Mastering Anxiety with Simple, Evidence-Based Techniques

Master the foundational anxiety treatment techniques that make therapy
modalities like CBT, DBT, ACT and somatic therapies so successful...

And earn DOUBLE certification in anxiety treatment and
mindfulness-informed therapy—all in one self-paced online course

You’ve heard about the power of mindful awareness for treating anxiety. Now, discover how to apply it in therapy in an individualized way that helps clients immediately see the positive impact on their symptoms, and their lives.

Treating anxiety with mindfulness tools is NOT about trying to change problematic behavior. It’s about strengthening the neural pathways that promote positive emotions, focused attention, and self-compassion. The desired behavior follows.

When you give your clients mindfulness exercises to practice between sessions, you give them the tools to:

Activate the insula region of the brain so they can control shallow breathing, tightening muscles, and other physical symptoms of anxiety...

Shrink their amygdala to lessen fear and anxious arousal, and

Increase frontal cortex activity (emotional self-regulation) so they can more easily manage worrying thoughts and feelings.

The best part? When you change the brain, new habits and positive behaviors stick way better than trying to muscle through cognitive behavioral changes on willpower alone...

Making mindfulness techniques the perfect complement to your practice.

Enroll in this online certification training course today to discover how to use dozens of customizable mindfulness tools that help each of your clients reduce anxiety quickly, and for good.

DOUBLE CERTIFICATION BONUS!

Certification in today's evidence-based approaches shows colleagues your expertise in anxiety treatment. Your specialized credentials attract clients because they see you as the therapist who has the skills to help them find the relief they’re so desperately seeking.

And, when you complete this course, we’ll cover the initial cost of both certifications. Become a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) & Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional (CMIP) for FREE (a $199.98 value)!

Mastering Anxiety with Simple, Evidence-Based Techniques:
A Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional & Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional Online Training Course

$934.92 Value
Just $249.99 Today — Stunning Savings!

You'll also earn up to 25 CE Hours.
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BONUS! Your Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional (CMIP) & Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) certifications — a $199.98 value — is included in today’s deeply discounted registration!

Are you ready to step into the life awaiting you as a certified clinician?

Just three easy steps to become a Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional (CMIP) & a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP)

Step 1: Watch the online course.

Step 2: Complete the continuing education test(s) and instantly print your certificate(s) of completion.

Step 3: Submit the Certification Questionnaire(s) included in this training, and your application is complete.*
Click here for full Certification requirements for CMIP Certification.
Click here for full Certification requirements for CCATP Certification.

That's it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.

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Benefits of DOUBLE Certification

Clinical expertise: Show clients and colleagues your practice is based on leading-edge research in this complex area of mental health.

Client trust: Certification shows your clients you care about providing the best care possible. It reveals your professional ability to take on challenging clients and succeed!

Documentation of knowledge: Certification is both a professional and personal accomplishment. It’s an unbiased barometer of your training and dedication to your practice.

Improved insurance reimbursements: Receive more favorable consideration from insurance companies and managed care panels.

Professional recognition: Set yourself apart from the thousands of clinicians relying on outdated methods to treat their clients. Increase your opportunities for career advancement and client referrals.

WHAT YOU’LL FIND IN THIS COURSE

Part I | Certified Clinical Anxiety Professional (CCATP) Certification Training

This part of the course provides all the training you need to become a CCATP and enhance your practice.

Section I | Rewire the Anxious Brain: Neuroscience-Informed Treatment of Anxiety, Panic and Worry

Dr. Janene M. Donarski integrates brain-based strategies for calming the anxious mind that motivate lasting change in your clients. Her approach also promotes adherence to treatment and strengthens the therapeutic alliance.

Using Neuroscience in the Treatment of Anxiety

What we know about anxiety-based disorders
Scientific explanations, evidence, authority that destigmatize difficulties
Helping clients take responsibility for their well-being

Enhancing Engagement in Treatment

Don’t neglect the therapeutic relationship!
Address the challenges of anxious clients
Guide the process using client’s goals
How to maintain motivation

Neuroplasticity

Define Neuroplasticity in everyday language
Therapy is about creating a new self
“Rewiring” as an accessible concept for change
Re-consolidation: the modification of emotional memories

Identify Two Neural Pathways to Anxiety

Amygdala – bottom-up triggering of emotion, physicality of anxiety
Cortex – top-down emotion generation based in cognition
How anxiety is initiated in each pathway and how pathways influence each other

