The National Register’s Clinical Webinar Series

Translate Research to Practice

The National Register hosts ongoing live webinars that cover clinical and ethical topics. Recent presentations explored intimate partner violence, culturally responsive treatment for American Indian and Alaska Native clients with suicidality, caring for transgender youth, supporting Black men’s mental health, suicide risk assessment in primary care settings, and more. The National Register occasionally hosts supplemental or special webinars in addition to our clinical webinars.

Upcoming Live Webinars

Webinars are 2:00–3:00 pm Eastern Time (1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT) unless otherwise specified.
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• Thursday, May 16: Dr. Sony Khemlani-Patel will present “Recognizing and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder”
  • Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is largely underdiagnosed and overlooked due to many factors. Individuals with BDD often seek cosmetic procedures rather than mental health treatment or do not reveal the nature of their symptoms to clinicians. BDD can present with high suicidality, multiple co-morbidities, and significant impairment in functioning requiring clinicians to address a multitude of risk and clinical factors. Dr. Sony Khemlani-Patel will help you to recognize and assess for the diagnosis, distinguish it from disorders with overlapping symptoms, and introduce evidence-based treatment strategies.
• Special Clinical Workshop on Friday, May 3 from 12:00pm-3:15pm ET: Drs. Mary Alvord and David Jobes will present “Telehealth vs In-Person: Ethics and Strategies for Treating Those at Risk”
  • Drs. Mary K. Alvord and David Jobes will present key ethical considerations for telehealth in this 3-hour workshop designed to meet PSYPACT and licensure renewal requirements. Telehealth is a modality that reduces barriers to care—particularly for rural, remote, diverse, and underserved populations. Drs. Alvord and Jobes will focus on criteria to help practitioners determine when it is in the client‘s best interest to use in-person versus telehealth sessions, or when it’s appropriate to use a hybrid model and at what point in treatment. They will also discuss how practitioners can ethically offer a range of options. Dr. Jobes will discuss commonsense suggestions for managing suicide risk and emergency situations when using telehealth as a modality. He will discuss informed consent, third parties who may be asked to assist in an emergency, and provisions for problems that may come up related to using telehealth (e.g., privacy, bad connection, wifi drops the call). Dr. Jobes will also discuss decreasing exposure to malpractice liability by doing evidence-based care and documenting the clinical work well. Pricing for this workshop is different from our standard webinars. Learn more here.

Pricing for standard webinars: National Register webinars are typically available at no charge to National Register Health Service Psychologists, National Register Practice Academy members, and Canadian Register Health Service Psychologists. National Register Associate Program members (psychology doctoral students and trainees) may also attend at no charge. Non-member psychologists and other healthcare providers may create an account and register for $35. Some State Psychological Association members and affiliates receive discounted access, so please check with your Association’s central office for details.

Please review our webinar tips and CE eligibility guidelines.

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Associate Certificate Program

Annually, we host a certificate program for student members of the National Register Associate Program. Associates can join us live for a series of sessions on a particular topic and can earn a certificate for attending all sessions. JOIN NOW if you are not yet an Associate.

Professional Practice Builder: Knowledge & Skills to Thrive in Private Practice 

The National Register of Health Service Psychologists’ Professional Practice Builder: Knowledge & Skills to Thrive in Private Practice provides attendees with knowledge, confidence, and specific advice for starting a private practice as a health service psychologist (HSP). Watch archived sessions here!