Confidently Treat Aging Clients—Without Second-Guessing Yourself
You’re seeing more older adults in your practice, but if you’re like most therapists, you never received the training to meet their unique needs. And without the right tools, you may find yourself:
❌ Unsure how to approach cognitive decline—Is it normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia? What if it’s depression mimicking memory loss?
❌ Struggling with complex family dynamics—Navigating conflicts between adult children, caregivers, and aging clients who want to maintain independence.
❌ Frustrated by common mental health conditions in older adults—Depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, and insomnia often look different in later life. How do you diagnose and treat them effectively?
❌ Unprepared for major life transitions—Retirement, grief, chronic illness, and shifting roles can profoundly impact mental health.
❌ Lacking a framework for psychotherapy at end of life—How do you help clients find meaning, navigate medical aid in dying, or process grief in their final stage of life?
And the result? Your aging clients aren’t getting the care they deserve.
Misdiagnosed cognitive changes. Untreated mental health conditions. Family stress that makes therapy feel stuck. A lack of support for life transitions and end-of-life concerns.
🔹 By 2034, adults 65+ will outnumber children—yet most therapists remain unprepared. This doesn’t have to be you.
The Most Comprehensive Mental Health & Aging Certificate Available
Imagine walking into a session knowing exactly how to assess, diagnose, and support your older clients. Instead of feeling lost, you have:
✅ A clear framework for cognitive changes—Confidently differentiate normal aging from dementia, depression, or delirium.
✅ Strategies for managing older family dynamics—Help families collaborate instead of clash over caregiving, decision-making, and independence.
✅ Proven tools for treating mental health conditions in later life—From anxiety and trauma to substance use, depression, and insomnia, you’ll know how to provide targeted, evidence-based care.
✅ Guidance for navigating life transitions—Retirement, loss of independence, caregiving stress, and grief require specialized support.
✅ A framework for psychotherapy at end of life—Help clients find meaning, make difficult decisions, and approach death with dignity.
Older adults deserve better mental health care—and you deserve to feel skilled, confident, and empowered in your work.
This 18-hour Mental Health & Aging Certificate is the most comprehensive training available—giving you the expertise to serve the fastest-growing population with confidence and impact.
With the right training, you’ll never have to second-guess yourself again.
Your Mental Health & Aging Training Package—A $2,414 Value for Just $499 with Early Bird Pricing.
When you enroll, you’re not just getting a course—you’re getting the most comprehensive mental health and aging training available, plus expert mentorship, CEUs, and exclusive bonuses to advance your career.
✔️ Comprehensive Training & CEUs = Value $2082
🔹 Lifetime access to all 18 hours of pre-recorded CEU training ($882 value)
🔹 Download your "Mental Health & Aging Certificate" to showcase your expertise to clients and colleagues ($300 value)
🔹 Access to an online student portal with downloadable resources, assessment tools, and comprehensive training materials
🔹 3 Live Group Q&A Calls with Dr. Regina Koepp to discuss your complex cases and get expert guidance ($900 value)
PLUS! More than $300 in Bonuses - FREE!
✅ 2 Bonus CE Courses—Get an extra 2 CE credits at no additional cost ($54 value)
✅ A Featured Listing in the Nation’s Only Mental Health Provider Directory Focused on Older Adults—Boost your visibility & referrals ($228/year value)
✅ A Digital Badge for your website & social media to highlight your certification and attract more clients ($50 value)
✨ Total Value: $2,414 – Enroll Now for Just $499! (Early Bird Pricing Ends 3/21/25 – Increases to $599!)
BONUS CE Courses!
When You Enroll in this Certificate Course before the deadline, you get these 2 CE Courses (Value $54) for FREE!
How This Certificate Boosts Your Career & Confidence
This specialized training doesn’t just give you CE credits—it elevates your expertise, credibility, and career opportunities.
1. Stand Out In Your Field
Gain in-depth training in aging, cognitive health, and psychotherapy to become a go-to expert in a high-demand area.
2. Attract More Clients & Career Growth
Mental health professionals trained in aging are highly sought after in private practice, healthcare, and senior care settings.
3. Increase Your Professional Credibility
A specialized certificate builds trust with clients, employers, and referral sources.
4. Earn 18 Continuing Education Credits (CEs) & Immediate Clinical Skills
Get required CEUs while learning practical strategies you can use with clients right away.
