CME That Matters
Gain access to accredited mental health education shaped by over 200 years of clinical excellence and driven by today’s leading research and innovation at McLean Hospital.
On-Demand Trainings
Continuing Education at McLean
McLean Hospital provides professional education opportunities for a wide range of mental health and allied health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, nationally certified counselors, nursing home administrators, and educators. Our fully accredited programming attracts a broad base of health providers for further training in a variety of specialties.
Current training offerings include a variety of academic programs such as lectures, symposia, conferences, specialty trainings in areas such as borderline personality disorder, and a hub of online resources. All programming supports the continuing professional development of mental health professionals with a focus on improving patient care.
McLean Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the American Psychological Association, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, and other organizations to provide continuing education credits to physicians, psychologists, nurses, and other board certified clinicians.
About Our Event Hosts
From general topics across psychiatry to in-depth trainings to support specific diagnoses or populations, McLean is dedicated to advancing knowledge about mental health.
Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education
McLean hosts a series of conferences focused on topics in mental health. With expert speakers from around the globe, the courses include panel presentations, question and answer sessions, and other engaging learning formats.
Elevate your mental health practice and enhance your expertise with our comprehensive programs tailored to meet the evolving needs of the field.
Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute
McLean’s Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute is focused on increasing access to care for borderline personality disorder (BPD) through professional training and education.
In-depth trainings focus on evidence-based treatments for BPD and accompanying psychiatric conditions.
Institute for Trauma-Informed Systems Change
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 61% of adults have had at least one adverse childhood experience. These traumatic experiences increase the risk for chronic physical and mental health conditions, sometimes leading to serious health and personal challenges.
Becoming a trauma-informed individual, organization, and society lowers stress levels and the risk of disease stress while supporting global well-being and promoting healing.
McLean Hospital’s Institute for Trauma-Informed Systems Change brings together the latest updates in neuroscience, trauma, and trauma-informed practices to offer training in trauma-informed practices and approaches, brain development, neuroscience of fear and trauma, and trauma-informed systems change.
Courses are ideal for individuals and organizations who want to implement trauma-informed systems change.
MBT Training Center at McLean Hospital
Mentalization refers to the ability to “read,” access, and reflect on mental states (thoughts, emotion, desires, attitudes, values) in oneself and other people. When mentalizing falters, the effects can surface as emotional dysregulation, fractured relationships, and a broad range of mental health conditions.
Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps patients develop their mentalizing capacity, with the goal of reducing symptoms and supporting long-term stability and growth. Initially developed by Drs. Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD), MBT is now used across a wide range of conditions and patient populations.
The MBT Training Center’s offerings focus on the application of MBT in direct patient care with the aim of equipping clinicians with a proven, practical framework for working with patients whose difficulties are rooted in disrupted mentalization.