If you like movies, you’ll like our learning seminars! No tedious lectures or webinars at the Frank Ridge Memorial Foundation. We use accurate, responsible, compassionate depictions of mental health conditions in movies as the springboard for provocative thought and lively conversation. Seating for live-in-person seminars in our home/office is intimate and our live-online via Zoom sessions have limited capacity to encourage active participation. Learning is supported with up-to-date comprehensive study materials. For details and registration for our NY State Education Dept approved seminars for Continuing Education contact hours SCROLL DOWN THE ENTIRE PAGE. Self study seminars are posted at the end.
Now proudly celebrating our 10th year of service, the Frank Ridge Memorial Foundation, Inc. is a NY State Ed Dept approved provider for Continuing Education contact hours (CEs) for ALL NYS licensed Psychologists (#PSY-0009), Social Workers (#SW-0096), Mental Health Counselors (#MHC-0010), Marriage & Family Therapists (#MFT-0014), Creative Arts Therapists (#CAT-0065), and Psychoanalysts (#P-0018). ALL of our self study, Live-online via ZOOM, and fully Live-in-Person seminars are NY SED approved. (ZOOM hours count as live-in-person.)
Seminars are created and facilitated by Julie Ridge, LCSW-R, a master trainer with 30+ years of teaching experience. Our refund policy is at the bottom of this page.
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To complete our seminars:
- Register and make payment online. The code on the registration page is case sensitive – the first letter in the code MUST be lower case.
- When you register for a self study seminar, I email a custom-tailored reply. Your confirmation and/or study materials will not arrive instantly upon registration. If you are participating in a live online (via ZOOM) seminar or series, I will email study materials by PDF attachments 3-5 days in advance of our session. The link to our ZOOM session will be sent the day before we meet.
- For live-online via ZOOM and self study seminars, you access and watch the movie or mini-series required for the seminar or series independently. I do not provide a link to the movie(s) or mini-series. For FULLY live-in-person seminars, we watch the movies together.
- When you complete self-study seminars, request your post quiz and evaluation and I will email them by PDF attachments. As per NY State regulations you need a 70% or higher to pass the post quiz and receive your Certificate of Completion.
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the Remainder of our 2023 CE seminars
Our CONNECTING DOTS series are the most cost effective, easiest and fun way to earn half of your 36 required CEs, in one short month. Our NEW – CONNECTING DOTS: love is love is love. LGBTQ stories – 18 CEs is the last CONNECTING DOTS series of 2023. In this series, we watch 4 thematic movies in 4 consecutive weeks. Titles include: the Lillian Hellman classic The Children’s Hour (starring Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn): The Laramie Project, the Matthew Shepard Story; and Changing the Game, a documentary about young transgender athletes. Fourth movie to be determined. ALL FOUR SESSIONS MUST BE ATTENDED FOR CEs. [For live-in-person seminars we watch the movies together. For ZOOM sessions, you watch the movies independently. I do not provide a links.] Class size is extremely limited.
WHEN: Live-in-person (counts as 18 live-in-person CEs), 4 consecutive Saturdays Oct 7, 14, 21 & 28, 12:45 – 5:00 pm, 2023.
WHERE: Home/office: 400 W 43rd St (corner of 9th Avenue), #41E, NYC, NY.
COST: $350 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for live-in-person series Saturdays Oct 7, 14, 21 & 28, 12:45 – 5:00 pm: PRESS HERE
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WHEN: Live-online ZOOM sessions (counts as 10 live-in-person + 8 self study), 4 consecutive Tuesdays Oct 10, 17, 24 & 31, 7:00 – 9:30 pm, 2023.
WHERE: Live-online via ZOOM.
COST: $350 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for live-online via ZOOM session Tuesdays, Oct 10, 17, 24 & 31, 7-9:30 pm: PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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BRAND NEW – ETHICAL QUANDARIES & MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES. 6 CEs. Two movies (Mad to Be Normal and Short Term 12) demonstrate dubious boundary relationships, from the practices of R.D. Laing to a residential adolescent group home. This seminar fulfills the NY SED requirement for Ethics and Maintaining Boundaries with Clients. [For live-in-person classes, we watch the movies together. For ZOOM sessions, you watch the movies independently. I do not provide a links.] Class size is extremely limited. Note: Several sessions of the same seminar are being offered to accommodate need.