5. Make a Meaningful Impact
Help older adults and caregivers navigate mental health challenges, cognitive decline, and end-of-life concerns with skill and confidence..
6. Valuable for Your Own Life
Aging impacts everyone. This training also helps you, your family, and your future self navigate life transitions with clarity and compassion.
Bottom Line?
This certificate is a career accelerator that equips you with the skills, credibility, and confidence to grow your practice, serve aging clients effectively, and stand out as a leader in mental health and aging.
Ready to take the next step? Join us today! 🎉
Mental health professionals who invest in this training transform their practice and change lives.
"This was one of the best CE’s I have been to in recent years. Especially a virtual CE. Dr. Koepp is so engaging and knowledgeable. The exercises were so good and the resources so dynamic and helpful. So grateful."
"Loved this presentation. Meaningful, thought-provoking, moving, well-organized, and useful. I learned a great deal alongside accessing deep emotions that led to a fully integrated experience. Well done and much appreciated."
"Before this training, I felt completely lost when working with older clients. Now, I feel equipped, confident, and deeply fulfilled in my work with aging adults.”
I'm so glad you're here!
For more than 20 years, I’ve worked with older adults in some of the largest healthcare systems in the nation, like Stanford, Emory, the Veterans Health Administration, and seen first hand the barriers older adults face in getting the mental health care they need.
In fact, the majority of older adults with mental health concerns DO NOT get the mental health care they need, resulting in worse medical problems, increased risk of dementia, higher health care costs, family strain, and needless suffering.
This has inspired my mission of ensuring that you, and all mental health and senior care professionals, have the tools you need to treat the mental health needs of older adults.
I'm Dr. Regina Koepp. I'm a Stanford-trained, board certified clinical psychologist, clinical geropsychologist and founder of the Center for Mental Health & Aging, and the presenter of this course. I've dedicated my career to equipping mental health professionals with the skills needed to serve older adults.
With this comprehensive certificate program, you’ll learn my exact strategies for providing effective, ethical, and transformative care for older clients.
It's only with your help that older adults will get the mental health care they need. So, thank you for being here and doing your part.
Who is This Course For?
✔️ Therapists, psychologists, counselors, LMFTs, LPCs, and social workers who want to confidently work with older clients.
✔️ Geriatric care managers/Aging Life Care Experts and healthcare professionals looking to enhance their expertise in aging mental health.
✔️ Clinicians who feel underprepared to address cognitive changes, family strain, and end-of-life concerns.
✔️ Professionals who want to earn CE credits while developing a high-demand specialty.
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
This 18-hour Certificate Program was designed to be flexible to fit into your schedule. The course has four parts:
Part 1: Foundations of Adult Development
Recordings Delivered 4/1/25
Module 1: Aging, Ageism & The Importance of Belonging
- Demographics of aging
- Ageism and ableism and their impact on health and well-being
- Reflect on our own attitudes about aging and how they can impact care
- Strategies to challenge ageism and improve mental health care for older adults
- Intersecting minoritized identities among older adults (focusing primarily on race, disability, social class, and LGTBQ+ identities).
- Being an ally to transgender older adults.
- Practicing cultural humility in working with older adults
- Resilience factors among minoritized older adults.
- Recommendations to challenge ageism and create spaces where people belong
Module 2: Relationships
- Social aspects of adult development
- Risks of loneliness and isolation among older adults
- Benefits of social connection and belonging in older adulthood
- Rates of sexual activity among adults 65 and older.
- Benefits of intimacy among older adults
- Statistics regarding sexually transmitted infections among older adults.
- Attitudes about sexuality and aging among older adults, health care professionals, and others.
