• COURSE DESCRIPTION

    This on-demand podcast CE course explores the psychological impact of natural and human-caused disasters on individuals and communities, emphasizing resilience, recovery trajectories, and evidence-based interventions. Listeners will learn about the acute and chronic effects of disasters, including how exposure varies across community members and how social support, protective factors, and recovery environments influence mental health outcomes. The course also covers practical guidance for clinicians and community responders, focusing on early interventions, the role of schools and families, and the importance of self-care for professionals in disaster contexts.

  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    Upon completing this course, participants will be able to: List three or more common psychological reactions individuals may experience immediately following a natural or human-caused disaster; Identify three or more protective factors that promote mental health recovery in children after disaster exposure and how parents and schools can support these factors; Describe two or more appropriate clinical and community mental health interventions during the immediate aftermath versus the long-term recovery phases of disasters


    TARGET AUDIENCE & INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL

    This course is intended for psychologists, therapists, social workers, clinical counselors, and addiction counselors. Instructional level: Introductory/Intermediate

  • HOW TO TAKE THIS COURSE

    In order to receive a certificate of completion reflecting the associated CE credit hour, you must:
    #1: Have an active paid Clearly Clinical membership
    #2: Listen to the corresponding course podcast
    #3: Achieve a passing grade on the post-presentation test (the test has up to ten questions and you must earn a score of at least 80%; users can re-test up to three times. After three attempts, users are advised to re-listen to the audio course in its entirety and then subsequently re-test. Psychologists who are seeking CE credit may not be awarded credit if they attempt to pass the post-test more than three times.)
    #4: Complete the requested course evaluation.

    Course elements (including the course audio, post-test, and requested course evaluation) can be completed on a computer or mobile device via your Clearly Clinical account.

  • COURSE FORMAT

    This course contains a one-hour, non-interactive audio podcast which is available for free on all major public podcast platforms, including YouTube, by searching for 'Clearly Clinical'. You can also listen to and download the audio file via our course player.

  • ACCOMMODATIONS

    If you have special needs or need an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] and we will do our best to assist you.

    If reading along while listening is helpful for you, we recommend listening to our podcast on YouTube with the closed captioning feature enabled (to do this, click the button in the YouTube video player with the 'CC' on it).

  • CERTIFICATE ACCESS DETAILS

    Once you've completed the course, your certificate will automatically populate in the 'Certificate' section of your account; it will also be emailed to you. Course certificates will be on file for ten (10) years from date of course completion regardless of a user's paid membership status.

  • COMMERCIAL SUPPORT

    There is no known commercial support or conflict of interest for this CE program, presenter, sponsor, instructor, or content. The instructor references their own resources as a potential option for further learning.

Interviewer and Interviewee

Dr. Erika Felix, Lic. Clinical Psychologist

Disaster Mental Health and Trauma Expert

Erika Felix, Ph.D. is a professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and a licensed psychologist. Dr. Felix’s research focuses on the risk and protective factors affecting children’s long term mental health following natural disasters, mass shootings, and terrorism and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Justice, and the National Science Foundation. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and covered by various news outlets. Dr. Felix trains counseling, clinical, and school psychologists on preventive interventions and trauma treatment for children and has developed a disaster mental health class for undergraduates at UCSB. In 2021-22, she served as an American Psychological Association Congressional Fellow working on disability policy across the lifespan in Senator Casey’s office in the U.S. Senate on the Special Committee on Aging. Recently, she was a Public Voices Fellow with the OpEd Project.



Please visit her at Dr. Erika Felix's UCSB Faculty Page.

Elizabeth 'Beth' Irias, MS, LMFT

Interviewer & Clearly Clinical Founder

Elizabeth 'Beth' Irias (she/her) is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and the Founder and President of Clearly Clinical. She has specializations in Clinical Documentation, Feedback Informed Treatment, Best Practice, and Utilization Review, and works closely with clinical teams across the US as a trainer and national conference presenter; Beth was formerly an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University in the Graduate Psychology and Education department. Licensed in California and Oregon, she provides therapy via her private practice to young adult and adult clients, members of the LGBTQ population, and those with addictive disorders. She has two young children, a super cool spouse who helps out with Clearly Clinical's tech, and a rescue dog.

Why is Clearly Clinical the nation's premier CE provider?

  • CONVENIENT: All courses are 1-hour podcast episodes, available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, and all other free public podcast platforms

  • AFFORDABLE: We offer quality CE courses through a reasonably-priced membership

  • SOCIALLY-RESPONSIBLE: We make ongoing donations to The Trevor Project for LGBT youth suicide prevention, and have also previously donated to Black & Brown Founders, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, Black Women’s Blueprint, Feeding America, and The Center for Reproductive Rights.

  • WOMAN-OWNED & QUEER-OWNED: We are founded and run by Elizabeth Irias, LMFT

  • DIVERSE: We highlight expert presenters from historically-marginalized communities


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