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Systemic Family Therapy with Veterans and Their Households
3-hour self-study CE course
CE hours
3
Format
Self-study (reading)
Post-test
15 questions, 70% to pass
Price
$9
About this course
This course is for California BBS licensees and registrants: LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP, AMFT, ASW, and APCC. It teaches a systemic approach to work with military veterans. The unit of care is the household the veteran actually lives in. That may be a spouse or partner and children, but it may also be aging parents, adult siblings, a new partner and stepchildren, or roommates. The course covers military culture, the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and moral injury on household members, reintegration, secondary traumatic stress, evidence-based couple and family interventions, ethics of multi-person treatment, and VA and Vet Center resources. The instructor has provided household-inclusive counseling to veterans at the Santa Cruz County Vet Center. Included in the $69 bundle, or $9 on its own.
CE credit is awarded after you complete the reading, pass the post-test at 70% or higher, and complete the evaluation.
Learning objectives
A sample of what you will be able to do after completing this course:
- Describe core features of military culture that shape how veterans and their households seek and use help.
- Explain the core assumption of systemic therapy: that symptoms are maintained within patterns of relationship.
- Describe how PTSD symptom clusters show up in household routines and relationships.
- Describe the five stages of the emotional cycle of deployment and the household tasks in each.
- Define secondary traumatic stress and describe how it appears in partners, parents, and other household members.
- Describe the structure and research support for Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD.
- Set up informed consent and confidentiality agreements for treatment that includes several household members.
Who this course is for
Target audience: California BBS licensees and registrants: LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP, AMFT, ASW, and APCC.
Course schedule
Self-study. Self-paced reading with a post-test. No fixed calendar dates. Allow about 3 hours of CE time.
Provider approval period for John Oliver Ycaro, CAMFT CEPA Provider #10072759: June 15, 2026 through June 1, 2027 (renew as required to keep offering CE).
Instructor
John Oliver Ycaro, LPCC (also the course developer and CE provider). Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California (LPCC #9132). M.A. in Counseling, Palo Alto University. About 10 years of clinical experience in community mental health, the VA, and private practice. Expertise relevant to this course: outpatient clinical work in community mental health, the VA, and private practice.
Under CAMFT CEPA rules, the named instructor meets instructor qualifications by current related licensure and a related master’s degree (and related practice experience). A current CV is kept in the provider’s CE records.
How it works
- Enroll through the secure Payhip checkout. You get the course right away.
- Read the self-study text at your own pace.
- Take the online post-test (70% to pass; retakes free) and confirm you did the work yourself.
- Complete a short course evaluation (required for CE credit).
- Receive your certificate by email within 1 business day after you pass and complete the evaluation.
Completion records are kept for at least 4 years.
Price
$9
Pay securely on Payhip. CE credit is awarded after you complete the reading, pass the post-test at 70% or higher, and complete the evaluation.
CE information
Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
John Oliver Ycaro is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. John Oliver Ycaro maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
- CAMFT Provider #: 10072759
- Instructor: John Oliver Ycaro, LPCC
- Format: Self-study (reading), with an online post-test
- CE hours: 3
- Passing score: 70%
- Certificate: Emailed within 1 business day after you pass the post-test and complete the evaluation
- Cost: $9
Licensed outside California? Check with your own board to confirm they accept this course.
Provider mailing address: 200 San Mateo Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95030
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Refunds / cancellation
You can get a full refund within 3 days of purchase as long as you haven't started the post-test. After you start the post-test, or after 3 days, we’re not able to offer a refund.
Accommodations
If you need a disability accommodation (for example a screen-reader-friendly file, larger print, or extra time on the post-test), email oliverycaro@losgatosmentalhealthclinic.com. We respond within 5 business days. There is no charge for accommodations.
Grievances
If you have a concern about the course, email oliverycaro@losgatosmentalhealthclinic.com. You will get a written response within 14 days. If it is not resolved, you can contact CAMFT at cepa@camft.org.
Activities not for CE credit
CE credit is awarded after you complete the reading, pass the post-test at 70% or higher, and complete the evaluation.
About the instructor and provider
John Oliver Ycaro, LPCC, is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California in private practice. He earned his M.A. in Counseling from Palo Alto University in 2017 and has about 10 years of experience in community mental health, the VA, and private practice.
Disclosure: John Oliver Ycaro is the instructor, course developer, and CE provider and earns income from course sales.