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Internship Match Rate

500k+

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Served Annually

15K+

Client Visits to The Clinics
@ PAU Annually

550+

Continuing & Professional
Studies Programs

100%

National Counselor
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LIVE: 2025 Cohort | Comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Forensic

LIVE: 2025 Cohort | Comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

The certification process is divided into three phases, each of which is required for DBT certification. Here is a break...

Calendar Icon Mon, September 15, 2025 – Mon, November 16 , 2026
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$4750

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LIVE: Therapy in the AI Era

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LIVE: Therapy in the AI Era

This “At the Forefront” continuing education program offers mental health professionals a practical exploration of how a...

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LIVE: Evidence for Forensic Mental Health Professionals

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LIVE: Evidence for Forensic Mental Health Professionals

This training focuses on legal concepts for forensic mental health professionals. After providing a primer on the struct...

Calendar Icon Thu, September 25, 2025 – Fri, September 26
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$350

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LIVE: Cultural Considerations in Forensic Mental Health Assessment

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LIVE: Cultural Considerations in Forensic Mental Health Assessment

There is a clear ethical imperative for forensic evaluators to tailor their assessments to their examinees’ relevant ide...

Calendar Icon Thu, October 2, 2025 – Fri, October 3
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$350

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LIVE: Ethics in the Practice of Forensic Psychology: Protecting and Releasing Records, Data, and Other Information

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LIVE: Ethics in the Practice of Forensic Psychology: Protecting and Releasing Records, Data, and Other Information

Forensic mental health evaluators are often short-sighted, misinformed about, and/or have a misunderstanding of their ri...

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$200

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LIVE: Advanced Topics in the Assessment of Competency to Stand Trial - Part 3

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LIVE: Advanced Topics in the Assessment of Competency to Stand Trial - Part 3

Part 3 of the three-part workshop series will continue to focus on factors that are seldom addressed in training on comp...

Calendar Icon Fri, October 17, 2025
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$150

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LIVE: Evaluating Juveniles for Competency to Proceed in Delinquency Matters

Child & Adolescent

LIVE: Evaluating Juveniles for Competency to Proceed in Delinquency Matters

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the competence to proceed of juveniles being adjudicated in juven...

Calendar Icon Thu, November 6, 2025 – Fri, November 14
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$600

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LIVE: Risk Assessment

Forensic

LIVE: Risk Assessment

This presentation will provide an overview of risk assessment in the context of forensic and clinical psychology. This t...

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$200

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LIVE: Restoration of Competency to Stand Trial in Community Settings

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LIVE: Restoration of Competency to Stand Trial in Community Settings

This program covers aspects of outpatient competency restoration, with a focus on community-based restoration. The train...

Calendar Icon Fri, December 5, 2025
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$200

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LIVE: Correctional Psychology

Police & Public Safety

LIVE: Correctional Psychology

This program provides an introduction to the core principles and practices of correctional psychology. Participants will...

Calendar Icon Mon, December 8, 2025
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$100

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