WHEN: Live-online via ZOOM (counts as 3 live-in-person + 3 self study) – Mon Nov 6, 7:00 – 9:30 pm, 2023.
WHERE: Live-online via ZOOM.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for live-online via ZOOM session Mon, Nov 6, 7-9:30 pm (6 CEs – 3 live-in-person via ZOOM + 3 self study): PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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WHEN: Saturday Nov 11, live-in-person, (6 live-in-person CEs) 11:00 am – 5:30 pm, 2023 has TWO seats left. (The live-in-person session on Nov 4 is FULL.)
WHERE: Home/office: 400 W 43rd St (corner of 9th Avenue), #41E, NYC, NY.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for live-in-person session Sat Nov 11, 11-5:30 pm (6 live-in-person CEs): PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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WHEN: Saturday Nov 18, live-in-person, (6 live-in-person CEs) 11:00 am – 5:30 pm, 2023. This session has just been opened to accommodate the overflow of registrations.
WHERE: Home/office: 400 W 43rd St (corner of 9th Avenue), #41E, NYC, NY.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for live-in-person session Sat Nov 11, 11-5:30 pm (6 live-in-person CEs): PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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For many with mental illness, the holiday season may not be joyous. To help loved ones and clients navigate the mine-fields of the season, we are offering the BRAND NEW – DEPRESSION & MOOD DISORDERS, 6 CEs, featuring a new movie about major depressive disorder, and the short documentary BREATHE, about the intersection of a world record setting swim and living well with bipolar disorders. This seminar will explore: things to say that help – things not to say that don’t; and how to be there for the ones you love. [For live-in-person classes, we watch the movies together. For ZOOM sessions, you watch the movies independently. I do not provide a link to the movies.] Class size is extremely limited.
WHEN: Live-in-person (counts as 6 live-in-person CEs) – Saturday Dec 2, live-in-person, 11:00 am – 5:30 pm, 2023.
WHERE: Home/office: 400 W 43rd St (corner of 9th Avenue), #41E, NYC, NY.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for live-in-person session Sat Dec 2, 11-5:30 pm (6 live-in-person CEs): PRESS HERE
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WHEN: Live-online via ZOOM (counts as 3 live-in-person + 3 self study) – Tues Dec 5, 7:00 – 9:30 pm, 2023.
WHERE: Live-online via ZOOM.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for live-online via ZOOM session Tues Dec 5, 7-9:30 pm (6 CEs – 3 live-in-person via ZOOM + 3 self study): PRESS HERE
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Our CONNECTING DOTS: mental health professionals in movies and maintaining professional boundaries with clients, meets the requirement for Ethics & Maintaining Professional Boundaries with Clients. It is taught annually. This 18 CE series will be offered live-in-person and by ZOOM in February or March of 2024.
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SELF STUDY SEMINARS in 2023
NEW – OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS (OCD). 3 self study NY SED approved CEs. Explore the complexity and pain of living with obsessive compulsive disorders, and paths to healing. The movie OC87 takes you on a tour of one man’s journey with OCD. I do not provide a link to the movie, how you access it will depend on your cable network and premium channels. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movie before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $75 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS: PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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WARNING: Addiction may be hazardous to your health. 6 self study NY SED approved CEs. Two movies – All That Jazz (1979), starring Roy Scheider and Four Good Days (2021), starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis – delve into the opioid crisis, the roots of addictions, the need to uncover their sources for healing to begin, and the challenges of ongoing recovery. I do not provide links to the movies. How you access them depends on your cable network and premium channels. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movies before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for WARNING: addiction may be hazardous to your health – self study: PRESS HERE.
