CEU Training
Smiling but Stuck: Understanding High-Functioning Depression
About this course
Discover how high-functioning depression shows up in high-achieving clients
PRE-SALE
This course releases on Nov 13th 2026.
You are purchasing pre-sale access. This is not immediate access to the course. Once the course goes live on Nov 13th, you'll receive an email with instructions on how to access it in our learning platform, Circle. Please note that your 30-day completion window to receive CEU credit will begin on the course release date, not your purchase date.
Pre-Sale Price: $79.99
(Regular price: $89.99 – save $10 when you purchase before launch)
Course Details
Pre-recorded lessons with case studies, quizzes, and a final course evaluation.
This training is eligible for 2 Continuing Education Credits for Psychologists, LMHCs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LMFTs, LCATs, and Art Therapists and must be completed within 30 days of purchase to receive credit.
$89.99 $79.99 – Pre-Sale Price
Depression is the most common mental health condition, yet High Functioning Depression (HFD) remains a less recognized and is often a misunderstood experience, (Sinyor, Rezmovitz, & Zaretsky, 2016). The research on HFD is sparse and is frequently confused with persistent depression disorder or dysthymia (Joseph, 2025). While most clinicians are well-equipped to support clients with persistent depression or dysthymia, HFD tends to go undetected because clients maintain an external functioning yet internally experience chronic low mood, anhedonia, and cognitive impairments (Abuse & Administration, 2016).
This CEU training will equip therapists in identifying the key components of HFD, while interrogating the intersectional and cultural experiences that impact HFD in clients of color.
Learning Objectives
Identify the difference between high-functioning depression and major depression.
Analyze the various cultural, systemic, and identity-based factors influencing the diagnosis and treatment of HFD.
List the unique presentation of symptoms in high-functioning clients.
Meet Your Instructor
Kenya Crawford, M.A., Ed.M, LMHC
Kenya is the CEO of Kenya Crawford Consulting, an award-winning licensed psychotherapist, and a racial equity consultant that creates healing and liberating spaces to dismantle oppressive systems.
CEU License
Kenya Crawford, LMHC is recognized by 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-0269. Kenya Crawford, LMHC 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-0736. Kenya Crawford, LMHC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0151. Kenya Crawford, LMHC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0132.
Kenya Crawford has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7470. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Kenya Crawford is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Cultivating Healers is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cultivating Healers maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Kenya Crawford, LMHC is recognized by the Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) as an Authorized Continuing Education Provider for art therapists. Provider ID: 63628089.
