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Empathy: “I want to know how you feel”

I’m Adam Widdison, author of The Expert Clinician. My work explores how healthcare professionals (HCPs) think — and, more importantly, how we can sharpen that thinking in the high-pressure reality of modern practice. In my previous blog, Connection: The Secret to a Successful Consultation, I explored why a strong working relationship is essential to effective care. Without it, even the most accurate diagnosis or the most carefully designed management plan can fail. Managing a […]

https://theexpertclinician.com/2026/06/03/empathy-i-want-to-know-how-you-feel/

Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 29

SIP Level 2 prepares clinicians to identify harmful spirituality and understand its roots while practicing strategies for healing oriented intervention. Starts online 5/30/26.

More info: http://dlvr.it/TSnFxk

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The Expert Clinician May 27

Connection: The Secret to a Successful Consultation

I'm Adam Widdison, author of The Expert Clinician. My work explores how clinicians think — and, more importantly, how we can sharpen that thinking in the high-pressure reality of modern practice. Every experienced healthcare professional (HCP) knows the routine. At the start of a consultation, you instinctively map out your goals: adapt your focus, refine your questions, and look for signs that will guide you towards a diagnosis and a management plan. In my previous post, 👉A Good […]

https://theexpertclinician.com/2026/05/27/connection-the-secret-to-a-successful-consultation/

Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 26

Join #SIP Training Level 1 online 09/22/26 with Dorothea Lotze! Learn #spiritually integrated psychotherapy & earn 15 #CECredits.

More: http://dlvr.it/TSkVHc

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 25

Strengthen your ability to work with clients' spiritual resources and struggles in SIP Level 2, a 15 hour training focused on applied skills and ethical care. Starts online 5/30/26.

More info: http://dlvr.it/TSjQ64

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 18

#ACPE’s #SIP Training Level 1 with Dorothea Lotze, M.Div., Th.M., LMFT begins 09/22/26 online. This 15-hour training is designed for #mentalhealth professionals who want to integrate #spirituality into their #psychotherapy practice.

Course Highlights:
• Foundations and Ethics of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Learn the theoretical and ethical foundations of integrating #spirituality into #therapy.
• Developing Spiritual Conversations in Psychotherapy: Gain skills to initiate and facilitate spiritual conversations with clients.
• Spiritual Assessment: Learn to assess clients’ spiritual resources and struggles.
• Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Resources, Part 1: Explore interventions that draw on clients’ spiritual resources.
• Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Struggles: Learn to address spiritual struggles in #therapy.

About Dorothea Lotze:
Dorothea is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Educator of Clinical Pastoral Education (#ACPE). She earned her Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and Master of Theology (Th.M.) in Germany and at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. As Executive Director of the Training and Counseling Center Atlanta (TACC), she prepares clergy, counselors, and lay leaders to provide spiritually attuned care.

Dorothea’s training emphasizes #trauma-informed, systems-oriented, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy. She incorporates Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and mindfulness into her work and is also a Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation teacher.

Training Schedule:
• 09/22/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
• 09/29/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
• 10/06/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
• 10/13/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
• 10/20/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST

Cost:
• Member & Non-Member (Code Required): $400.00
• Scholarship: $240.00

Continuing Education:
This training offers 15 #CECredits approved by #NBCC, #ASWB, and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners.

Registration at https://bit.ly/3QPmKFV

More about Dorothea Lotze at: https://bit.ly/4tgme28

More about the Spiritually Integrated Training Program at: https://bit.ly/480y2gL

The #ACPE #Psychotherapy Commission is a community invested in the practice of integrating #spirituality into our work. This work may be done by a volunteer helper, a #spiritual #healer, or a licensed mental health practitioner. We offer training. Learn more at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org.

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 15

SIP Level 2 teaches spiritually integrated case conceptualization, connecting spirituality with bio psycho social factors and identifying core issues in clinical work. Starts online 5/30/26.

More info: http://dlvr.it/TSYnRM

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 11

SIP Level 2 explores harmful spirituality and therapeutic strategies for addressing its impact with skill, respect, and patience. Strengthen your clinical response. Starts online 5/30/26.

More info: http://dlvr.it/TSTWNP

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE May 3

This brief note highlights a mechanism that may influence mood and arousal in real-world settings. For mental health professionals, the relevance lies in how environmental factors, such as inaudible infrasound, can subtly elevate stress responses and impact engagement, even without conscious awareness. This underscores the importance of considering contextual, nonpsychological stimuli when assessing mood symptoms or irritability in clients, and it may inform environmental considerations in clinical practice or research.

Article Title: The creepy feeling in old buildings might have a surprising cause

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260502233901.htm

#infrasound #environmentalpsychology #mentalhealth #clinicians #psychiatrics #socialworkers #therapists #stressresponse #mooddisorder #clinicalpractice