Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Contact Hours: 8
Based on the book by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD, LPC-MHSP 100+ Practical Tools to Defeat Depression (pdf of the book is included) and Counselor Toolbox Episodes 282-290
Objectives
- Learn group and individual activities that can be used with clients to assist them in addressing depression
- Define emotional interventions
- Discuss why it is important to add-in happiness experiences
- Discuss solution focused methods for helping clients identify emotional interventions
- Define mindfulness and how it can help clients tap into happiness and gratitude and develop hardiness
- Explore types of emotional interventions that can be used in individual and group counseling
- Define cognitive interventions
- Discuss how thoughts, emotions an overall health impact depression
- Identify activities to help clients learn about and address cognitive distortions, irrational thoughts and distress intolerant thoughts including activities from CPT, CBT, Cognitive Restructuring, ACT and DBT
- Learn how to help clients develop psychological flexibility.
- Learn about the mind-body connection and the HPA-Axis
- Explain how physical vulnerabilities such as sickness, chronic pain, impaired sleep, lack of sunlight and poor nutrition impact mood
- Identify activities that can be done by individuals and in group to help participants reduce their vulnerabilities and cope with any unavoidable ones.
- Discuss the impact of relationships on mood
- Identify how healthy, supportive relationships can assist in recovery from depression
- Identify skills necessary to form healthy, supportive relationships
- Explore group and individual activities to help people define and develop these relationships
- Differentiate spirituality from religion
- Discuss why spirituality can be important in recovery from depression
- Identify spiritual principles like connectedness, hope, faith, courage, discipline, humility and compassion and how they can help address depressive symptoms
- Explore individual. and group activities to help clients develop these principles in themselves.
- Discuss how the environment can impact mood
- Identify characteristics of environments including noise, crowding, lighting, organization, color, temperature and smell that can impact mood
- Identify activities to help clients identify and implement practical tools to improve their environment
- Teacher: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Contact Hours: 15
Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP,
Course Objectives:
- Explore information on the use of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- Differentially Diagnose Bipolar Disorder
- Recognize general medical conditions and drugs that may mimic depression or mania
- Understand the goals of psychiatric management of bipolar disorder
- Identify bipolar patients at increased risk of suicide
- Understand the link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse
- Identify key areas of consideration when making a treatment placement decision
- Learn about the areas which patients with bipolar disorder and their families may need education
- Familiarize self with the most common psychopharmacological interventions for bipolar disorder
Registration is available at: http://allceus.com
Support is available at support@allceus.com
- Teacher: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Contact Hours: 2
Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP,
Course Objectives:
- Explore information on the use of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- Differentially Diagnose Bipolar Disorder
- Recognize general medical conditions and drugs that may mimic depression or mania
- Understand the goals of psychiatric management of bipolar disorder
- Identify bipolar patients at increased risk of suicide
- Understand the link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse
- Identify key areas of consideration when making a treatment placement decision
- Learn about the areas which patients with bipolar disorder and their families may need education
- Familiarize self with the most common psychopharmacological interventions for bipolar disorder
Registration is available at: http://allceus.com
Support is available at support@allceus.com
- Teacher: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Contact Hours: 4
Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC
Based on the Text: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 50 Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 2009.
Report No.: (SMA) 09-4381
Objectives:
- Explore crisis/ disaster counseling
- Articulate helpful tips for dealing with client suicidality.
- List 6 Positive Attitudes and Behaviors towards clients dealing with suicidal thoughts.
- Identify warning signs for suicidality using the acronym IS PATH WARM.
- Know statistics related to suicide in order to better identify potentially suicidal clients.
- Become familiar with the GATE Procedures for substance abuse counselors.
- Differentiate among the different levels of substance abuse treatment programs for suicidality.
Registration is available at: http://allceus.com
Support is available at support@allceus.com
- Teacher: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes