LIST OF COURSES DESIGNED BY ILANNA SHARON MANDEL

PROGRAM: CONTINUING EDUATION FOR RECOVERY COACHES (Sample

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Career Development and Review

Ethics in Recovery Coaching
Teaching Life Skills to Clients
Self-Care for Professionals
Crisis Management
Understanding Domestic Violence
Care Coordination
Teaching Clients Self-Care
Determinants of Social Development

ONGOING TRAINING FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

COUNSELLORS
COURSE: EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURIES
MODULES: Understanding traumatic brain injury, Treatment models for
persons with TBI, Challenges faced by job-seekers with TBI, Job coaching with
persons who have TBI, Disclosure of disability the issues, Factors
contributing to long-term employment challenges for people with TBI, Steps
to employment, Job retention, Wellness tools and strategies.
COURSE: EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
MODULES: The challenges faced by job seekers, The challenges faced by
employers, Evidence-based research, Issues related to disclosure of
disability, Job retention for persons with mental health issues, How to support
a co-worker with mental health issues, Rights and responsibilities for persons
with mental health issues in the workplace, Return to work strategies: When
youve had to take time off, Self-assessment strategies, Wellness tools.
COURSE: CLINICAL DEPRESSION AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
COUNSELLING
MODULES: Understanding clinical depression the signs and symptoms,
Understand the risks for your client, Understand the difference between a
depressed mood and a major depressive disorder, How to determine if a
client is at risk for clinical depression, Current treatments for depression A
review, Person-Centered counselling for persons with depression, PsychoSocial approach, Gestalt approach, Psychiatric versus Psychological
treatment for depression, Empower clients to understand and work with the
social stigma around depression (why it still exists, what forms it might take,
strategies and tools for dealing with this), Working with a clients family

and/or partner, Understanding the stigma around mental health issues why
does society still struggle? Overall understanding of how ones physical
health can be affected by depression, Understanding co-morbidity;
depression and alcoholism and/or substance use, depression and other
mental health issues, The role of the VR counsellor self-care for counsellors,
wellness strategies and tools, recognizing the symptoms of depression in
ones own life.
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY COURSES UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
Course content and course assessments based on Blooms taxonomy
multiple-choice, true and false, case studies, long and short-answer
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1. Understanding Anxiety Disorders
2. Cognitive Strategies To Deal With Stress And Promote Health
3. Modes Of Treatment Therapeutic Interventions
4. Use Of The DSM-IV
5. Alternative Treatments For The Management Of Stress And Anxiety
6. Understanding Aggression From Various Theoretical Orientations
7. Social And Cultural Categories That Affect Human Behavior
8. The Nature Of Dreams And The Sleep Cycle
9. Learning-Based Formations Of Attitudes Understanding Stereotypes
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Identifying Patterns Of Behavior That Constitute Abnormality
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Mood Disorders
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Schizophrenic Disorders
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Personality Disorders And Personality Assessments
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Dissociative Disorders
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Treatment Approaches In Psychotherapy
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Community Health And Prevention
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING FOR PROFESSIONAL
PRACTITIONERS
Course content and course assessments based on Blooms taxonomy
multiple choice, true and false, case studies, long and short-answer
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The Major Model of Mental Health and Major Disorders

Mental Health Treatment Programs for Offenders and Victims of Crime
Competencies and Ethics of Addiction And Mental Health Workers
Working with Vulnerable Populations: The Elderly and The Homeless
Working with People Who Have Addiction Disorders
Treatments for Addictions and Dual Diagnosis Disorders

7. Addiction and Dual Diagnosis Disorder Workers

8. Educational and Licensing Requirements of Mental Health Workers Who
Serve Vulnerable Populations
9. Competencies of Mental Health Workers
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Treatment for Addictions and Dual Diagnosis Disorders
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Mental Health and Counselling Services
COURSES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER TRAINING
COUNSELLOR TRAINING INSTITUTE, VANCOUVER
All course content and course assessments multiple choice and true and
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Mental Health Counselling for First Nations (Aboriginal) Practitioners

Ethics in Professional Counselling
Establishing a Professional Practice
Mental Health Counselling from the Person-Centered Perspective
Mental Health Counselling Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Mental Health Counselling Using Gestalt Therapy