Lights, Camera, Emotions: A Unified Protocol Approach to Building Emotional Mastery Through Media & Music

Individuals with emotional disorders often experience emotions with heightened intensity and frequency and hold negative appraisals of these experiences.

These reactions commonly lead to compulsions and experiential avoidance, which hinders emotional growth and reduces authentic connection. Grounded in principles from the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP), this workshop introduces strategies for using media as therapeutic tools to safely evoke and process emotion in clients with OCD and related disorders. Clinicians will learn how to help clients expand emotional awareness, increase tolerance for distressing affective states, and strengthen cognitive flexibility – a necessary component of emotional learning. Emphasis will be placed on disrupting avoidance patterns, fostering resilience, and cultivating emotional mastery through intentional, experiential engagement.

Target Audience

Primary Target Audience Psychologists Therapists / Counselors Clinical Social Workers Marriage & Family Therapists School-based mental health clinicians Eating disorder clinicians OCD and anxiety specialists Secondary Target Audience Child & adolescent therapists DBT / ACT-informed clinicians Providers working with neurodivergent clients Intensive outpatient (IOP) clinicians Clinicians interested in transdiagnostic approaches Creative arts / experiential therapists

Learning Objectives

  • Describe emotional processes that maintain OCD and related disorders using the Unified Protocol framework.
  • Identify three components of an emotion.
  • Utilize media to increase emotional awareness, distress tolerance, and cognitive flexibility.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 APA
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
  • 1.50 NY Psychologists
  • 1.50 NY Social Workers
Course opens: 
05/20/2026
Course expires: 
05/20/2026
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0
05-20-2026 Live Webinar
United States
Author, Writer(s)

Rebecca Berman, LCSW, MLSP, CEDS-C

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Course Director(s)

Rebecca Berman, LCSW, MLSP, CEDS-C

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Reviewer(s)

Broc Pollinger

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Donna Purcell, PsyD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Anxiety Institute. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team

 

Psychologists
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.

 

New York State Psychologists
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists. # PSY 0290
Awarded credit: 1.5 contact hour(s).

 

Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AKH Inc. Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5  continuing education credits.

 

New York State Social Workers
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0233.
Awarded credit: 1.5 contact hour(s).

 

Available Credit

  • 1.50 APA
  • 1.50 ASWB
  • 1.50 Attendance
  • 1.50 NY Psychologists
  • 1.50 NY Social Workers

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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