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Ethics in the Clinical Relationship, Part I

Speaker(s)

Mark Sanders, LCSW

This skill-building workshop will address ethics in the clinical relationship. A partial list of topics includes: Eight Principles that Can Help with Ethical Decision Making in the Clinical Relationship; Achieving Clinical Excellence; The Impact of the Counselor’s Unfinished Business on Ethical Decisions; The Use of Countertransference as a Tool to Achieve Excellence in the Clinical Relationship and to Avoid Ethical Dilemmas; Establishing Healthy Boundaries; Addressing Multiple Relationships with Clients; Strategies for Avoiding Burnout and Compassion Fatigue to Avoid Ethical Violations in the Clinical Relationship; Six Strategies for Leading an Ethical Life and the use of the NASW code of ethics to address ethical dilemmas presented via case vignettes in an interactive manner. This promises to be a fun learning experience.

Objectives:

  • Be aware of eight principles that can help with ethical decision making.
  • Be aware of how to use countertransference as a tool to achieve clinical excellence and avoid ethical dilemmas.
  • Be aware of how to address issues around dual/multiple relationships with clients.
  • Be aware of the counselor’s unfinished business can impact ethical decisions.
  • Be aware of four strategies for achieving healthy boundaries with clients.
  • Be aware of the differences between burnout and compassion fatigue and how each can impact ethical behavior.
  • Understand how to utilize the NASW code of ethics to solve ethical dilemmas.

Sanders Handout Ethics in Clinical Relationship – Slides in PDF format

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The Health of LGBT Missourians – A Growing Disparity with Solutions

Speaker(s)

Andrew Shaughnessy, MA

As the LGBT community continues to march toward social justice, local LGBT organizations have been challenged with the affects that these issues have had on the health of our community. Discrimination, bullying, the legal denial of basic rights, and the invisibility we have often felt from our health and social service providers has led our community down a path of health inequality. This workshop will provide attendees with a roadmap for bridging the gap found in LGBT health disparities in Missouri.

Objectives:

  • Insights into the health of LGBT Missourians –including their mental health
  • Diversity and inclusion – cultural competency and population health
  • Supporting LGBT Military personnel
  • Inclusion of LGBT welcoming policies and practices for health and social service providers.
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Emotion Regulation in Mental Health Treatment: Where are we going as a profession?

Speaker(s)

Ryan Lindsay, MSW, LCSW

Emotion Regulation is currently trending in many circles as it relates to mental health treatment.  However, what is really meant by this term?  What does it really mean?  How does it relate to treatment?  This presentation will answer these questions regarding the role of emotion regulation in mental health treatment and its influence on treatment of emotional disorders.  Additionally, audience members will walk away with an understanding of the definition of “emotion regulation”, how emotion regulation is influenced through interventions, and ideas of how to change one’s practice.

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Heroin- An Epidemic

Speaker(s)

Brandon Costerison, MA

Heroin- An Epidemic will focus on numerous trends related to opiates in the St. Louis region. The presentation will address use, roots in prescription drug abuse, touch on treatment options, and have focus on prevention efforts both in regards to best practices and public policy initiatives.

Slides in PDF format

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IPS Supported Education for Youth: Breakout Group

Speaker(s)

Sarah Swanson, LSW, CRC

Currently, there is little training to help practitioners prepare to provide supported education services.  This presentation will focus on how staff can prepare to provide these services. The presenter will also describe how different programs in the U.S. provide supports to high school students, help people learn about different careers and develop career plans, and how they help people engage in certification and college programs.

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Before the First Episode of Psychosis: Prodromal Phase

Speaker(s)

Melissa Smyser, MSW

Amy Steven, MSW

This presentation will focus on the time period prior to a first episode of psychosis in which individuals are experiencing attenuated or brief limited intermittent psychotic symptoms known as a prodromal phase, including related changes in the DSM 5.  Recognizing and identifying the prodrome of first episode psychosis creates an opportunity for earlier intervention, which in turn can potentially delay or even prevent the onset of psychotic disorder.

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Why Individual Who Use Substances Have Increased Risk for Suicide

Speaker(s)

Rick Strait, MS, LPC, CRDAC

Heather Williams, BA, CCJP, MARS

Our presentation will cover: statistics associated with substance abuse/dependence and increased risk for suicide, factors that make this a high risk population.  We will also cover things that professionals, other staff, community members, family and friends can do to help recognize the warning signs of suicide and help provide appropriate support to help reduce the risk of suicide.

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NAVIGATE Early Intervention Program: Family Education…It Makes a Difference.

Speaker(s)

Catherine Adams, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC

RAISE-NAVIGATE is a Coordinated Specialty Care model for early intervention for psychosis. This model provides a team approach to wellness and recovery and recognizes the important and necessary role that families play in their loved one’s recovery. This session will review the Family Education component of NAVIGATE and will focus on areas such as engagement and retention of families, need for education and information, building on family’s resilient qualities, utilizing a shared decision-making approach and tailoring the intervention for each individual family.

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Let’s Talk Families: Understanding the Important Role of Families in Early Intervention for Psychosis

Speaker(s)

Catherine Adams, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC

A first episode of psychosis can have a devastating impact on families leading to a variety of emotional and behavioral responses including, but not limited to, confusion, fear, loss, hypervigilance, disbelief, change in expectations, anger and hopelessness. Most families want to be involved in supporting their relative. What do families want and need to be partners in their loved one’s recovery? How has this experience affected the family? This session will identify the impacts for families of loving someone experiencing psychosis for the first time. We will identify strategies to help families build on their strengths and cultivate the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills to cope effectively and support their loved one’s progress.

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Impact of early life stress on brain structure and function

Speaker(s)

Rob Paul, PhD

The presentation will review the frequency of early life stress (adverse life events prior to age 18) among individuals from the general community and the impact of these experiences on brain integrity. Specific attention will be directed at dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) and the impact of HPA activity on systemic immune activation and the brain. Data will be presented that demonstrate an impact of ELS on brain structures that regulate emotion, and the impact of ELS on brain white matter microstructure. Variables that moderate the negative impact of ELS on brain integrity will be reviewed including age of onset, genetic predispositions, and environmental support. Treatment opportunities will be reviewed and key variables associated with long-term resiliency will be highlighted.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn the biological foundation that links early life stress to suboptimal brain integrity.
2. Identify the brain networks impacted by early life stress, and the behavioral correlates related to these neurological alterations.
3. Learn the demographic and environmental factors that moderate outcomes and support resiliency

Slides in PDF format