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Clearly Cinical

Affordable, relevant, and diverse Continuing Ed for mental health professionals… one year of unlimited CE courses for just $60. Clearly Clinical is an approved provider with the APA, NBCC, A...

Episodes

20 of 269 episodes

Safety, Stability, and Support: Trauma-Informed Care for Foster Caregivers, Ep. 275

Trish Yonker, LCPC, explores how foster care, family separation, instability, and disrupted relationships can affect children and the people...

59:49Jul 22, 2026

Supporting Hispanic and Latino/x/e Clients in a Climate of Fear, Ep. 274

Mara Sammartino, LCSW, explores how clinicians can support Hispanic and Latino/x/e clients with cultural humility, curiosity, and respect am...

1:00:28Jul 1, 2026

Psycho-Oncology: Supporting Mental Health Across the Cancer Journey, Ep. 273

Boris Kisilev, MD, explores how cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship can affect patients and the people who care for them. He offer...

1:03:49Jun 17, 2026

When Cognition Changes: Supporting Clients with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Ep 272

Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, explores how cognitive impairment and dementia can show up in clinical work. She offers practical guidance for...

1:01:35Jun 10, 2026

Supervising with Cultural Humility: Feedback, Ethics, and Clinical Growth (Ep. 271)

Dr. Julia Macaronis explores ethical, culturally responsive supervision practices, offering concrete strategies for addressing power, positi...

1:00:50May 27, 2026

When Work Stops Working: Helping Clients Navigate Mental Health Leave, Ep. 270

Dr. Londyn Miller, LMFT, examines mental health leave in the workplace, helping clinicians identify how occupational stressors, systemic inf...

1:01:33May 13, 2026

Motivational Interviewing Today: Adapting to Context and Complexity, Ep. 269

Dr. Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC, and Ali Hall, Juris Doctor, explore how motivational interviewing evolves in real-world practice, helping c...

1:00:51Apr 29, 2026

Beyond the Label: Reframing Borderline Personality Disorder Through a Trauma-Informed Lens, Ep. 268

Dr. Nancy Grechko explores how stigma, trauma, and emotion dysregulation shape borderline personality disorder, helping clinicians reconside...

01:00:55Apr 15, 2026

Before the Meltdown: Recognizing and Responding to Early Signs of Nervous System Overload in Children, Ep. 267

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge explores how early nervous system dysregulation shows up in children, helping clinicians recognize signs of overlo...

01:01:01Apr 1, 2026

The Body Before the Behavior: How the Vestibular System Shapes Emotion and Self-Regulation, Ep. 266

Robin Abbott, OT, explores how the vestibular system shapes emotion, attention, and behavior, helping clinicians recognize when dysregulatio...

01:00:48Mar 18, 2026

AI and the Future of Therapy: Opportunities, Limits, and Staying Human, Ep. 265

Kelly Higdon, LMFT, and Miranda Palmer, LMFT, review the growing use of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy and explore both its potent...

01:01:35Mar 11, 2026

When Suicide Comes Up: Regulating Therapist Reactivity in High-Stakes Sessions with IFS, Ep. 264

Dr. Beth Mullen-Houser, LPC, and Hanna Soumerai Rea, LICSW, examine how therapist reactions to suicide talk influence clinical care, integra...

01:04:27Feb 26, 2026

I Can’t Listen Because My Shirt Is Itchy: When Sensory Input Disrupts Regulation, Ep. 263

Dr. Matt Zakreski, PsyD, examines how clinicians can distinguish sensory overload from behavioral concerns and develop individualized sensor...

01:01:24Feb 19, 2026

The Impact of Growing Up With a Parent With BPD: Paths to Healing in Adulthood, Ep. 262

Daniel Lobel, PhD, discusses the adult impact of growing up with a parent or caregiver with borderline personality disorder, with a focus on...

01:03:29Feb 4, 2026

Brains and Bodies: Neurodivergence and Hormonal Change Across the AFAB Lifespan, Ep. 261

Helen Bennett, counsellor and psychotherapist, explores hormone-aware therapy practices and how hormonal shifts can influence neurodivergent...

01:07:14Jan 28, 2026

When Sessions Go Sideways: Catching Resistance Early Using Process Coding, Ep. 260

Jordan Harris, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S, shares how recognizing resistance as a timing cue, not a clinical failure, can transform therapeutic resp...

01:00:55Jan 14, 2026

Professional Wills: The What-If Scenarios No One Warned You About, Ep. 259

Robyn Miller, PhD, outlines the real-life emotional, legal, and logistical burdens that fall on clients, loved ones, and colleagues when cli...

01:02:12Dec 10, 2025

Before and After A Psychedelic Experience: Integration and Harm Reduction in Clinical Practice, Ep. 258

Dr. Peter Addy, LPC, LMHC, integrates foundational set and setting concepts with core therapeutic competencies to support clinicians working...

01:00:45Nov 19, 2025

Autism Through an IFS Lens: Reducing Uncertainty and Building Self-Compassion, Ep. 257

Sarah Bergenfield, MA, IFS educator, explains how Internal Family Systems can help autistic clients reduce overwhelm, understand their parts...

01:01:28Nov 6, 2025

Detecting Dropout Danger: Data-Driven Ways to Keep Clients Engaged and Reaching Goals, Ep. 256

Dr. Keith Klostermann, LMFT, MHC, shares practical, evidence-based ways to use early feedback data to spot dropout risk, repair ruptures bef...

01:04:26Oct 29, 2025