Become the Go To Clinician for Older Adults
If you’ve ever sat across from an older adult and quietly wondered…
➤ Is this forgetfulness a normal part of aging—or early dementia? Could depression be masquerading as memory loss?
➤ How do you navigate adult children pushing for more control while your client insists on independence?
➤ What does depression, trauma, or substance use look like in late life—and how should psychotherapy adapt?
➤ How do you support clients through retirement, chronic illness, or the loss of a lifelong partner?
➤ And when the focus shifts to end of life, what frameworks exist for psychotherapy that honors dignity, meaning, and choice?
Then, the Mental Health + Aging Certificate course is for you.
Even the most experienced clinicians can feel a flicker of doubt when it comes to older adults. Because the truth is: most graduate programs and CE trainings never prepared us for the complexity (AND opportunities) of late-life mental health. Yet, older adults are seeking therapy now more than ever.
Without the right training, it’s easy to miss the nuances. The cost?
→ Cognitive changes misdiagnosed increasing risk for harm, neglect, and exploitation.
→ Depression, trauma, and anxiety left untreated causing needless suffering
→ Families locked in conflict resulting in prolonged distress.
→ Clients navigating life’s biggest transitions without adequate support increasing loneliness.
By 2034, adults 65+ will outnumber children. The demand is here. The question is: will you be ready?
You don’t have to wonder, guess, or go it alone.
The Mental Health + Aging Certificate gives you the clarity, confidence, and compassion to meet older adults exactly where they are—and change lives in the process.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Imagine Walking Into Session Fully Equipped
Instead of scrambling to fill knowledge gaps between clients, picture yourself with a comprehensive framework designed specifically for later life:
✔️ A clear framework for cognitive changes — Accurately distinguish between normal aging, dementia, depression, and delirium.
✔️ Strategies for complex family dynamics — Guide families from conflict to collaboration while protecting your client’s autonomy.
✔️ Evidence-based psychotherapies for late-life mental health — Effectively treat anxiety, trauma, substance use, depression, and insomnia in older adulthood.
✔️ Guidance for major life transitions — Support clients through retirement, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and grief with clarity and compassion.
✔️ An end-of-life psychotherapy framework — Help clients find meaning, dignity, and peace as they navigate their final chapter.
Older adults deserve specialized, compassionate care—and you deserve the training that allows you to deliver it at the highest level.
The Mental Health + Aging Certificate is for you if...
➤ You work with older adults in therapy, social work, counseling, care management, or healthcare — and want to feel fully prepared to meet their unique mental health needs.
➤ You have ever questioned whether memory changes in a client are due to depression, dementia, or delirium — and want clear frameworks to guide assessment and evidence based treatment.
➤ You navigate complex family dynamics — adult children pushing for control while your client insists on independence — and want strategies that balance autonomy with safety.
➤ You want to deepen your therapy toolkit with evidence-based psychotherapies for depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, insomnia, grief, and end-of-life concerns in older adulthood.
➤ You are ready to have conversations around end-of-life psychotherapy, and choice at end of life — and want language and frameworks that honor dignity and meaning.
➤ You value cultural humility and want to provide inclusive, equitable care for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other historically marginalized older adults.
➤ You are committed to professional growth and want to stand out as the “go-to” clinician in the fastest-growing area of mental health care.
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.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
What Therapists Say About This Program
How This Training Works
This program blends flexibility with connection—self-paced modules you can watch on your own schedule, plus live Q&A calls to get expert guidance and community support.
When you enroll, you’ll get immediate access to the course portal and your bonus resources.
The official start date is Monday, October 6, 2025. Here’s how it unfolds:
Weekly Training Modules
You’ll receive 15 pre-recorded modules released over 5 weeks (3–4 per week). Each module includes PowerPoint slides, downloadable guides, and a post-test to reinforce your learning.