- Having conversations about sex with older clients
- Sexual health in the context of medical conditions
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Module 3: Common Life Issues and Transitions for Older Adults
- Common transitions in older adulthood and which do older adults tend to be the most concerned about
- Stages of retirement
- Impact of retirement on mental health
- Rates of older adults living with chronic health conditions
- Impact of chronic health conditions on mental
- Common transitions in living environments (from living with partner to living alone to living in assisted living or nursing homes)
- Differentiating loneliness and isolation
- Brief screening tools to identify loneliness and isolation in older adults
- Age-specific referral sources and barriers to using resources
📢 Live Q&A With Dr. Koepp 4/3/25 3-4pm EST via Zoom
Part 2: Cognitive Changes and Ethical Considerations
Recordings Delivered 4/8/25
Module 4: Cognition and Aging
- Typical vs a-typical changes in the brain from atypical changes in the brain with age
- Treatable causes of cognitive impairment
- Risk factors for dementia disorders
- Mild Cognitive Impairment vs. Dementia vs. Alzheimer’s Disease
- Dementia health disparities for minoritized individuals (specifically BIPOC and LGTBQ communities
- Depression vs delirium vs dementia
- Pathway for referrals for people with cognitive disorders in therapy
- Therapist’s role in working with individuals and families with dementia
- Basic communication strategies for people with dementia
Module 5: Caregiver Family Therapy: Families with Dementia and Life-Altering Medical Conditions
- Role changes in the older families
- Ambiguous loss when caring for a loved one with dementia
- Stages of caregiving and family conflicts in each stage
- Caregiving dilemmas in negotiating safety with autonomy
- Caregiver family therapy with families with dementia
Module 6: Ethical Principles and Common Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethical principles pertinent to older adult care
- Ethical dilemmas and considerations that can arise with older adult care
- Strategies to prevent and resolve ethical dilemmas
- Common types of elder abuse
- Strategies to attend to elder abuse
Part 3: Mental Health and Older Adults
Recordings Delivered 4/15/25 & 4/22/25
Module 7: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Optimal Aging
- Evidence-based strategies for optimizing well-being in older adulthood, including the science
- Exercise
- Nutrition
- Cognitively stimulating activities
- Mindset shifts
- Benefits of mindfulness and meditation
- Benefits of spirituality on health and well-being
- Cognitive health benefits of nature
- Helping clients cultivate a sense of meaning and purpose in life
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Module 8: Anxiety Disorders and Older Adults
- Anxiety disorders among older adults
- Anxiety symptoms
- Link between anxiety and dementia
- Assessing anxiety disorders
- Incorporate medical information and medications into diagnostic assessment
- Measures for anxiety
- Evidence-based treatments for anxiety in older adulthood
Module 9: Depression and Older Adults
- Depression in later life
- Link between depression and dementia
- Standardized assessment tools for assessing depression in older adults
- Evidence-based treatments for depression in older adulthood
Module 10: Insomnia and Older Adults
- Rates and risk factors for insomnia in older adults
- Link between sleep disorders and dementia
- Assessment tools for assessing insomnia in older adults
- Evidence-based treatments for insomnia in older adulthood
📢 Live Q&A With Dr. Koepp 4/17/25 12-1pm EST via Zoom
Module 11: Trauma and Older Adults, including Post-Traumatic Growth
- Identify age-related factors associated with PTSD
- Describe the impact of PTSD in older adulthood related to physical and cognitive health.
- Cumulative effects of racism-based trauma on health
- Link between trauma and dementia
- Assessment tools for PTSD in older adults
- Evidence-based treatment for PTSD in older adults
- Make recommendations within a trauma-informed framework
- Define Post-Traumatic Growth and resilience related to older adults
Module 12: Suicide and Older Adults
- Suicide rates among older adults
- Older adult suicide risk compared to younger adults
- How life altering health conditions and dementia disorders increase risk for suicide
- Tools to assess suicide risk in older adults
Module 13: Substance Abuse and Older Adults
- Unique considerations related to substance use disorders for older adults
- Rates and risk factors for substance use
- Link between substance use disorders and dementia disorders
- Assessment tools for assessing substance use in older adults
- Age-sensitive substance use treatment recommendations
Part 4: End of Life Psychotherapy & Grief
Recordings Delivered 4/29/25
Module 14: End of Life Psychotherapy
- Psychotherapy models for providing end of life psychotherapy
- Strategies to communicate with older adults about end of life care
- Health disparities for minoritized individuals and how this influences end of life
- Medical Aid in Dying and Right to Die
- Differentiate medical aid in dying from suicide
Module 15: Grief
- Types of grief: Anticipatory grief, ambiguous loss, disenfranchised grief, etc.
- Review of the most common grief theories
- Unique considerations for grieving older adults.
- Prolonged grief disorder diagnosis, assessment, and evidence-based treatments
- Grieving our own patients
📢 Live Q&A With Dr. Koepp 5/1/25 3-4pm EST via Zoom
How This Training Works
This flexible, self-paced training makes it easy to master mental health care for older adults on your schedule.
