional Psychologists reflects his leadership in advancing psychological practice at the highest levels.
Dr. Cappo's expertise spans three critical areas: forensic evaluations and consultation, risk and public safety assessments, and complex diagnostic evaluations. He provides psychological evaluations for federal agencies including DEA, ICE, TSA, and Homeland Security, while serving as consultant to multiple police departments including Overland Park Police Department. His work extends to the most challenging cases - competency evaluations, fitness for duty assessments, sex offender evaluations, and mental status determinations for federal and state courts.
What sets his training apart is real-world application under pressure. Cappo doesn't just teach assessment theory - he shows clinicians how to conduct evaluations that withstand legal scrutiny, how to write reports that inform critical decisions, and how to testify effectively in court. His experience with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, federal court systems, and high-security evaluations gives him insights that few practitioners possess.
For your practice, expect to gain specific skills in conducting forensic assessments, understanding the intersection of psychology and law, and developing the clinical judgment needed for high-stakes evaluations. His methods particularly benefit clinicians interested in forensic work, public safety psychology, or complex diagnostic cases.
Quick Win: Cappo's structured approach to fitness-for-duty evaluations helps clinicians distinguish between temporary stress responses and more serious psychological conditions that impact job performance - a distinction with major career and safety implications.
Qualifications
- Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas, 1987
- M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas, 1983
- B.A., Psychology (with distinction), University of Kansas, 1982
- APA-approved internship, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1986–1987
- American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) Board Certified Specialist in Police and Public Safety Psychology, 2011
- Licensed Psychologist: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois
- National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology
- Master Addiction Counselor (MAC) certified
Leadership & Recognition
- Fellow, Kansas Psychological Association
- Past-President, Kansas Psychological Association
- Past-President, Kansas Association of Professional Psychologists
- University of Minnesota Press Advisory Committee member (psychological assessment)
- Ad Hoc reviewer for multiple professional journals
Teaching & Roles
- Founder & Director, Clinical Associates, P.A., Lenexa, KS, 1992–present
- Owner, STAT Corporation, 1991–present
- Instructor, Abnormal Psychology, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KS
- Instructor, General Psychology & Abnormal Psychology, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Ready to develop expertise in high-stakes psychological assessment? Discover how Dr. Cappo's forensic methods can elevate your clinical skills and expand your practice into specialised evaluation work.
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This course includes:
- Lessons 6
- Topics 0
- Duration 7 hours
- Quizzes 1
- Language English