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Continuing Education for Mental Health Counselors: Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard
Release Date: 07/17/2025
Continuing Education for Mental Health Counselors: Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard
If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . 🧠A 62-page editable guide with grounding tools and reflection prompts. Customize and share with clients. Not a therapist but want the workbook? 🗣 A printable PDF with 97 questions to navigate political talk in therapy—without taking sides. 💬 72 questions + prompts to help adult clients clarify goals and move forward using SFT. Are you tired of continuing education that feels like a checkbox instead of a meaningful part of your...
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If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . Since 2009, rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidality among young people have risen sharply, and research points to smartphones and social media as major contributors. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Johann D’Souza, a clinical psychologist specializing in OCD and anxiety, about what is driving this crisis and how we can respond. We unpack the four harmful effects of excessive screen time: sleep deprivation, addiction, social isolation, and distraction. We also explore...
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If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . 🧠A 62-page editable guide with grounding tools and reflection prompts. Customize and share with clients. Not a therapist but want the workbook? 🗣 A printable PDF with 97 questions to navigate political talk in therapy—without taking sides. 💬 72 questions + prompts to help adult clients clarify goals and move forward using SFT. In this episode, I’m joined by Catrina Drinning-Davis, LPC-S, CCTP, EMDR Certified, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. Catrina specializes in...
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If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . Have you ever wondered how to take your existing NBCC-approved online trainings and repurpose them into a convenient, evergreen learning format? In this episode, I’m sharing exactly how I turn webinars and workshops into Podcourses - podcast episodes that also qualify for continuing education credit. I’ll walk you through my step-by-step process, the tools I use, and what you need to know to meet while making learning more accessible for busy clinicians. Here’s...
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If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . Helping professionals, including students, counselors, and counselor educators, often pour into others while neglecting their own needs. Serving in multiple roles can enhance the lives of clients. However, without consistent self-investment, it can also lead to increased stress, depression, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion. Over time, the lack of boundaries and self-care may negatively impact both personal health and professional relationships. This engaging and...
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Neuroplastic symptoms - also known as psychophysiologic or mind-body symptoms - represent a significant portion of clinical presentations, yet they are frequently misunderstood or overlooked in both medical and mental health settings. In this informative and practical Podcourse, which qualifies for one continuing education contact hour, Dr. David Clarke, a pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, joins me, to explore the prevalence, psychosocial origins, and effective treatment strategies for neuroplastic symptoms. Through clinical examples, research findings, and actionable therapeutic...
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If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . This 62-page guide is packed with reflection exercises, grounding practices, and strategies to help you manage media consumption and reconnect with your values. You can edit the ebook workbook with your branding and share with your clients. : For my fellow therapists, this printable guide includes 97 essential questions to help you navigate political conversations in sessions with compassion and without taking sides. This comprehensive, therapist-designed framework helps you...
info_outlineContinuing Education for Mental Health Counselors: Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard
If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . This 62-page guide is packed with reflection exercises, grounding practices, and strategies to help you manage media consumption and reconnect with your values. You can edit the ebook workbook with your branding and share with your clients. : For my fellow therapists, this printable guide includes 97 essential questions to help you navigate political conversations in sessions with compassion and without taking sides. This comprehensive, therapist-designed...
info_outlineContinuing Education for Mental Health Counselors: Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard
Resources: This 62-page guide is packed with reflection exercises, grounding practices, and strategies to help you manage media consumption and reconnect with your values. You can edit the ebook workbook with your branding and share with your clients. : For my fellow therapists, this printable guide includes 97 essential questions to help you navigate political conversations in sessions with compassion and without taking sides. If you are a therapist or counselor looking for continuing education, check out my NBCC Approved and other . In this episode, I’m...
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In this episode of The Therapy Show, I'm diving into a topic that's been coming up a lot lately — political stress and anxiety and why it feels so personal. I talk about how political events impact not just our thoughts but also our bodies and relationships, and why feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or even outraged by the news is completely normal. I also share practical ways to process these emotions so you can build resilience instead of burning out. If this conversation speaks to you, I’ve created resources to help you go even deeper: This 62-page guide is packed with reflection...
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Helping professionals, including students, counselors, and counselor educators, often pour into others while neglecting their own needs. Serving in multiple roles can enhance the lives of clients. However, without consistent self-investment, it can also lead to increased stress, depression, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion. Over time, the lack of boundaries and self-care may negatively impact both personal health and professional relationships.
This engaging and metaphor-rich Podcourse offers a systematic approach to developing self-awareness, self-confidence, and sustainable self-care practices. Dr. Jason Branch shares practical tools and powerful insights drawn from his own experience with burnout. His relatable and transformative framework empowers participants to take better care of themselves.
Participants will explore The Gator Life Model, which introduces a mindset shift that helps clinicians move from emotional overexposure to protected, empowered living. They will also learn the ESPM self-care model (Emotional, Spiritual, Physical, and Mental), which provides an actionable strategy for maintaining daily balance.
Through this Podcourse, clinicians will gain greater clarity on their current boundaries, learn how to make intentional self-care deposits, and walk away with tools they can apply immediately to both their professional and personal lives.
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Remember, while you can listen to the show for free, those seeking continuing education credits can purchase them here.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the importance of maintaining professional balance and utilize healthy boundaries and daily self-care practices to support personal and clinical sustainability.
- Create a strategic individualized self-care plan to increase self-awareness, self-confidence and self-care.
- Learn practical ways to reduce stress, depression and anxiety related to serving in multiple roles in the counseling profession.
About Dr. Jason Branch:
Dr. Jason Branch has over 20 years of experience in the mental health and counseling profession. Dr. Branch has worked in higher education, community and agency mental health centers, city government, corporate sector, and substance abuse treatment facilities. Dr. Branch is the Founder and CEO of J. Branch and Associates, a virtual clinical group private practice that provides therapy services to adults, adolescents, couples, and families in multiple states (GA, NJ, PA). Dr. Branch is a proud 2016 NBCC Minority Fellowship Program Fellow.
Dr. Branch is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC), a consultant, and a counselor educator who engages in professional and scholarly work focused on Black male experiences, mentoring, cultural awareness, and increasing the practice of self-care for helping professionals. Dr. Branch obtained a dual degree in psychology and sociology from the University of West Alabama. He completed his Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Branch earned his doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from Auburn University. Dr. Branch currently serves as an Associate professor at the California School of Professional Psychology. He resides in San Diego, California with his wife and two children.
About Lisa: Lisa Mustard, MPH, EdS, LMFT has worked for a college counseling center, addiction recovery center and has been working with a military branch for the past 14 years. Lisa is a lover of all things fitness and health, a Podcaster and Coach.
Continuing Education Contact Hours:
Mustard Consulting, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7061. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Mustard Consulting, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Completion Requirements:
To obtain your certificate of completion, you must listen entirely to the audio, pass the Podcourse completion quiz and complete a satisfaction survey.
Refund policy: No refunds are provided for self-study courses.
Disclosure Statement for Dr. Jason Branch; Financial: Dr. Jason Branch receives a speaking honorarium from Mustard Consulting LLC.
The Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard is for informational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice. Always consult with your own healthcare provider regarding any personal health or medical conditions.
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