Learning Objective #1

Describe how laws, policies, and social systems can act as chronic stressors and how that distress may present in session.

Learning Objective #2

Identify four clinical missteps that can minimize or pathologize a client's response to systemic harm.

Learning Objective #3

Apply at least two interventions (narrative externalization, window of tolerance work, community and collective meaning, or safety planning for real threats) to support clients harmed by systemic forces.

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Erin Klein, MAC, LCPC

Erin Klein, MAC, LCPC is a licensed bilingual (Spanish) counselor with 15 years of experience as a clinician and supervisor. She has worked in social service agencies, youth and family services, addiction treatment, and private practice. Erin also has a background in domestic and international hospitality, and she co-founded Unpack CE Retreats to bring those two fields together.

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POST-TEST

Achieve a passing grade of at least 75% and your CE certificate will automatically populate and will be sent to the email linked to your account. It can be downloaded immediately and will be available for future download.

PSYCHOLOGISTS

Find Empathy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Find Empathy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

COUNSELORS

Find Empathy has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7257. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Find Empathy is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

SOCIAL WORKERS

Find Empathy, #1817, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/14/2026-6/14/2029. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 cultural competence continuing education credits.

Accommodations

It is absolutely critical that our program exemplifies accessibility for all participants. We seek to ensure all participants are able to fully, equally, and independently access the educational content. Our goal is to have a website that is perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. If you have any difficulty navigating the website, we want to know! Please contact us at [email protected]. While our educational offerings are primarily in podcast format, we also provide a written transcript for each course. It will be available on the course landing page and available for download in PDF format. CE credits require a post-test assessment. The assessment is untimed and provided in writing on the course website. However, for individuals with visual impairments, or those that may benefit from an orally presented post-test and program evaluation, contact us. We will work with you to find an alternative option for completing the course post-test and program evaluation. We remain available and open to ANY additional requests for format modification or additional assistance. If any accommodations are needed to enroll or participate in the course, or complete the post-test and course evaluation, please contact us at [email protected].

Access & Expiration Information

COURSE ACCESS Once enrolled in the course, you will have one year to complete the course and associated post-test. If your access lapses before completing all tasks, you may need to re-enroll. CERTIFICATE ACCESS Once you have completed the post-test and program evaluation, your certificate will be immediately available for download. Find Empathy will keep course certificates on file for 7 years. If a certificate is needed log into your Find Empathy account and download it, or contact [email protected]. POST-TEST RETAKE POLICY You are allotted 3 retries to achieve the acceptable 75% passing grade.

Additional Information

WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? This course is designed for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapists. The instructional level is introductory.  COURSE FORMAT The primary format of the course is a non-interactive distance-learning recorded video or audio continuing education course. To ensure our course material is accessible, the video includes subtitles. COMMERCIAL SUPPORT There is no commercial support for this program. Ms. Klein is a co-founder of Unpack CE Retreats, where this course was recorded, and receives no compensation from Find Empathy for this course. QUESTIONS? Contact us at [email protected]. We will do our best to return your email within 24 - 48 hours during business hours: Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm eastern. If you have any questions, concerns, or grievances please email us at [email protected]. You can also see our grievance policy via the following link: https://findempathy.com/grievance

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