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402-25: Bringing Therapy into Medication Management 

With a rapid med check model of practice becoming more common, learn how to restore psychotherapy into a therapeutic relationship to help increase medication efficacy.

Presenter:  Craig Heacock, MD

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  1 hour 30 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Identify the three core psychotherapy maneuvers and how you can utilize them within brief clinical encounters.

Keywords: Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Trauma-informed Care

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
1.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation and complete an evaluation. Once all steps are successfully completed, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. All steps must be successfully completed to earn contact hours. 

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Release date: July 16, 2025
Access to this course will end: July 31, 2027

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