Client Friendly Explanations

Fight/flight/freeze responses
The “language of the amygdala”
Anxiety and the cortex
Help clients recognize the two pathways to anxiety

Neuroplasticity in the Amygdala

Breathing techniques to reduce activation
Exposure as opportunities for the amygdala to learn
Combatting avoidance
Push through anxiety to change the amygdala

Neuroplasticity in the Cortex

The healthy (adaptive) use of worry in the cortex
Recognize and modify the impact of uncertainty
Left hemisphere techniques – cognitive defusion, coping thoughts, fighting anticipation
Right hemisphere techniques – imagery, music

Neuroplasticity and Medications for Anxiety Disorders, OCD, PTSD, Depression

The myth of the chemical imbalance
The danger of sedating the brain with benzodiazepines
Promoting neuroplasticity with SSRIs, SNRIs
The effectiveness of CBT and meds

Moving Beyond Diagnostic Categories to Focus on Anxiety Pathways

Anxiety is a component of many diagnoses
Amygdala – and cortex-based techniques help in other disorders
Targeting brain-based symptoms rather than disorders
Worry, obsessions, rumination respond to similar cortex-based techniques
Panic, phobic responses, and compulsions respond to amygdala-based techniques

Research, Risks and Limitations

Empirical versus clinical and anecdotal evidence
Clinical considerations for specific clients and settings
Efficacy of particular interventions may vary

Section II | Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Treatment Techniques

Methods that control physiology, reduce tension, and offset panic or acute anxiety can be simple to learn but challenging to apply. Bestselling author and anxiety expert Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg gives you a complete set of tools proven to reduce anxiety:

Assessment and Differential Diagnosis

The causes of panic, generalized anxiety and social anxiety that help select treatment
Differential diagnosis in children – ADD and ASD
Treatment approaches that change brain function for long-lasting recovery
The impact of insomnia in generalized anxiety

Techniques That Work to Modulate Physiology

The right way to teach and use diaphragmatic breathing
Develop the 4 competencies of stress management
Utilize different types of relaxation and discuss their use in different types of anxiety disorders
Four important lifestyle changes everyone can make to reduce anxiety

Techniques for Treating Cognitive Problems of Anxiety and Panic

The best thought-replacement methods for worry and rumination
Clear the mind of ruminative and racing thoughts
Know when anger triggers anxiety and how to work with it in worried clients
How to stop worry before it happens

Techniques for Managing Social Anxiety

Apply the “Three Deep Breaths and Good Preparation” model to construct treatment goals for social anxiety
Structure cognitive change through planned “counter-cognitions”
Apply ‘in vivo exposure’ techniques that optimize recovery from social anxiety

Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Controlled studies on the human brain structure and function are limited by challenges of studying the brain in action
New studies continually modify our understanding of how neurotransmitters interact and affect cognition, emotion and behavior
There are no significant risks associated with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Assessment of an individual’s capacity to understand and utilize an intervention should always precede employment of the technique

Part II | Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional (CMIP) Training

Immerse yourself in Deb Alvis’s flagship, in-depth training into mindfulness tools that have been proven to change neural pathways so clients can reduce their symptoms of anxiety for good. This part provides all the training you need to become a CMIP and enhance your practice.

Mindfulness and the Clinician

Empirical support for improved symptomology and well-being
The latest research on therapists who practice mindfulness
Your mindfulness practice and how you can embody mindfulness
Situations that may contraindicate applying mindfulness in session

Mindfulness Psychoeducation Approaches to Enhance Motivation in Therapy

Mindfulness vocabulary
Visuals and metaphors to explain mindfulness
Motivate clients with neuroplasticity

Deepen the Therapeutic Relationship by Building Presence, Trust and Empathetic Connection with Clients

Overcoming barriers
Affect regulation techniques for therapist and client
Strategies to create empathetic connection
Exercises to build clients trust in themselves

Teaching Mindfulness to Clients

Tips for teaching clients about the senses and awareness
Strategies to shift from “Automatic Pilot”
Skill building interventions to increase responsiveness & reduce reactivity
How to adapt practices to special populations

Anxiety and Stress

Breathing practices that break the rumination cycle
Movement strategies
Multi-sensory regulation techniques
Mindfully reduce the intensity of panic attacks

Mindfulness for Trauma

Exercises to counter fight or flight
Guided meditations to disempower intrusive thoughts
Grounding exercises and sample scripts