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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BORN THIS WAY – about Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 6 self study NY SED approved CEs. With the documentary Far From the Tree, based on Andrew Solomon’s Best Seller of the same name, and the romantic comedy Keep the Change, participants will explore a myriad of neurodevelopmental disorders – from learning disabilities to Dwarfism. I do not provide links to the movies. How you access them depends on your cable network and premium channels. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movies before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for BORN THIS WAY self study: PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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VOICES IN MY HEAD: about schizophrenia. 3 self study NY SED approved CEs. With the documentary A Guy Called Dad: a daughter’s journey, Stavon Arnold – a sweet, kind, gentle father, husband and son – provides us a glimpse into the world of schizophrenia. His daughter Kacey Arnold shows us how his chronic condition impacts individuals trying to care for a beloved family member. I do not provide a link to the movie. How you access it depends on your cable network and premium channels. It is available on Amazon Prime, or purchase on DVD. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movie before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $75 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for VOICES IN MY HEAD – self study: PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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THE REVOLVING DOOR OF INSTITUTIONAL CARE. 6 self study NY SED approved CEs. Have you ever wondered why individuals with severe mental illness go round and round in the seemingly endless revolving doors of institutional care (e.g. hospitals, asylums, jails, prisons)? For this self study you will watch two documentaries: Bedlam and Out of Sight, Out of Mind ,which explore the question in depth. I do not provide links to the movies. How you access them depends on your cable network and premium channels. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movies before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for THE REVOLVING DOOR – self study: PRESS HERE.
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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THE GENESIS OF VIOLENCE. 6 self study NY SED approved CEs. The courts are interested in what the murderer did, mental health professionals are interested in the why. With the movies Crazy, Not Insane and Experimenter (about Stanley Milgram’s Obedience to Authority studies) as the springboard, participants will explore the etiology of violence and explore the question: could any of us be a murderer? I do not provide links to the movies. How you access them depends on your cable network and premium channels. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movies before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for THE GENESIS OF VIOLENCE – self study: PRESS HERE
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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AUTISM ALL GROWN UP. 6 self study NY SED approved CEs. All of us know something about the autism spectrum, but most seminars focus on children. What about life on the spectrum after childhood? This self study features the 2022 binge-worthy dramedy Amazon series As We See It, starring 3 atypical young adults. Study materials focus on the perspectives of those living on the spectrum and those caring for them. I do not provide a link to the mini-series. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movies before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $150 for all NY licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
REGISTRATION for AUTISM ALL GROWN UP – self study is pending updates.
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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THE UPSIDES & DOWNSIDES OF AGING: aging well and aging poorly. 6 self study NY SED approved CEs. Two movies, The Savages (starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour-Hoffman) and The Quartet (starring Maggie Smith) demonstrate aging with grace and dignity, vs the alternative. The focus of this self study is primarily on aging well as opposed to neurocognitive disorders. I do not provide links to the movies. How you access them depends on your cable network and premium channels. Upon receipt and confirmation of your registration, you will be sent the class materials and instructions. Study packets are sent manually and will not arrive instantaneously. Thank you for your patience. Though you may be tempted, please do not watch the movies before you receive the study materials – they guide your viewing.
COST: $150 for all NY Licensed SWs, MHCs, MFTs, LPs, CATs and Psychologists.
To REGISTER for THE UPSIDES & DOWNSIDES OF AGING self study: PRESS HERE.
Fill in all fields. Enter BOTH your discipline (SW, MHC, MFT, LP, CAT or Psychologist) and license number to complete your registration.
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Be advised: From the NY SED Office of the Professions – beginning April 1, 2023, all mental health professionals (social workers, mental health counselors, creative arts therapists, psychoanalysts, marriage & family therapists, and psychologists) must complete at least 3 CEs with a State Approved Provider in “Ethics & Maintaining Professional Boundaries with Clients” within their next renewal cycle. If your current cycle began before April 1, 2023, you can wait until your next renewal cycle to fulfill this requirement. We offer seminars that meet this requirement annually. REMEMBER: You must accrue 36 CEs in each 3 year renewal cycle: 24 must be live-in-person (my ZOOM CEs count as live-in-person) and only 12 can be from self study.
For more information about Continuing Education contact hours go to the New York State Office of the Profession’s website at: https://www.op.nysed.gov/about/training-continuing-education. There is no State restriction as to how many of your 36 CEs you can earn from a single provider, within a single calendar year. We present Certificates of Completion after completion of each seminar.
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REFUND POLICY: Cancellations received more than 5 days in advance of fully Live-in-Person or Live-online (via Zoom) sessions, can receive an 100% refund or full credit toward a seminar of equal price. Cancellations for Live-online (via Zoom) sessions after you have gotten your study materials, cannot be refunded, nor can tuitions be applied to future seminars. The cancellation policy for fully Live-in-Person seminars is the same as for Live-online. Self Study seminars cannot be refunded. If you have extenuating circumstances, please contact me and I will do my best to reach an equitable solution with you.