✅ 5 Pre-Recorded Modules – Released weekly over 5 weeks, giving you practical tools to apply immediately.
✅ Unlimited Lifetime Access – Revisit the videos and resources anytime.
✅ Interactive Learning – Engage in self-reflection exercises and connect with peers in the live sessions.
✅ 3 Live Q&A Sessions with Dr. Koepp – Get expert guidance and deeper insights. (Attendance encouraged but not required for CE hours.)
✅ Exclusive Bonuses – Includes 2 additional CEU courses on mental health and aging, plus:
- Downloadable PDFs, assessment tools, and handouts
- Marketing materials to showcase your expertise
- A Certificate of Completion & Digital Badge to display your new skills
- Profile in our National Provider Directory (for licensed clinicians)
By 2034, there will be more adults 65 and older than children under the age of 18. Mental health providers will be working with more older adults than ever before. With this in mind, mental health providers should tools to meet the presenting needs of older adults from loss of functioning, cognitive changes, grieving, to working with families.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in therapy with older adults, unsure of how to address memory concerns, grappled with moral dilemmas like balancing the “right to die” with suicidal ideation, and questioned how to include family members in your older clients’ care without diminishing their autonomy, this workshop will provide tools for navigating these complexities. After completing this program, you’ll not only have more confidence and competence in working with older adults, you’ll feel eager and inspired to do so.
This comprehensive workshop is designed to provide clinicians with both an in-depth training in best practices as well as experiential activities and practical skills to improve your ability to meet the mental health needs of older adults.
In this dynamic, culturally inclusive workshop, you’ll journey across the full arc of aging from typical aging to end of life care. You’ll discover how negative stereotypes about aging impact health and wellbeing as we age, learn tools for addressing the most common mental health concerns, and best practices for navigating cognitive changes in therapy. You’ll gain confidence in working with older families living with illness, including dementia disorders.
PART 1: FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT
Delivered Week 1 – 4/1/25 at noon EST
Module 1: Aging, Ageism & The Importance of Belonging (110min)
Module 2: Relationships (60min)
Module 3: Common life issues and transitions for older adults (60min)
PART 2: COGNITIVE CHANGES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Delivered Week 2 – Tuesday, 4/8/25 at noon
Module 4: Cognition and Aging (2 hours)
Module 5: Caregiver Family Therapy with families with dementia and life altering medical conditions (90min)
Module 6: Ethical Principles and Common Ethical Dilemmas (60min)
PART 3: MENTAL HEALTH AND OLDER ADULTS
Delivered Weeks 3 & 4 – Tuesday, 4/15/25 & 4/22/25, respectively
Module 7: Evidence-Based Recommendations for optimal aging (60min)
Module 8: Anxiety Disorders (60min)
Module 9: Depression and Older Adults (75min)
Module 10: Insomnia and Older Adults (30min)
Module 11: Trauma and Older Adults, including Post Traumatic Growth (90min)
Module 12: Suicide and Older Adults (40min)
Module 13: Substance Use & (75min)
PART 4: END OF LIFE PSYCHOTHERAPY & GRIEF – WEEK 5
Delivered Week 5 – Tuesday, 4/29/25 at noon
Module 14: End of life psychotherapy (75min)
Module 15: Grief (60min)
- 1. Demonstrate 3 ways that ageism impacts older adults’ physical and mental health.
- 2. Illustrate intersecting minority identities among older adults to promote equitable mental health care
- 3. Review rates of sexual activity and sexually transmitted inflections among older adults.
- 4. Identify 3 common life transitions for older adults and ways in which these life transitions impact mental health
- 5. Examine the health consequences of social isolation and loneliness among older adults and provide recommendations for enhancing connection and belonging.
- 6. Differentiate mild cognitive impairment and dementia and the most common forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease
- 7. Apply tools for the clinical assessment of cognitive impairment including cognitive screeners, mood screeners, functional assessment, and caregiver/collateral assessment.
- 8. Summarize stages of caregiving and older family conflicts in each stage
- 9. Describe ethical dilemmas and considerations that can arise with older adult care
- 10. List 5 evidence-based strategies for optimizing well-being and longevity in older adulthood
- 11. Describe anxiety and depression symptoms unique to older adults
- 12. Summarize evidence-based treatments for older adults related to depression, anxiety, and insomnia
- 13. Demonstrate 3 ways in which older adults may be more vulnerable to post-traumatic stress reactions.