Using Mindfulness in Depression Treatment

Recognize self-criticism and respond with self-love
Manage negative self-talk with awareness of thoughts
Meditations to boost well-being

Mindfulness for Addictions

Awareness vs. autopilot -- relapse prevention
Mindfulness for triggers
Emotional regulation for cravings
Practices to break the habit loop

Mindful Anger

Breathe through anger
Distraction and grounding techniques
Self-soothing techniques

Mindfulness, Diversity, & Cultural Humility

Adapt mindfulness experiences with cultural sensitivity
Assess appropriateness of mindfulness interventions for individuals
Negotiate the treatment plan

Mindfully Conquer Compassion Fatigue

Right here/right now – stay in the moment to reduce anxieties
Effective and healthy ways to manage your emotions
Change limiting stories about caring for yourself
Release the negative – 3 steps to countering negativity bias

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Wonderful presenter! Very knowledgeable and professional! Very kind and gentle! I rate this training as my number one training of all the many PESI trainings I have attended!

~ Kathleen S., psychotherapist

Dr. Donarski used relatable examples to explain complicated topics. She normalized the material making it more digestible and understandable. She also gave concrete takeaways to use when working with clients.

~ Michelle G., social worker

This was, by far, the best and most useful CEU I have taken in a very long time. Dr. Alvis was a wonderful presenter, gave many examples, and we actively engaged in a lot of the content and she was very responsive.

~ Laura M., social worker

Thank you for this powerful and transforming experience.

~ Rebecca W., child/adolescent counselor

Positive experience heightened by the presenter’s use of real-life clinical experience examples.

~ Mary K., counselor

Debra was a phenomenal presenter and I would gladly recommend her.

~ John M., social worker

Loved this CEU and presenter was excellent.

~ Margaret B., counselor

An excellent course.

~ Patricia B-J., psychotherapist

I very much enjoyed Deb's knowledge, understanding, explanation and presentation of the material.

~ Amanda J., social worker

Dr. Wehrenberg is a very organized and entertaining presenter. Great mix of clinical examples, science, and techniques.

~ Daniel G., child/adolescent psychologist

Excellent presentation and learned many techniques for my clinical toolbox.

~ William A., social worker

The course is very useful and informative. The instructor demonstrated lots of mindfulness techniques, which is great.

~ Liyuan W., social worker

Really enjoyed learning the science beyond the use of mindfulness in a number of settings.

~ Sherry B., counselor

Deb did an outstanding job in her presentations and practices! One of the best trainings I have participated in by PESI!

~ E.J. B., psychotherapist

Great course, enlightening and practical.

~ Richard M., marriage and family therapist

Dr. W was an excellent presenter and her information was extremely helpful for clients with anxiety.

~ Rebecca P., psychologist

VERY good! I have worked with clients with anxiety for most of my professional life and learned some new helpful strategies. Thanks!

~ Karen K., marriage and family therapist

The presenter included numerous recommendations for pertinent apps, which is really helpful and will benefit my clients enormously. This was a nice addition.

~ Lisa K., social worker

This was incredible! I learned so much. I especially appreciated the case examples and professional use of real-life stories to explain complex information. Thank you so much!

~ Ilana W., social worker

I gained a knowledge of how different parts of the brain work to help anxiety.

~ Tracy S., social worker

Excellent presentation - one of the best that I've attended so far. Her teaching method made it easy to follow and understand her explanations. Great examples shared.

~ Jennifer R., social worker

Mastering Anxiety with Simple, Evidence-Based Techniques:
A Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional & Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional Online Training Course

$934.92 Value
Just $249.99 Today — Unbelievable Savings!

When you register today, you’ll receive 3 FREE eBook bonuses (a $74.97 value!)

The Heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A MBSR Guide for Clinicians and Clients ($24.99 value)

Elana Rosenbaum has combined her 30 plus years of teaching into a new guide to help transform the psychological and physical pain in your clients' life.

Using powerful, yet simple, tools and strategies, The Heart of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction guides how to heal through awareness and reinforcing what is right rather than what is wrong.

A valuable resource in any practice, this workbook is filled with evidence-based approaches for healing and improving treatment outcomes for anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma and catastrophic illness.

The Mindfulness Toolbox: 50 Practical Tips, Tools & Handouts for Anxiety, Depression, Stress & Pain ($29.99 value)

This authoritative book filled with mindfulness tools delivers an essential set of engaging, practical strategies along with key research and evidence-based information.

