April 17, 2023
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pacific
3 Hours | 3 CEs
$200 Registration
Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., presenters a live professional training program on Sedentary Behavior: Implications for Health and Wellness. This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards the Integrated Behavioral Health Certificate and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues.
Sedentary behavior is defined as any waking behavior characterized by an energy expenditure ≤1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs) while in a sitting, reclining, or lying posture. Sedentary behaviors are a threat to emotional, cognitive, social, and physical health.
This training will explore sedentary lifestyle effects, including the negative effects on lifestyle and mental health. Possible causes and contributing factors for sedentary behavior in behavioral health populations, along with the causes and consequences associated with a sedentary lifestyle, will be discussed. This training will cover implications for screening, interviewing, and intervention. Empirically based research findings will be highlighted throughout this training.
Relevant topics covered will include:
- Negative lifestyle effects and risky health behaviors
- Psychological distress and toxic stress
- Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction
- Therapeutic lifestyle changes
- Health-promoting behaviors
- Problematic coping strategies
- Chronic low-grade inflammation
- Excessive screen time exposure
- Metabolic dysfunction
- Gut-brain health dysfunction
- Blood sugar dysregulation
- Sleep disturbances
- Emotional dysregulation
- Loneliness and social isolation
- Alexithymia

Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.

Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.

CE / CPD Credit
APA, ASWB, CPA, NBCC: Click here for state and other regional board approvals.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe sedentary behavior and other related constructs
Describe unhealthy lifestyles and risky health behaviors
Describe the causes and consequences associated with sedentary behavior
Describe screening and intervention techniques and approaches for clients who live a sedentary lifestyle
Describe relevant and up-to-date research findings

Live Event Policy
Registration for our live events is covered for one (1) person per purchase. If you would like to purchase for a group, please contact our group training team.
Event Communications
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Cancellation Policy
Have a sudden change of plans and are unable to attend live? No worries; you will be given access to the on-demand version of the program once available.
Event Conduct
Professional conduct is expected during our live programs. Our goal is to make our events as interactive as possible for all participants. We reserve the right to remove any participants who are disruptive, act unprofessionally, or who we are unable to verify their purchase.
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Earning Certificate
This is badge-earning course, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like Linkedin.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE 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-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, 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 as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.