- 14. Apply a tool for assessing suicide risk among older adults in order to guide intervention
- 15. Examine 3 unique concerns related to substance use disorders for older adults
- 16. Utilize a psychotherapy modality for providing end of life psychotherapy to facilitate cognitive and emotional processing of dying.
- 17. Differentiate desire to hasten death from suicidality among people living with terminal illness.
- 18. Describe Prolonged Grief Disorder Diagnosis, assessment, and evidence-based treatments
- 1. Enhance clinical competence in aging mental health by developing expertise in age-related psychological concerns, including depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, trauma, and grief.
- 2. Strengthen clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning of the above conditions for older adult clients.
- 3. Advance ethical and culturally competent care by applying ethical principles and clinical guidelines in providing psychotherapy to older adults.
- 4. Utilize culturally responsive interventions to address the mental health needs of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other marginalized older adults.
- 5. Improve diagnostic and assessment skills by differentiating between typical vs. atypical cognitive changes, distinguishing mild cognitive impairment from dementia.
- 6. Utilize validated assessment tools for cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, trauma, and suicide risk in older adults.
- 7. Expand treatment modalities for aging clients by integrating evidence-based psychotherapies for older adults, including CBT, mindfulness-based interventions, and end-of-life psychotherapy.
- 8. Apply grief-informed care models, including Prolonged Grief Disorder treatment strategies.
- 9. Strengthen family and caregiver interventions by facilitating family therapy approaches to address caregiving stress, ambiguous loss, and role changes.
- 10. Support caregivers in navigating ethical dilemmas and negotiating safety vs. autonomy concerns.
- 11. Promote longevity and mental well-being by identifying science-backed strategies for optimizing cognitive health, resilience, and emotional well-being in older adulthood.
- 12. Discuss the role of exercise, nutrition, social connection, and meaning-making in late-life mental health.
- 13. Bridge the gap between mental health and aging research and clinical practice by applying current research findings on aging, dementia risk reduction, and mental health treatment for older adults.
- 14. Evaluate how ageism and ableism impact the mental and physical health of older adults and explore strategies for combating bias in clinical settings.
With successful completion of course requirements, this course is eligible for 18 Continuing Education (CE) Credit/18 CMC Contact Hours for therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, care managers, and more.
Registrant is responsible for ensuring that CE credits meet the criteria for their own jurisdiction requirements.
This program focuses on disability, disability rights, LGTBQ identities, BIPOC older adults, and older adults with intersecting identities and asks participants to identify their own biases and assumptions related to these identitie. This program will help participants identify ways that they may be consciously and unconsciously reinforcing ableism, ageism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and other forms of oppression. The program provides tools and recommendations for dismantling these systems of oppression and promoting inclusion and equity for all people as well as recommendations for protecting human rights and dignity within mental health care.
Dr. Regina Koepp is a Stanford-trained, board certified clinical psychologist, geropsychologist, and founder and CEO of the Center for Mental Health & Aging. Dr. Koepp is a sought-after speaker and educator, and provides staff training and continuing education courses to professionals on topics surrounding mental health and aging.
She was formerly a lead psychologist at University of Vermont Medical Center, Assistant Professor at Emory University Department of Psychiatry, and psychologist at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, where she provided direct patient care and consultation on the Geropsychiatry Outpatient Mental Health team for more than a decade. During this time, Dr. Koepp also served on the VA Central Office’s Geriatric Mental Health Field Advisory Committee.
She is formerly Vice Chair of the Georgia Psychological Association Ethics Committee and served on the Atlanta VA Medical Center’s Ethics Committee, the Clinical Advisory Workgroup, and as chair of the Psychology Professional Standards Board for several years.
Dr. Koepp has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Next Avenue, AARP, and other national media outlets. She is a contributing writer at Psychology Today and Psychotherapy Networker, where she discusses mental health and aging.
Dr. Koepp earned her doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences where she won the Richard W. Morrell Community Commitment Award.
Financial: Regina Koepp, PSYD, ABPP is founder and owner of the Center for Mental Health & Aging (CMHA) and co-director of the CMHA CE Training Program. She serves on the board of GrayHawk Health. She received royalties from courses published with PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Regina Koepp is a member of ASA.
