NICABM's Next Level Practitioner: Free Weekly Video Training With the Field's Leading Clinicians
- Next Level Practitioner (NLP) — NICABM's free weekly training series delivering 10-15 minute expert videos on clinical topics, directly to your inbox every week
- Faculty includes: Bessel van der Kolk (trauma), Dan Siegel (IPNB), Stephen Porges (polyvagal), Pat Ogden (sensorimotor), Sue Johnson (EFT), Marsha Linehan (DBT), and 50+ other leading clinicians
- Format: short, focused video lessons on specific clinical challenges. Not full courses — clinical insight in consumable doses. Free registration, no obligation
- Topics rotate across: trauma treatment, attachment, emotion regulation, mindfulness, couples therapy, somatic approaches, psychopharmacology, and therapist self-care
NICABM has assembled the most comprehensive free clinical training library in mental health — and most clinicians do not know it exists. The Next Level Practitioner series is not a marketing funnel disguised as education (though NICABM does sell full courses). The weekly videos are substantive, clinician-to-clinician content from researchers and practitioners you would pay thousands to see at a conference.
What makes it valuable
The format is the key. Ten to fifteen minutes per video. One clinical insight per episode. This is not a 40-hour certification programme — it is a micro-learning model that fits into a clinician's actual schedule. Watch one video between morning clients. Listen on your commute. The content density is high because the experts are talking to practitioners, not to a general audience.
The faculty list reads like the reference section of a clinical psychology textbook: van der Kolk on trauma neuroscience, Porges explaining polyvagal theory in clinical language, Linehan on managing therapist burnout while delivering DBT, Ogden on reading body language for trauma cues. Each video answers a specific clinical question rather than surveying a broad topic.
Why this matters for your development
Continuing education in mental health is broken. Most CE options are expensive, generic, and designed for compliance rather than competence. NICABM's model inverts this: free, specific, expert-led, and designed for clinical application. The weekly cadence means the learning is continuous, not crammed into a weekend workshop once a year.
For clinicians early in their career: this is the fastest way to hear how the field's leading minds think about clinical problems. For experienced practitioners: it is a low-effort way to stay current across modalities you do not practice but should understand.
Register at nicabm.com/program/next-level-practitioner.
NICABM delivers free weekly 10-15 minute expert training from van der Kolk, Porges, Linehan, and 50+ clinicians — the most comprehensive free clinical education library most therapists do not know exists.
English-language only. Free videos are brief — full clinical training requires NICABM's paid courses. Marketing emails follow registration. Video quality and relevance varies by episode.