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Andrews, Crestin, DO

Dr. Crestin Andrews is the current chief resident and incoming academic chief resident at the University of Missouri Columbia Psychiatry Program. She completed dual bachelor’s degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, then graduated medical school from A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. She discovered her passion for mental health during a service trip abroad to Egypt, after which she went on to establish a global service initiative centering around teaching preventative health measures to groups of youth internationally. Endlessly fascinated by the complexities of the mind, the study of nonverbal communication is one avenue on her continual pursuit of understanding the human condition. In her spare time, Crestin enjoys playing guitar, exploring nature, and learning about all things NASA and space travel!

Presentation(s):

Body Talks: The Covert Language of Nonverbal Communication

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Body Talks: The Covert Language of Nonverbal Communication

Parasol II

Speaker(s):

Andrews, Crestin, DO

Description

My presentation is largely on the body of work and research done by Joe Navarro. Initially inspired after reading his book “What every body is saying”, I found that he offered a self paced online 3 month course about body language interpretation. This course is the only one of its kind approved by the American Psychological Association. I approached my program director and chair of the department of psychiatry asking if they would support this training by means of an educational grant. The department granted the educational grant and supported my engagement in this course, in return I will be presenting on this topic as a grand rounds presentation and future lecture series. My presentation sticks to the research behind body language interpretation and attempts to dispel some of the misconceptions purported in mainstream media.

Objectives

Develop a working knowledge of the key concepts behind nonverbal communication and identify how these skills can be applied in a range of different scenarios.

Discuss the triune brain and the role of the limbic system in nonverbal communication.

Explore common body language cues that indicate comfort vs. discomfort.

Identify how knowledge of nonverbal communication can aid in the quality of patient care.

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Supported Education: Helping People with Education and Training Goals

-Cancelled-

Parasol II

 

Speaker(s):

Lynde, David, MSW

Description

This workshop provides an overview of the principles of Supported Education.  The workshop will address some of the strategies and techniques used to support people with mental illness in developing and obtaining their educational goals.

Objectives

1. Participants will identify the basic principles of Supported Education
2. Participants will be able to describe useful educational interventions and strategies.
3. Participants will be able to describe some of the challenges and associated strategies for engaging and working with local secondary school systems.
4. Participants will be able to identify some of the challenges and associated strategies used to help people with mental illness to be successful with post-secondary educational programs.

Lynde Presentation

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Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences: Risk and Resilience

Leeward 76-77

 

Speaker(s):

Welch, Tim, PhD, LMFT

Burgen, Kailey, BS

Description 

This presentation will first provide a definition of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and discuss relevant research on the association between exposure to multiple ACEs and numerous negative physical, emotional and mental health outcomes in adulthood. The presentation will examine exposure to ACEs through the lens of the Family Stress and Resilience theoretical framework. This approach highlights the role and value of enhancing protective factors to promote resiliency in the context of exposure to ACEs. This presentation will describe modern approaches to addressing the impact of adverse childhood experiences and discuss evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies for clinical and mental health practitioners including utilizing a trauma-informed framework when working with individuals exposed to ACEs.

Objectives

1. Define adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
2. Describe the negative effects of exposure to ACEs in adolescence and adulthood
3. Identify relevant protective factors to the harmful effects of exposure to ACEs
4. Describe evidence-based strategies for addressing the effects of of ACEs

Welch_STI_2023.pptx

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Contemporary Ethical Issues: Personal Worldview and Professional Acculturation

Paradise Ballroom C

 

Speaker(s):

Larkin, Nicole, MS, CDAC, SMFT

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD, LMFT

Woolery, Amber, BSW, CRADC

Description

This presentation on ethics is beyond the ‘typical’ topics of dual relationships and abuse of power with clients. It is about us as professionals and our personal worldview and professional acculturation. Why do ethical codes exist? What to do when my values and morals conflict with ethical codes? How to deal with ethical dilemmas? Can I talk about faith and spirituality with my clients? How do I apply evidence-based treatment with diverse populations? This session will help you find the answers to any of those questions and address other questions you may have. This is a session about ethics, values, morals, personal worldview and professional acculturation in the practice of treatment and recovery support for mental health and substance use disorders. Participants will learn about the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support and issues that arise with scientific discovery such as evidence-based practices and effective interventions, medication assisted treatment/recovery, integration of faith-based approaches, etc. Such contemporary issues tend to challenge the stability of any professional and require of them to affirm or resist change. They will learn models of working through dissonance and finding a new stability. They will identify external and internal influences that impact their emerging worldview, personal and professional acculturation. Discussion with participants will be based on morals, values, sources of power and influence in the acculturation process, and the ethics of providing value-sensitive care and due care to individuals and families.

Objectives

1. Discuss how participants can use existing Codes of Ethics, including AAMFT, NBCC and NASW, to inform and reflect upon their personal worldview and professional acculturation
2. Identify personal lenses that cause dissonance among professionals in their practice
3. Recognize professional acculturation process through the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support approaches
4. Identify issues that threaten status quo of the helper, prompt resistance or create dissonance, and require them to find a new professional stability

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We Understand Trauma for Patients…What About Us as Providers?

Leeward 74-75

 

Speaker(s):

Keeton, Zhanna, MBA, MA, LPC, CCTS, BA

Description

Let’s talk about how trauma affects providers in the behavioral health field and what we can do as peers and leaders of organizations.