Note: The CMHA CE Training Program advisory committee independently reviews Dr. Koepp’s CE presentations to ensure that Dr. Koepp’s presentations meet CE program requirements.
There is no commercial support or conflict of interest for this CE program, content, or sponsor.
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Continuing Education Approvals
Social Workers
Center for Mental Health & Aging, #1801, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Center for Mental Health & Aging maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 3/25/23-3/25/26. Social workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credits.
Psychologists
Center for Mental Health & Aging is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Center for Mental Health & Aging maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Counselors
Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7230. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Care Managers
CMHA is approved by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers (NACCM) as a continuing education provider, #21-905CMHA. This activity approved for 6 CMC contact hours
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs)
Center for Mental Health & Aging is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. In many state licensing jurisdictions, APA approved continuing education programs qualify for LMFT CE credits. See what your state requires here.
Great question! This certificate program is designed to elevate your expertise and open new doors of opportunity in your career as a mental health professional. Here’s how:
- 1. Expand Your Expertise & Specialization
- • Gain in-depth knowledge on aging-related mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, cognitive changes, caregiving relationships, and end-of-life issues.
- • Stand out in your field as a go-to expert in the fast-growing area of mental health and aging.
- 2. Attract More Clients & Career Opportunities
- • Older adults are the fastest-growing population, yet few therapists are trained to support their unique mental health needs.
- • By earning this certificate, you position yourself as a sought-after specialist in a high-demand area.
- 3. Increase Your Credibility & Professional Value
- • Adding a specialized certificate to your credentials builds trust with clients, employers, and referral sources.
- • Many healthcare settings, senior care facilities, and private practices are actively looking for therapists with aging expertise.
- 4. Earn Continuing Education Credits (CEs)
- • Get the required CE credits you need while gaining valuable, real-world skills that you can apply immediately in your practice.
- • This certificate is designed specifically for psychologists, therapists, social workers, counselors, aging life care experts, and other mental health and health care professionals.
- 5. Make a Meaningful Impact in People’s Lives
- • Help older adults navigate life transitions, mental health challenges, and end-of-life issues with dignity and support.
- • Support caregivers and families in understanding and managing the emotional and psychological aspects of aging.
- 6. Gain Knowledge That’s Valuable Personally & Professionally
- • We are all aging, and so are our family members and loved ones. The evidence-based knowledge from this program won’t only help your clients—it will also help you support aging parents, loved ones, and even your future self with confidence and clarity.
- • Whether professionally or personally, you’ll be better equipped to navigate conversations about mental health, aging, and end-of-life planning with the people who matter most.
As one of the most insightful and influential voices in mental health and aging, Dr. Koepp’s unique and pro-aging approach to therapy has created a global phenomenon. As a practicing psychologist, thought leader and one of the leading experts on mental health and aging, Dr. Koepp takes you on a learning journey that will reshape how you think about aging and treat your clients. You'll be able to take away an approach that supports clients through the many complexities common with aging in a human-centered, pro-aging, and non-pathologizing way.
This 18-hour course will be released over a 5-week period. On each Tuesday at noon EST, you'll receive several recorded trainings. This course will not be offered live.
No, this course is a hybrid bringing you the benefits of both recorded video and live components. Since training LIVE with a world-renowned expert for over 20 hours could cost thousands of dollars, this format allows you to join Dr. Koepp at a price that's accessible. The modules labelled 1 through 15 are pre-recorded video trainings. PLUS, you'll have access to 3 LIVE Q&A sessions where you can join Dr. Koepp and your classmates LIVE to ask questions and go deeper into the work. See schedule for video availability schedule and LIVE Q&A session dates.
Following purchase, you'll receive an email from "Dr. Regina Koepp- Center for Mental Health & Aging" with your receipt and another email with links to your courses (don't forget to check your spam folder).
You can always log in to your account and access all of your courses this way as well.
Any bonus courses will be available instantly.
This 18-hour course will be released over a 5-week period on Tuesdays at noon EST. You will receive several hours of recorded training. This course will not be offered live.
The live Q&A calls will happen via Zoom and will occur on the following Thursdays. Live attendance is NOT required to earn CE credits, but is strongly encouraged to gain full benefits from this program.
