Ways to Bolster Resilience: Lessons Learned
Live Interactive Webinar - 9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET- REGISTRATION CLOSED
April 14, 2023
6 CE hours - 9 a.m. - 4:`15 p.m. ET
Live Interactive Webinar
Seminar Description
In the aftermath of a year of traumatic and victimizing experiences in the U.S. including the loss of lives due to COVID and due to some 620 mass shootings, and the destruction resulting from natural disasters, individuals, families and communities need ways to bolster their resilience. This workshop will consider the lessons learned in attempts to bolster resilience across the entire life-span from " high-risk“ children and their families, through adolescents , adults and the elderly. How to bolster resilience in mental health workers will also be considered. Specific evidenced-based interventions will be discussed focusing on the Core Tasks of Psychotherapy and on the trans-theoretical behavior changes principles common to all forms of effective therapies. A detailed Handout of TO DO TASKS for attendees that they can employ immediately will be provided.
Objectives
Attendees will be able to:
1.Describe the distinctions between individuals who evidence Resilience in the aftermath of traumatic and victimizing experiences versus individuals who develop PTSD and related disorders
2 Implement interventions to bolster resilience in six domains ( physical, interpersonal, emotional, cognitive, behavioral and spiritual) across the life -span
3 Learn how to spot " HYPE" in the field of psychotherapy and become a critical consumer
4 Implement the Core tasks of psychotherapy that " expert " therapists use to obtain 50% better treatment outcomes and have 50% fewer dropouts from treatment
5 Integrate spirituality and psychotherapy as a way to bolster patient’s resilience
Agenda
9 :00 Facts about Resilience and Lessons Learned
· Distinctions between individuals who become resilient versus those who develop PTSD and related mental disorders: Treatment Implications
· The need for a Case Conceptualization Model of Risk and Protective factors
· Core tasks of psychotherapy: What more effective therapists do.
10:30 Break
10 :45 How to Bolster Resilience in "High-Risk " Children and Their Families
· Neurological and psycho-social sequelae of exposure to
· Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE s)
· Characteristics of resilient children: Treatment implications
· How to conduct Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and related interventions
· How to provide services to children who have experienced natural disasters and interpersonal violence
· How schools can be trauma-informed and provide supportive interventions
12:15 LUNCH
1:00 How to Bolster Resilience in Adolescents
· Developmental changes during adolescence: Treatment implications
· Working with specific youth groups--depressed and suicidal adolescents, LGBTQ youth, victims of human trafficking
2:30 Break
2:45 How to Bolster Resilience in Adults
· The use of constructive narrative treatment approaches
· Illustrative interventions with patients who experience traumatic bereavement and prolong complicated grief
· Victims of Interpersonal Violence
· How to integrate spirituality and psychotherapy
How to Bolster Resilience in the Elderly
· Challenges and ways to provide age appropriate interventions
How to Bolster Resilience in Mental Health Providers, Individual, Collegial and Organizational Interventions
To Do Tasks for Attendees to Implement Immediately
· Implications
4:15 Adjourn