Speaker(s)

Jennie Bedsworth, LCSW

Peggy Reed-Lohmeyer, LCSW

Clinicians from Fulton State Hospital will discuss using creative expressions (such as art, movement, and writing) with individuals, groups and in campus-wide projects to facilitate recovery, healing and understanding of client experiences. Discussion will cover using supplemental artistic activities in groups and individual therapy, both as learning and expressive tools; methods to encourage clients to develop upon personal interests in the arts; and how creative expressions can help clients manage emotional dysregulation, work through trauma histories, distract from residual psychotic symptoms, and build personal competencies despite mental and physical disabilities. Workshop attendees will view examples of clients’ individual art, group projects, and campus-wide expressions such as FSH’s Pillows of Hope. And best of all, attendees will participate in live expressive activities in the workshop!

Objectives:

• Describe a variety of expressive techniques to use in therapeutic environments.
• Describe the therapeutic benefits of utilizing expressive activities to supplement existing therapies.
• Provide the opportunity to participate in expressive activity.

Creative Healing Bedsworth and Reed Lohmeyer – Slides in PDF format

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

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.