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Bertolino, Bob, PhD

Bob Bertolino, Ph.D., is Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at Maryville University and Sr. Clinical Advisor at Youth In Need, Inc. in Missouri. He has taught over 600 workshops throughout the United States and 11 countries and authored or co-authored 15 books including Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, The Therapist’s Notebook on Positive Psychology: Activities, Exercises, and Handouts, and the forthcoming, The Therapist’s Notebook for Supervision and Training: Activities and Exercises to Improve Effectiveness. Bob is both a licensed marital and family therapist and professional counselor in the state of Missouri, a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and a Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Presentation(s): 

Improving Outcomes in Behavioral Health: What Every Clinician, Supervisor, and Administrator Needs to Know

 

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Bennett, Justin, MSW, LCSW

Justin Bennett is a Missouri native and Licensed Clinical Social Worker who discovered his calling for public service over 15 years ago. While hospice ignited his passion for the field, he would go on to spend much of his career providing much needed state and federally funded mental health services. He is passionate about mental health care being free of barriers and stigma. While his practice has always involved direct care, he’s worked to change policies and procedures at departmental and state levels to improve access to care. He has taken an active role in advancing the social work profession through advocacy and in developing rules and regulations to improve practice. He also believes in educating and mentoring the next generation of social workers, and as such has taught at a local School of Social Work for over a decade. He has led a variety of professional speaking engagements to help other professionals grow their knowledge and to offer space for them to share their perspective. His commitment to the field of social work and those served has led him to his current role coordinating admissions for a federal agency’s substance abuse program, to serve as a member of a committee governing the practice of social work across the state, and to educate social work students on the ethics of diagnosing and treating mental health. Most recently, he became the owner of Mindful Perspective LLC, where he will help people and organizations find balance through developing perspective in the many facets of their life and practice.

Presentation(s):

The Ethics of Competence

LGBTQIA+: History, Diversity, Inclusion

 

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Supported Employment Stages of Change and Motivational Strategies

Speaker(s):

David Lynde, MSW, LICSW

Christine Powers, MSW, LICSW

Presentation: This session will provide an overview of the Stages of Change Model and the use of motivational strategies with people to help them make progress towards their individual employment goals.

Objectives:

  • Explain the value of the Stages of Change model regarding providing stage-wise interventions
  • Provide a working definition of Stages of Change
  • Provide a basic working explanation of the value of motivational strategies
  • Demonstrate basic competence with at least two motivational strategies to help people achieve their employment goals

Slides and Handouts:

Lynde_SE_SOC_Motiv_Strat_slides

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Overview of Supported Employment and Education Principles & ACT/TAY Services Integration in Missouri

Speaker(s):

David Lynde, MSW, LICSW

Christine Powers, MSW, LICSW

Presentation: This session will provide information regarding the key principles of the Supported Employment and Education intervention developed as part of the NIMH RAISE Study. Information will be provided regarding effective techniques and strategies for integrating SEE services in the ACT/TAY team structure in Missouri.

Objectives:

  • Identify the key principles of Supported Employment and Education Intervention
  • Describe the fundamental goals and functions of ACT/TAY teams in Missouri
  • Provide an overview of how SEE services are integrated within ACT/TAY teams in Missouri
  • Explain how Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) and Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) help people be successful with their employment goals

Slides and Handouts:

Lynde_Overview_SEE_ACT_TAY_slides

 

 

 

 

 

 

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When the Titanic Meets the Iceberg: Addressing the Trauma Underneath Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, Criminality and Self-harming Behavior

Speaker(s):

Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC

Presentation:

In this workshop you will learn strategies that will help you address five types of trauma in the clinical relationship, including: acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, 24-7-365 trauma, and historical trauma. Emphasis will also be placed on the use of humor and centering rituals to prevent secondary PTSD.

Objectives:

  • Review diagnostic criteria for five types of traumatic stress disorders
  • Describe five evidence-based practices to address varieties of traumatic stress disorders
  • Discuss research on the effective use of humor to reduce the risk of secondary PTSD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Promoting Recovery, Resiliency, and Flourishing with Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy

Speaker(s):

Paul Grant, PhD

Presentation: Paul M. Grant, Ph.D. will discuss an approach he has helped to pioneer: recovery-oriented cognitive therapy (CT-R). CT-R is an empirically-supported treatment for people diagnosed with “serious mental illness” that operationalizes recovery and resiliency in a person-centered, strength-based way. The approach applies across the range of severity, and includes a way to understand the challenges (low energy, disorganization, grandiosity, hallucinations, aggression, self-injury, etc.) that can keep people from engaging and getting their desired life, along with strategies for action to promote that life to its fullest. Individuals can go from feeling defeated to flourishing, from chronic institutionalization to life in the community. There is a successful integration of adaptive beliefs and confidence that enables individuals to thrive in the life of their choosing. The presentation will focus on theory and science supporting the model, the basic protocol, team-based approaches, as well as successful implementation in a large mental health system – all producing significant culture change.

Objectives:

  • Describe how an evidence-based approach (recovery-oriented cognitive therapy) operationalizes recovery and resiliency
  • Identify methods of activating individuals into an adaptive mode
  • Name the features of effective aspirations
  • Identity elements of successful implementation of CT-R on a milieu or programmatic residence that impacts the greatest number of individuals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Storytelling as a Therapeutic Tool in Childhood, Adult and Family Bereavement

Speaker(s):

Regi Carpenter

Presentation: This workshop is designed to help therapists, social workers, clergy and bereavement counselors utilize storytelling as a therapeutic tool for the bereaved. Stories allows children, adults and families to share their experience of death in a risk-free environment as well as realizing the potentially life affirming dimensions of death. Using storytelling and other narrative techniques this workshop will provide guidance and resources on the inclusion of storytelling in grief work. Culturally diverse materials will be available to use in both private and group settings.

Objectives:

  • Practice storytelling as a therapeutic tool in bereavement
  • Underscore the affirmation of life for the grieving
  • Use stories to lessen anxiety, heighten self-esteem and gain insight
  • Utilize simple narratives to focus and clarify therapeutic sessions

Slides and Handouts:

Carpenter_Storytelling in Therapeutic Settings Handout- R Carpenter