Full Day Webinar 

September  7, 2023

10:00 AM – 4:45 PM EST

This   Full Day Webinar   includes two excellent classes, a total of 6 CE/CME Credits. The cost of the full day is $99.99. You may attend an individual class for $59.99. This webinar is live and interactive (Category 1)

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CLASS 1

Facilitating Growth in Grief for the Adult Population

Many times our clients come to us for help in the most desperate of situations. Sometimes we as clinicians have a desire to fix the client’s situation. Ultimately when it comes to the grief experience, the goal is not to fix the client, but to be present with them. Grief is a very difficult experience that is universal to us all. It does not discriminate or go by a predetermined schedule or itinerary. Important to be aware of are the cultural, neurobiological and theoretical frameworks that can inform how we guide clients through their grief work.

Grief is different for us all. When facilitating or helping others through grief we must do a self check. If our personal grief journey isn’t explored then how will we properly help our clients. There are many elements that should be considered when we charter the road to helping others. Helping to facilitate growth in grief is not a way to finalize this process, but a way to guide and lead our clients toward healing.

About the Presenter

Carrie is a licensed clinical social worker and certified grief professional. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work. Carrie enjoys motivating and inspiring others to being the best version of themselves as well as helping others charter their own personal journeys. Carrie is also a self-published author of a book about Grief and Loss titled: Unbelievable Grief: Incredible Grace. To check out the latest inspiration Carrie has to offer visit her website at www.inspirationbycarrie.com

3 Hours

CLASS 2

Understanding Long COVID: A Biopsychosocial Approach for Mental Health Professionals

Mild cases of COVID-19 infection typically last from as little as a few days to perhaps two weeks; those with a more severe presentation may find themselves sick for six weeks or more. As members of the global society at large, when we contemplated contracting COVID-19 we imagined the immediate effects of the illness on ourselves and loved ones. We did not—perhaps even could not—conceive of a reality in which this “severe flu” might cause chronic debilitating illness post-infection. Unfortunately, for an estimated 65 million people around the world, this is exactly what happened. With upwards of 200 documented symptoms, long COVID has proven itself to be a complicated multi-organ system disease characterized by post-exertional malaise, myalgia, and cognitive impairment.

This workshop equips mental health professionals caring for “long haulers” with the necessary biopsychosocial perspective to advocate for and support them as they cope with an invisible illness still too commonly overlooked by primary care physicians. First, participants will develop an in depth understanding of long COVID as a medical condition through an exploration of topics such as its diagnostic criteria, symptoms, potential causal factors, and current model of care. Next, participants will examine the psychosocial factors they must understand to be able to ethically provide behavioral health support to long haulers (e.g., treatment barriers, proposed interventions). Participants will also become conversant in special considerations they should be mindful of when treating long haulers to include matters of disability and cultural factors. Finally, the workshop concludes with a group exercise in which participants will role play addressing treatment resistance given the propensity of many long haulers to resist the suggestion of pursuing mental health treatment. This role play allows participants to synthesize what they have learned throughout the workshop to address such therapy resistance.

About the Presenter

Dr Henderson is a licensed clinical psychologist and U.S. Air Force veteran. Before joining the Washington Anxiety Center of Capitol Hill, Dr Henderson served as Director of Psychology at a Washington state psychiatric hospital as well as worked in private practice. She authors a long COVID blog on Psychology Today. Dr Henderson is a member of the Rome Foundation and the American Association of Pain Psychology.

3 Hours

This  One Day Seminar  includes two excellent classes, a total of 6 CEs. The cost of the full day is $99.99. You may attend an individual class for $59.99.