Objectives

1. Describe the physiology behind trauma as it relates to providers.
2. Review realistic calming techniques in the workplace.
3. Discuss ways to shift towards supporting providers through policies and procedures.
4. Discuss expanding your perspective of compassion for fellow providers.

Keeton Presentation

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Experiential Therapy Approaches to Reveal Dynamics and Resolve Anger, Grief, and Relationship Issues

Windgate 62-63

 

Speaker(s):

Carpenter, John, MSW, LCSW

Description

Clients often feel their situation emotionally more than being able to express it into words. By helping them show their feelings in safe and even playful ways, they can actually see their issues more clearly as well as what needs to happen to resolve or change their lives. Like play therapy, these visual, metaphoric, and imagery techniques create a safe path for exploring difficult emotions and relationships. And the solutions seem easier to find and comprehend as well.

This session will help you clearly assess the hidden dynamics of couples and families. Experiential exercises will help clients work through complicated grief situations, pent-up anger, difficult losses, long-standing frustrations, and other intense emotions that seem stuck inside your client with no easy method of release or relief.

Objective

1. Describe three experiential approaches for assessing couples and families.
2. Identify five ways a therapist can bring dynamics out with visual props.
3. Describe at least three methods for releasing difficult emotions safely.
4. Describe the use of metaphoric imagery with couples for treatment.

Carpenter Handout

Carpenter Presentation

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Expanding Harm Reduction and Naloxone Access throughout Missouri – Overcoming Objections and Knocking Down Obstacles to Build New Paths Forward

Paradise Ballroom B

 

Speaker(s):

Green, Lauren, MSW

Connors, Liz, LCSW, CRADC

Description

Since third-party access to naloxone became legal in Missouri in 2017, naloxone access across the state has drastically increased. In 2018, the UMSL-MIMH team distributed nearly 11,000 naloxone kits through the Missouri Opioid/Heroin Overdose Prevention and Education (MO-HOPE) project and State Targeted Response (STR) grant. In 2022-2023 grant cycle, our team is on track to distribute over 197,000 kits through the following projects: Navigating Overdose Response Through Harm reduction (North*) project, State Overdose Response (SOR) grant, Expanding Naloxone Access and Community Training (ENACT) grant, Drugs Overdose, Trust and Safety (Connecting the DOTS) grant, and the Missouri Coordinating Overdose Response Partnerships and Support (MO-CORPS) grant. With this massive increase of resources, our programming can reach many more partners and sectors and better meet the needs of those we serve. This presentation will outline the various naloxone initiatives in Missouri and provide guidance on how both agencies and individuals in Missouri can get free access to naloxone and harm reduction training. Additionally, presenters will share their experiences expanding harm reduction programming across various sectors including obstacles they have encountered, lessons learned, and their strategies for overcoming common objections to harm reduction.

Objectives

1. Describe the plans for harm reduction growth across the state of Missouri
2. Review how to access naloxone in Missouri
3. Discover strategies for overcoming common objections to harm reduction
4. Describe implementation barriers that presenters have encountered and how they overcame them

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Barbershop Talk: Grief and Bereavement in Black Fathers After the Loss of a Spouse/Partner

Parasol I

 

Speaker(s):

Rose, Yvette, DNP

Description

The stereotype of Black fathers as “absent” and Black children as “fatherless”—first introduced over 50 years ago—has, like many racial stereotypes, refuses to go away. In the movie Fatherhood (based on a true story), American stand-up comedian, actor, and producer Kevin Hart portrays a recently widowed Black father left to rear his newborn daughter after the sudden and unexpected death of his wife. This presentation considers the impact of PTSD in African American fathers after maternal loss during childbirth or within 42 days after pregnancy. During this time. fathers need to learn to navigate fatherhood while coping with the death of their spouse/partner. The sudden and unexpected death of a woman at delivery or soon after delivery is a traumatic experience for her family. Sadly, Paternal bereavement following the unexpected loss of a spouse/partner can lead to mental complications including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can develop following a stressful event. A sudden bereavement is a stressful event.

The presentation will address losses and the potentiality of PTSD in African American males after the loss of their spouse/partner. After a loss their challenges become three-fold. They must cope with the loss, they must deal with their grief, and they must care for the infant or child, possibly alone.

Objectives

1. Disseminate information on responsible fatherhood

2. Identify the influence fathers can have on their children

3. Discuss strategies for coping with loss of a spouse/partner

4. Identify challenges of fatherhood

5. Identify self-care techniques in response to loss and fatherhood

Rose Presentation

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Developing a CRSS/CPRS Certification Program: One Social Work Department’s Experience

Leeward 76-77

 

Speaker(s):

Ferguson, Aidan, PhD

Erwin, Jennifer, PhD, JD, MSW

Monge, Madelyn

Description

This lecture will describe the development and operation of the Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CPRS / CRSS) training program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. We will provide background information on how peer support is used in behavioral health and its effectiveness, how the CPRS / CRSS program was developed, a description of the first two cohorts of students and their experiences and outcomes, and what was learned from a programmatic standpoint. The emphasis of this lecture will be discussing what aspects of the training program worked well and what unanticipated or unintended consequences we experienced and how we have adapted to address those issues.

Objectives

1. Define peer support and describe the need for certified peer support workers in Illinois
2. Describe the process of developing a CPRS/CRSS certification program
3. Identify barriers to and issues with implementing a CPRS/CRSS certification program
4. Describe best practices and ways to address barriers in program development and implementation

Ferguson Presentation