Live webinar air date: October 31, 2025, 1 p.m. Eastern time
Date
CE credits
3
Exam items
18
Description
Work matters in the lives of most adults seeking the help of mental health professionals yet receives scant attention. This webinar provides an overview of:
- What clinicians need to know about the relationship of work and mental health.
- How clinical skills can ethically be applied to work concerns in psychotherapy.
- How selected coaching skills can be applied at the intersection of clinical and work concerns.
Boundaries of competence and other ethical issues are also discussed (Lowman & Cooper, 2018).
Learning objectives
- Describe three key aspects of work that clinical/counseling psychologists should have.
- Explain two appropriate and two inappropriate roles for clinicians in addressing work concerns.
- Name two ways that coaching at the interface of mental health and work can ethically be done.
- Demonstrate three ways to integrate work concerns in psychotherapy.
Presenters
Stewart Cooper, PhD, ABPP
Cooper’s doctorate from Indiana University included an emphasis on applied consulting psychology. He has practiced, published, and taught in this specialty area. In addition to serving as Division 13 president, Cooper has extensive APA Divisional and Central Governance roles including serving on the Board of Directors. An ardent advocate for general applied psychology, he is particularly proud of his work in advocating for the explicit inclusion of applied psychology in APA’s first Strategic Plan as well as for its formal inclusion in APA Governance.
Rodney L. Lowman, PhD, ABAP
A visiting professor, Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, president of Lowman & Richardson/Consulting Psychologists, PC, and distinguished professor emeritus, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University. He edits the “Fundamentals of Consulting Psychology” book series for APA which currently includes 11 books and has edited two professional journals. His books include Counseling and Psychotherapy of Work Dysfunctions; Career Assessment: Integrating Interests, Abilities, and Personality; and An Introduction to Consulting Psychology.
