3 Hours / 3 CEs

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on Integrated Behavioral Health: An Overview is presented by Jerrod Brown, PhD.

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.

Integrative behavioral health is a type of whole-person care that focuses on the interconnections between the body, mind, and physical actions. As such, integrated behavioral health can include a diverse variety of topics, including mental health, life stressors and crises, nutrition, sleep, stress-related physical symptoms, and substance use. Because clients with mental health problems often suffer from co-occurring physical health issues, providing services through an integrated behavioral health lens may result in improved outcomes. 

Developed for professionals, this program explores how an integrated behavioral health care approach is likely beneficial for clients seeking services from behavioral health providers. Related topics covered during this program include Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), behavioral health care in an era of COVID-19, Behavioral Health Consultants (BHC), biopsychosocial influenced health conditions, choice-making, collaborative care, domains of functioning and personal resources, health benefits of social connections, health disparities, illness self-management, personal stigma problems, person-centered attitudes and behaviors, positive psychological health behaviors, resilience, strengths-based approaches, telehealth approaches, toxic stress, well-being, wellness coaching services, and whole-person interventions among others. Practical tips, strategies, and solutions will be shared throughout this program with the goal of improving screening, goal planning, and intervention practices through an integrated behavioral health lens. Empirically-based research findings are highlighted throughout this program.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Describe integrated behavioral health and other related topics
  • 2 Describe the neurobiospsychosocial approach to behavioral health care
  • 3 Describe established benefits and barriers to integrated behavioral health care
  • 4 Describe threats to behavioral, emotional, social, and physical wellbeing
  • 5 Describe ways to promote positive psychological wellbeing
  • 6 Describe modifiable health risk behaviors
  • 7 Describe risk factors of poor intervention and treatment adherence among client-based populations
  • 8 Describe integrated behavioral health screening and intervention approaches
  • 9 Demonstrate an understanding of the existing empirical research on integrated behavioral health

  • Intended Audience

    This training is designed for psychologists, social workers, and counselors who want to deepen their expertise in integrated behavioral health care. It focuses on equipping professionals to address the complex needs of clients with both mental and physical health challenges, emphasizing whole-person care, resilience, and collaborative, interdisciplinary interventions. Participants will gain practical skills for working effectively in outpatient clinics, community health centers, and integrated care settings.

  • Experience Level

    This training is applicable for all career stages: entry-level, mid-career, and experienced professionals.

    • Those with foundational knowledge of behavioral health, seeking advanced or specialized training in integrated care
    • Professionals aiming to enhance their skills in resilience-building and collaborative interventions

  • Practice Setting

    • Licensed psychologists, social workers, and counselors
    • Professionals working with clients who have co-occurring mental and physical health issues
    • Clinicians in outpatient clinics, community health centers, or integrated care environments
    • Providers interested in whole-person, collaborative, and interdisciplinary care approaches

Presented By

Jerrod Brown, PhD

Jerrod Brown, PhD, is the Treatment Director for Pathways Counseling Center, Inc., the lead developer of an online Master of Arts degree in Human Services with an emphasis in Forensic Behavioral Health from Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS), and the Editor-in-Chief of Forensic Scholars Today (FST) and the Journal of Special Populations (JSP).

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Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Integrated behavioral health, Screening, and intervention approaches

  • Neurobiospsychosocial approach to behavioral health care

  • Benefits and barriers to integrated behavioral health care

  • Risk factors of poor intervention and treatment adherence among client-based populations

  • Empirical research on integrated behavioral health.

Earning a Certificate

This is a badge-earning program, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like LinkedIn.
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CE Sponsorship Information

Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).



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.