PHCoE: Dropout Reduction from Outpatient Psychotherapy (DROP)

December 17, 2025

This live-virtual activity builds within helping professionals - including psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists - the therapeutic alliance-enhancing and progress-informed treatment skills with which to bolster patients' engagement with treatment, thereby reducing the probability of premature termination from therapy.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Summarize the prevalence of premature discontinuation from therapy (dropout) among the general and military populations.
  2. Describe the consequences of dropout.
  3. Identify factors associated with dropout among the general and military populations.
  4. Explain the concept of Progress Informed Treatment, the evidence for it, and how it contributes to improving treatment alliance and reducing dropout.
  5. Recognize techniques to introduce Progress Informed Treatment to patients and identify how symptoms measured in BHDP can be utilized.
  6. Explain how formal assessment of the therapeutic alliance using the Working Alliance Survey contributes to improving treatment alliance and reducing dropout.
  7. Recognize techniques to introduce the Working Alliance Survey to patients and respond to the results.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 APA

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. Participants may earn 1.50 CE credits for completing this activity.

  • 1.50 ASWB

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA, J7, CEPO 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 under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 continuing education credits.

  • 1.50 Attendance
  • 1.50 IPCE

    In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Course opens: 
12/10/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2026
Event starts: 
12/17/2025 - 11:00am EST
Event ends: 
12/17/2025 - 12:30pm EST
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Katie Nugent, PhD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 APA

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. Participants may earn 1.50 CE credits for completing this activity.

  • 1.50 ASWB

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA, J7, CEPO 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 under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 continuing education credits.

  • 1.50 Attendance
  • 1.50 IPCE

    In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

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Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is Dec 31, 2026.

Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.

Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional accommodation requests and/or technical support, email [email protected].

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