- Credit Hours: 4 Hours
- Author: Stanton Samenow
- Price: $52.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain how consequences function as a primary motivator for behavioral change in individuals with criminal and addictive thinking patterns.
- Identify go-ahead thoughts and super-optimism as thinking errors that allow clients to minimize or ignore consequences of their behavior.
- Describe the process of shutting off consequences and explain how this dynamic enables continued criminal and addictive behavior.
- Apply cognitive therapy techniques to challenge the I'm not hurting anyone but me thinking pattern commonly used by clients.
- Analyze the concept of self-disgust as a catalyst for lasting change within the Yochelson-Samenow therapeutic framework.
- Demonstrate facilitation strategies for helping clients examine the impact of their behavior on individuals, families, and communities.
- Develop approaches for framing addiction's costs that reduce client resistance while promoting honest self-examination.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: Commitment to Change – The Power of Consequences covers cognitive and behavioral change for incarcerated individuals and people dealing with substance abuse. Participants examine the consequences of their past actions and learn to recognize that a moment of decision existed before each behavior, building awareness of how choices are made. The course teaches a practical skill: drawing on mental images of potential consequences as motivation when facing temptation, rather than dismissing those thoughts. It is taught by Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who has spent decades evaluating and treating juvenile and adult offenders and has consulted with agencies including the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Date: Ongoing
Distance Learning Method: Asynchronous Reading
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Criminal Justice Professionals
Refund Policy: If you request a refund within 30 days of placing your order (and prior to submitting any exams / completing any courses) we will gladly issue a refund of your money, less the processing fee and handling charge.
Course Interactivity: None
Posttest Requirements: Must score 80% or better to pass. Tests can be taken multiple times to obtain passing score.
Course Completion Requirements: Passing score on posttest. Submission of course evaluation. Course date of completion is recorded at this point.
Certificate of Completion: Issued when course is completed, available for download in Student Center
System Requirements: Internet access
About the Instructor
Stanton Samenow
Dr. Stanton Samenow received his B.A. (cum laude) from Yale University in 1963 and his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1968. Thereafter, he joined the Program for the Investigation of Criminal Behavior at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., and became clinical research psychologist for the program.
With the late Dr. Samuel Yochelson, he participated in the longest in-depth clinical research-treatment study of offenders that has been conducted in North America. In 1978, Dr. Samenow entered the private practice of clinical psychology in Alexandria, Virginia. His specialty has continued to be the evaluation and treatment of juvenile and adult offenders. Dr. Samenow has delivered lectures, training seminars, and workshops in 48 states, Canada, and England, to a variety of professional groups including mental health, law enforcement, corrections, education, social services, and the judiciary.
He has served as a consultant and expert witness for a variety of courts and agencies, including the FBI, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. Office of Probation. In 1980, he was appointed by President Reagan to the Law Enforcement Task Force and in1982 to the President’s Task Force on Victims of Crime. In 1987, President Reagan appointed him as a Conferee to the White House Conference on a Drug-Free America. Dr. Samenow has authored numerous articles for professional publications and appeared frequently on national radio and television broadcasts, including 60 Minutes, The Phil Donahue Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Morning News, the Today Show and The Larry King Show. Dr. Samenow appears in films exclusively for FMS:
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CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)