- Week 1 (Oct 6):
- Module 1: Aging, Ageism & The Importance of Belonging
- Module 2: Relationships
- Module 3: Common Life Issues & Transitions for Older Adults
- Week 2 (Oct 13):
- Module 4: Cognition and Aging
- Module 5: Caregiver Family Therapy for Dementia & Medical Conditions
- Module 6: Ethical Principles & Dilemmas
- Week 3 (Oct 20):
- Module 7: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Optimal Aging
- Module 8: Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults
- Module 9: Depression in Older Adults
- Module 10: Insomnia in Older Adults
- Week 4 (Oct 27):
- Module 11: Trauma & Post-Traumatic Growth
- Module 12: Suicide in Older Adults
- Module 13: Substance Use in Older Adults
- Week 5 (Nov 3):
- Module 14: End-of-Life Psychotherapy
- Module 15: Grief
5 Live Q&A Calls with Dr. Koepp
Each Friday from Oct 10 – Nov 7 (1–2 pm EST on Zoom) you’ll join Dr. Koepp for live Q&A. Get clarity on the material, case consultation, and connect with peers. (Attendance encouraged but not required for CE credit.)
Oct 10 • Oct 17 • Oct 24 • Oct 31 • Nov 7
Unlimited Lifetime Access
All videos, slides, and handouts are yours to revisit anytime.
Exclusive Bonuses
- Downloadable PDFs, assessments, and clinical handouts
- Mini-trainings with workbooks to use in practice
- Marketing materials to showcase your expertise
- Professional Certificate + Digital Badge
- Provider Directory Profile (licensed clinicians only)
👉 By the end, you’ll not only have advanced training in mental health and aging—you’ll also have the tools, confidence, and recognition to set yourself apart in your field.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Your Mental Health & Aging Training Package
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.
Core Training & CEUs
($1,182 VALUE)
✔️ Lifetime access to 18 hours of pre-recorded CEU training ($882 value)
✔️ Online student portal with slides, handouts, assessments, and practice resources ($300 value)
Exclusive Bonuses
($2,747 VALUE)
When you enroll, you’ll also get over $2,700 in career-boosting bonuses designed to help you grow your expertise, visibility, and impact:
- 5 Live Q&A Sessions with Dr. Regina Koepp — Get direct support and case consultation ($1,500 value)
- The Marketing Toolkit — Professional Certificate + Digital Badge, done-for-you email + LinkedIn templates, and a featured profile in our national Provider Directory ($678 value)
- Exclusive Clinical Handouts & Guides — Ready-to-use therapy tools and client workbooks for life review, dementia, loneliness, financial exploitation, and more ($428 value)
- 3 Mini Trainings with Workbooks — Practical, expert-led trainings you can use immediately in your practice ($141 value)
✨ Total Bonus Value: $2,747 — Included Free with Your Enrollment
(A $3,888 Value)
Yours for Just $699 with early bird pricing
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Get More than $2700 in Bonuses When You Register!!
Bonus Pack #1
5 Weekly Live Q+A Calls
With Dr. Regina Koepp
($1500 VALUE)
To make sure you feel supported as you move through the Certificate, you’ll get five live Q+A calls directly with me, Dr. Regina Koepp.
These calls are your opportunity to:
✔️ Ask questions about the material and how it applies to your clients
✔️ Get case consultation and real-world examples to deepen your learning
✔️ Connect with other professionals who are on the same journey
✔️ Stay accountable so you finish strong — and celebrate your success!
Q+ A Calls occur via Zoom on five consecutive Fridays from 1-2pm EST starting on 10/10/25.
By the end of these live calls, you’ll feel confident, supported, and connected — ready to apply everything you’ve learned in your work with older adults.
Bonus Packet #2
The Marketing Toolkit
($678 VALUE)
Inside this toolkit, you’ll get everything you need to confidently market your new credential and showcase your expertise:
✔️ Professional Certificate + Digital Badge — Showcase your expertise on your website, email signature, and social media. (Value: $350)
✔️ Provider Directory Profile — Access to a directory with professionals vetted for their specialty with older adults. (Value: $228/year)
✔️ Email Announcement Templates — Pre-written emails to share your new credential with colleagues, referral sources, and clients. (Value: $25)
✔️ Email Signature Templates - Pre-written email signatures to include on your email signature line (Value: $25)
✔️ Done-for-You LinkedIn Post Copy — Simply copy, paste, and share your achievement to highlight your specialization. (Value: $25)
✔️ 10 Proven Strategies To Grow a Private Practice Serving Older Adults + Showcasing Your Expertise (Value: $25)
✨ Total Value: $678 — Included Free with Your Enrollment
Bonus Packet #3
Exclusive Clinical Handouts & Guides
($428 VALUE)
Get immediate access to evidence-based therapy tools, handouts, and clinical guides designed to save you time and give you confidence in session.