The awareness-boosting methods in this guidebook offer participants a means of reappraising and observing negative and anxious thoughts, habits, pain, and stress in fresh ways that produce new insight, positive change, and a sense of hope.

Featuring over 40 easy to use, reproducible handouts and expertly crafted, guided scripts—such as working with the breath, calming the anxious mind with sense grounding, expanding a client’s strength narrative, and the stress pause S-T-O-P technique—this book is ideal for clinicians wanting to integrate mindfulness into their work.

Congratulations to Donald Altman and The Mindfulness Toolbox on winning two gold medals at the 2015 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards for design and content in categories Psychology and Body, Mind and Spirit!

The CBT Deck for Anxiety, Rumination, & Worry: 108 Practices to Calm the Mind, Soothe the Nervous System, and Live Your Life to the Fullest ($19.99 value)

Manage anxiety effectively with simple, practical, lifegiving strategies to find equilibrium and focus on what you love. The 108 practices in The CBT Deck for Anxiety, Rumination, & Worry will help you:

Question scary thoughts
Face your fears directly
Be more engaged in the present
Live fully even in uncertain times
And so much more!

MEET YOUR EXPERTS

Debra Alvis, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, mindfulness teacher and therapeutic yoga educator in Athens, Georgia with more than 25 years of clinical experience in supporting clients’ recovery from shame, trauma, anxiety, depression and relational concerns. She also developed the Mind-Body Program at the University of Georgia, which includes clinician training program integrating contemplative approaches in psychotherapy.
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Janene M. Donarski, PhD, LP, LMSW, CCATP, is a fully Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Licensed Master Social Worker who works in counseling therapy as well as psychological testing for mental health issues. She works with all populations in counseling/therapy, including individual, marital/couple, family, LGBTQ, and group counseling. She often works with attorneys as a forensic psychologist/expert witness for legal cases involving custody, guardianship, social security benefits, and criminal cases.
Click here for information about Janene Donarski

Margaret Wehrenberg, Psy.D., is a coach and therapist, author, and an international trainer and speaker on topics related to psychotherapy for anxiety and depression, stress management, and optimizing anxiety for achievement. She has been a trainer of therapists for 25 years, and her individualized coaching for panic, worry and social anxiety has helped professionals from entrepreneurs to corporate executives, from sales personnel to IT specialists.
Click here for information about Margaret Wehrenberg

Elana Rosenbaum, MS, LICSW, has been integrating mindfulness with psychotherapy and healthcare since 1984. She is one of the original teachers of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the Center for Mindfulness, working directly with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of MBSR. After she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1995, her ability to embody mindfulness in the face of adversity led to the development of a mindfulness-based intervention for bone marrow transplant patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Emory University, and Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Click here for information about Elana Rosenbaum

Donald Altman, MA, LPC, is an award-winning author of more 15 books, a psychotherapist and former Buddhist monk whose work integrates ancient, timeless practices into our modern lifestyles. Featured in The Mindfulness Movie and profiled in the Living Spiritual Teacher’s Project, he travels internationally, spreading seeds of mindfulness as a health and business consultant, keynote speaker, and mindfulness workshop leader.
Click here for information about Donald Altman

Licensed psychologist Seth J. Gillihan, PhD, specializes in cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based treatments for anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other conditions. He’s written and lectured nationally and internationally on CBT and how the brain is involved in regulating our moods. He hosts the weekly Think Act Be podcast, which features conversations on living more fully.
Click here for information about Seth Gillihan

The Next Steps in Advancing Your Practice

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Review the course materials at your own pace and at your convenience! You'll have unlimited access to all course videos and materials online forever. Plus, use the PESI Mobile app to access the course content on-the-go, wherever and whenever you want on your mobile devices.

Instantly collaborate with other professionals on the course materials through interactive message boards. You'll be part of a community of hundreds of practitioners all focused on integrating the most effective trauma techniques, providing valuable opportunities to share insight and experiences and to build your professional network.

Complete your online CE tests and earn up to 25 CE hours! Click here for CE credit details and credit details specific to your profession.

Complete the certification application — at no additional cost — to become a Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional (CMIP) & Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) through Evergreen Certifications.

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Mastering Anxiety with Simple, Evidence-Based Techniques: A Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional & Certified Mindfulness-Informed Professional Online Training Course

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