Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes

Explore symptoms of cognitive impairment in ~ Alzheimer’s ~ Dementias ~ Review APA Treatment Guidelines for counselors working with persons with Alzheimer’s ~ Identify methods for effective communication ~ Learn how to handle difficult behaviors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cecilia Briseno, LCSW-S discusses her workshop to help MSWs and BSWs identify the next step toward their LCSW and educates us about the training she does to teach clinicians how to do hardship evaluations for immigration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Objectives ~ Review the data about substance abuse and gambling issues in older adults ~ Review screening for substance use and mental health disorders in the elderly ~ Identify risk factors for SA and MH issues ~ Review placement and treatment issues specific to older adults Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Important aspects of mental health for older adults include stable intellectual functioning, capacity for change and productive engagement with life. Cognitive Decline is often partly preventable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When working with people with eating disorders, it is important to shift paradigms to one of resourcefulness vs. sickness The therapeutic relationship determines clients willingness to openly discuss and explore behavior patterns, consider altering eating behavior and disclose accurate information. You can improve motivation by creating mutually agreeable goals for treatment, and understanding and...

Eating Disorders Assessment Part 2 Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD, LPC, LMHC Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives ~ Review the prevalence of eating disorders ~ Identify assessment areas ~ Identify risk and protective factors ~ Explore complications ~ Explore potential guidelines for treatment ~ Based on APA Guidelines for Eating […] Learn more about yo...

Eating Disorders Assessment Part 1 Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD, LPC, LMHC Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives ~ Review the prevalence of eating disorders ~ Identify assessment areas ~ Identify risk and protective factors ~ Explore complications ~ Explore potential guidelines for treatment ~ Based on APA Guidelines for Eating […] Learn more about yo...

Objectives ~ Learn about anger and it’s functions ~ Explore events and cues ~ Develop an anger control plan ~ Learn about the aggression cycle and how to change it ~ Review the ABCDEs and thought stopping ~ Assertiveness and conflict resolution skills ~ Alternatives for expressing anger ~ Relaxation Interventions ~ Explore how past learning from your family of origin can influence current behavior...

~ Explore/review risk and protective factors for suicidality ~Discuss ways to reduce risk and enhance protective factors ~ Identify suicide warning signs IS PATH WARMED ~ Learn the SPLASH acronym for suicide screening Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

~ Learn terminology specific to the LGBTQ2IK community ~ Explore specific verbal and nonverbal communication issues ~ Learn the stages of the coming out process ~ Review Neisen's 3-Phase Model for Recovery From Shame and counselor tasks ~ Identify LGBTQ2IK Cultural Issues ~ Identify how race, culture and ethnicity impact identity development and acculturation ~ Identify specific treatment issues w...

~ Client Centered Care empowers the client to actively participate in his/her care and develop an understanding of the interaction between his/her environment and self. ~ Improves treatment compliance ~ Leads to more rapid and enduring improvements ~ Starts with caring Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Define crisis ~ Identify the 6 basic threats and how they relate to crisis ~ Discuss characteristics of crisis ~ Examine cultural influences in behaviors ~ Explore the SAFERR model ~ Identify 10 principles of crisis intervention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relapse Prevention Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director AllCEUs Objectives ~ Define relapse in terms of addiction as well as mental health ~ Examine relapse prevention techniques ~ Explore needs of the person: Psychosocial and Maslovian What is Relapse ~ Relapse is the return to addictive behaviors or the recurrence of mood symptoms […] Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

8 Useful Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies Objectives ~ We will review: ~ Stages-of-Change Model ~ Goals of Brief Intervention ~ Components of Brief Interventions and Effective Brief Therapy ~ Essential Knowledge and Skills for Brief Interventions ~ When To Use Brief Therapy ~ Approaches to Brief Therapy ~ Components of Effective Brief Therapy ~ […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Culturally responsive Service with African American Clients Objectives ~ African Americans or Blacks are people whose origins are “in any of the black racial groups of Africa” ~ The term includes ~ Descendants of African slaves brought to this country against their will ~ More recent immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean, and South or Central […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Improving Cultural Competence Working with Asian People Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD Executive Director: AllCEUs.com, Counselor Education and Training Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives ~ Learn about Asian cultures, traditions and values as they relate to mental health ~ Learn about communication styles to help the counselor more effectively commun...

Improving Cultural Competence Working with Latino/Latina Persons Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD Executive Director: AllCEUs.com, Counselor Education and Training Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives A Framework ~ The ecological systems approach provides a structure for understanding the importance of cultural adaptation in social work practice. ~ Macro...

There are 566 federally recognized American Indian Tribes, and their members speak more than 150 languages, and numerous other Tribes recognized only by states and others that still go unrecognized by government agencies of any sort. Native Americans who belong to federally recognized Tribes and communities are members of sovereign Indian nations that exist within […] Learn more about your ad choi...

Improving Cultural Competence SAMHSA TIP 59 Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director: AllCEUs.com Counselor education Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox, Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives ~ Define assumptions about cultural competence ~ Define Race, Ethnicity and Culture ~ Explore the problems with limited cultural competence ~ Explore ways in which culture imp...

Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment Part 2 Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD Executive Director: AllCEUs.com, Counselor Education and Training Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives ~ Learn about the nautre of change ~ Explore the different stages of readiness for change ~ Learn about goals and interventions for […] Learn more about...

Motivation is positive and a key to change. It “harnesses” energy to use to accomplish a task. It is important to realize that motivation is multidimensional including what will make the client feel happy, have more energy, reduce pain, improve health, improve relationships, earn more money, or be more successful. However, motivation can fluctuate over […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Providing Feedback, Addressing Anxiety and Overcoming Biases Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD Executive Director: AllCEUs.com, Counselor Education and Training Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery CEUs are available at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/514/c/ Objectives ~ Review types of supervisory intervention ~ Identify types of biases and ways to...

Creative Methods of Supervision CEUs are available at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/514/c/ Creative ways to use video and audio tapes Run the video in fast-forward to convey a heightened image of the counselors and clients body movements On a video, turn down the audio to try to fill in what is being said on the basis of nonverbals […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

12 Things Counselors Need to Learn and How Supervisors Can Facilitate Them Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD Executive Director: AllCEUs.com, Counselor Education and Training Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery CEUs are available at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/514/c/ Objectives ~ Define 12 things counselors need to learn and discuss how supervi...

3 Stages of Supervisor & Supervisee Development Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD Executive Director: AllCEUs.com, Counselor Education and Training Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery CEUs are available at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/514/c/ Objectives ~ Review the stages of supervisor and supervisee development ~ Forming ~ Storming ~ Norming Su...