These ready-to-use resources help you address real-world challenges faced by older adults and their families.
✔️ Dementia + Caregiving Handouts & Guides — Exclusive therapy tools and caregiving resources (Value: $58)
✔️ Older Adults + Problem Gambling Guide — Clinician’s guide to screen and understand gambling among older adults (Value: $47)
✔️ Driving Retirement Workbook — Exclusive therapy tool to help clients prepare for driving retirement (Value: $47)
✔️ Life Review Therapy Toolkit — Ready-to-use therapy guide to foster meaning-making and reflection (Value: $47)
✔️ Clinician’s Guide: Loneliness & Isolation Workbook (Value: $47)
✔️ Essential Documents Workbook (Value: $47)
✔️ Recovering from Financial Exploitation Toolkit (Value: $47)
✔️ Family Health Care Planning Guide (Value: $47)
✨ Total Value: $428 — Included Free with Your Enrollment
Bonus Packet #4
Exclusive Mini Trainings
($141 VALUE)
Get immediate access to three practical, bite-sized trainings with companion workbooks that you can start using with your clients right away.
✔️ 5 Expert Tips for Helping Older Clients with Memory Loss — Exclusive bonus training + workbook (Value: $47)
✔️ Benefits of Early Diagnosis of Dementia — Exclusive bonus training + workbook (Value: $47)
✔️ Cognitive Screener Administration — Training video + resources to administer a cognitive with Dr. Walid Nassif (Value: $47)
✨ That’s $141 worth of expert-led, ready-to-use trainings and tools — included free when you enroll.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
This 18-hour Certificate Program was designed to be flexible to fit into your schedule. The course has four parts and is released over 5 weeks.
Part 1: Foundations of Adult Development
Recorded Courses Delivered October 6, 2025
Live Q+A October 10, 2025 1-2pm EST
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
Part 2: Cognitive Changes and Ethical Considerations
Recorded Courses Delivered October 13, 2025
Live Q+A October 17, 2025 1-2pm EST
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
Recorded Courses Delivered October 20 + 27, 2025
Live Q+A October 24 + 31, 2025 1-2pm EST
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
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
Recorded Courses Delivered November 3, 2025
Live Q+A November 7, 2025 1-2pm EST
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
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
From Early Career To Seasoned Professionals- Therapists are Raving About This Program
How This Certificate Boosts Your Career
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
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. Gain Tools 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! 🎉
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
Why enroll now? This is the LOWEST price this course will ever be.
Earn 18 CE Credits, Professional Certificate, Digital Badge, Access to Our National Provider Directory, PLUS $2700+ in bonuses.
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 – 10/6/25 at 9am 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 – 10/13/25 at 9am EST
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 – 10/20/25 & 10/27/25 at 9am EST, 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 – 11/3/25 at 9am EST
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 18 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.
Nurses
CMHA is an approved provider by the American Psychological Association, which is recognized by the ANCC for behavioral health related activities.
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 18 CMC contact hours
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs)
Center for Mental Health & Aging (CMHA), Provider #1032775, is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for California LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. CMHA maintains responsibility for this program/course and it’s contents
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 Monday at 9am EST, you'll receive 2-4 recorded trainings. This course will not be offered live. But, there will be weekly live Q+A sessions during this 5 week period.
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 5 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 each Monday at 9am EST, you'll receive several recorded trainings. 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.
Center for Mental Health & Aging is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in continuing education activities and will conduct all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists, NASW, NBCC, CAMFT, NACCM. If participants have special needs, reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate them. Please contact [email protected] with questions, concerns or to request special accommodations.
CMHA will respond to grievances in a reasonable, ethical, and timely manner. Grievances may be submitted by course participants in writing to [email protected]. CMHA’s complete Grievance Procedure will be provided upon request. You may request Grievance Procedure by emailing [email protected].
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All on demand/pre-recorded courses are backed by a 7-day money back guarantee. Please note that payments made via Credit Card have certain fees associated with them, some of which are non-recoupable and are therefore non-refundable by Center for Mental Health & Aging. Therefore, payments made by Credit Card will have a three percent (3%) credit card fee deducted from the refund. Should you have any questions regarding our refund policies, please contact [email protected].
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Registrant is responsible for ensuring that CE credits meet the criteria for their own jurisdiction requirements.
Content and materials in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession’s standards.