Zoom link will be emailed to you following course purchase.
No problem. Live attendance is NOT required to earn CE credits. Each live Q&A will be recorded and uploaded into your student portal, so you can watch them when convenient.
This is a limited time offer. To get access to this course at the "early bird" rate and the free bonuses, you must purchase by the deadline. If you miss the deadline, you can purchase these courses at their regular rates on our website here.
Participants will have their participation registered through the Center for Mental Health & Aging. To earn continuing education (CE) credits you must complete the following steps for on demand/pre-recorded courses::
Certificates of completion will be emailed immediately following submission of electronic survey and also available for download in the course platform. It's that simple!
Please note: CE credits are only available following successful completion of the ENTIRE program; they are not available following each module.
All registrants will receive a displayable certificate of completion and a digital badge upon completion of course and post-test. If you are a licensed professional, you're also eligible to be included in the Center for Mental Health & Aging’s clinical provider directory at www.mentalhealthandaging.com. Please note that the displayable certificate of completion indicates that you have finished the training; it does not verify your level of expertise, competency, or proficiency in the subject matter.
No. A certificate is a document issued upon the completion of a training program. It signifies that you have trained on specific skills, have knowledge in a particular subject, or as in this case, have trained with a particular individual. Certification on the other hand is a formal recognition of your expertise and competence. Certification often requires you to meet specific standards, pass rigorous exams, and many even include additional practice, consultation, supervision, and evaluations. While you will need to pass an exam, this course does not include many of these elements, nor a personal assessment of your abilities by Dr. Regina Koepp — making this a "certificate" program.
So while there are a lot of "certifications" out there — including some that are not endorsed by an actual certifying body — you need to be the judge of what adds value to your work and your ability to help your clients. This certificate does distinguish you as one of the small number of mental health and aging professionals who've trained extensively with Dr. Regina Koepp…and it's an acknowledgment that can set you apart in the eyes of clients and peers.
This 18-hour CERTIFICATE program was reviewed by licensed mental health professionals and subject matter experts who, following in-depth review of this program, agreed that this program possesses the quality, depth, and breadth of training to merit certification in the stated topic.
This program was reviewed by the following subject matter experts:
Jennifer Smith, PsyD
Dr. Jennifer Smith is a Geropsychologist and Geriatrics Psychology Program Manager. She is also an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. She trains mental health professionals in the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Dr. Smith trains Psychology Interns and Postdoctoral Fellows in the use of Psychological Assessment. She is a graduate of the American Psychological Association Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology. Dr. Smith is a former President of the Georgia Psychological Association and a current Board Member of both the Georgia Psychological Association and the Georgia Psychological Foundation. She is the Georgia Representative for the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives. She believes being a psychologist is the best job in the world.
Vonetta Dotson, PhD
Dr. Dotson is a Professor of Psychology and Gerontology at Georgia State University, Senior Project Scientist for Behavioral Health at NASA (KBR), and Founder and President of CerebroFit Integrated Brain Health. She completed her doctoral training in clinical psychology at the University of Florida with a specialization in neuropsychology and a certificate in gerontology. She completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program. Dr. Dotson’s research and clinical activities focus on positive and negative modifiers of brain health, including the intersection of depression with cognitive and brain aging.
Jennifer Steiner, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Jennifer Steiner is a board certified clinical health psychologist, founder of Beyond the Body Health Psychology Services, LLC, Co-Director of Center for Mental Health & Aging’s Continuing Education Program, Adjunct Faculty at Emory School of Medicine, Board Member of the Georgia Psychology Association Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the Continuing Education Committee for Georgia Psychological Association, and Member of the Committee on Health Psychology and Integrated Practice. Dr. Steiner’s research and clinical practice focuses on chronic pain and interventions for chronic pain.
Endsley Real, LCSW, MPH
Endsley Real is a licensed clinical social worker. She has over 10 years of administrative experience in directing programs for those with substance use disorders, mental illness, and those living with HIV. Ms. Real is currently Chair of the Nominating Committee for Association of Social Work Boards charged with selecting the slate for the ASWB Board of Directors. She served for 5 years on the State of Georgia Composite Board for Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapist including 2 years as the board chair. Ms. Real obtained her MSW from Clark Atlanta University in 1997 and obtained an MPH from Emory University in 2014.
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