Great question! This certificate program is more than just CE credits—it’s a career accelerator designed to expand your clinical expertise, elevate your credibility, and help you make a meaningful impact. Here's how:

Gain in-demand skills in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-CP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support clients living with chronic pain—an underserved and growing need.

Clinicians trained in pain psychology report stronger outcomes, increased professional confidence, and greater trust from clients and referral sources.

A specialized certificate demonstrates your advanced training and commitment to excellence. Share your digital badge and certificate with employers, clients, and peers to showcase your expertise.

You’ll meet your CE requirements while gaining actionable skills you can immediately apply in therapy sessions.

While this training won’t “cure” pain, it will equip you with the tools to reduce suffering and enhance quality of life for your clients—with greater confidence, compassion, and impact.

Bottom line? This certificate program helps you stand out, grow your practice, and support clients with one of the most complex and overlooked mental health challenges: chronic pain.

Once you complete the Pain Psychology Certificate Program, you’ll receive both a downloadable certificate and a digital badge—powerful tools to showcase your expertise and grow your professional presence.

Here’s how you can use them:

Pain Psychology Certificate

Print and frame your certificate to display in your office. It’s a clear signal to clients and colleagues that you have advanced training in the treatment of chronic pain—a specialty few clinicians possess.

Digital Badge

Use your digital badge to elevate your professional visibility:

This certificate doesn’t just validate your knowledge—it helps you build your brand as a trusted provider in pain psychology.

Yes! When you register for the Pain Psychology Certificate, you get instant access to the 3 courses that comprise this certificate program:

No, this course is fully pre-recorded and self-paced for your convenience.

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, or go to mentalhealthandaging.com and log in there.

For the Pain Psychology Certificate program, all courses and bonuses will be available instantly.

This is a limited time offer. To get access to this program with 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: You will earn a CE certificate following successful completion of each course.

All registrants will receive a displayable certificate of completion and a digital badge upon completion of the program. 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.

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.

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. Jennifer Steiner — 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. Jennifer Steiner…and it's an acknowledgment that can set you apart in the eyes of clients and peers.

This 14.5-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 DelVentura, PhD, ABPP

Dr. Jennifer DelVentura, Ph.D., ABPP is a licensed clinical psychologist, board-certified (ABPP) clinical health psychology. She is a Program Manager for the Comprehensive Pain Clinic at VA Puget Sound Health Care System (Seattle Division) and specializes in evidence-based psychological interventions for veterans with chronic pain. She is also engaged in various research, quality improvement, and program development projects involving mindfulness and evidence-based treatments for chronic pain. Dr. DelVentura’s research background is in psychophysiology and affective neuroscience in the study of pain and nociceptive processing. She has co-authored 17 peer-reviewed publications on pain, nociception, and diversity variables associated with pain and has presented over 40 papers and posters on these subjects. Dr. DelVentura holds active psychologist licenses in Washington state and Georgia.

Stella Nelms, PhD, ABPP

Dr. Stela Nelms is an Assistant Professor in Emory’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. She received her PHD at the University of Texas Austin, completed her internship at the Central Texas VA Medical Center, and her postdoc at the Medical College of Virginia. She is licensed in the State of Georgia and board certified in health psychology. Her specialty is in palliative care, chronic illness, and chronic pain, and her research interests are in disparities in healthcare and chronic pain in women of color. She is the Director of Health Psychology in the Department of Neuropsychology at Emory University, a practicum site supervisor where she supervises neuropsychology trainees in psychotherapy intervention, and she is an instructor in the Department of Physical Therapy. In addition, she is involved in APA as co-chair of the Integrated Care Taskforce, and founder of the Georgia Psychological Association Health Psychology & Integrated Care Committee and member.

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.

Regina Koepp, PsyD, ABPP

Regina Koepp, Psy.D., ABPP is a board-certified clinical psychologist and geropsychologist, and the Founder and CEO of the Center for Mental Health & Aging, the national go-to resource for mental health and aging. She specializes in mental health and sexual health in later life and is a sought-after speaker and educator, providing continuing education to professionals across the country. Dr. Koepp previously served as lead psychologist at the University of Vermont Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University, and geropsychologist at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, where she also served on the VA’s Geriatric Mental Health Field Advisory Committee. Her professional leadership includes service on multiple ethics committees and as Chair of the Psychology Professional Standards Board at the Atlanta VA. She is a contributing writer for Psychology Today and Psychotherapy Networker and has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, Chicago Tribune, AARP, and Next Avenue. Dr. Koepp earned her doctorate from the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Emory, where she received the Richard W. Morrell Community Commitment Award.

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.