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Moore, Mark, MA

Mark Moore has his Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, as well as a National Board Certified Counselor. Mark is published and co-authored in two articles in the Safer Society Press. Mark’s first publication was in the summer of 2015 titled Resolving Trauma Related Issues in Contemporary Treatment of Offenders: A Brief Review. His second publication was in the spring of 2016 titled A Meta-Change Maintenance Model: Effective Strategies to Maintain a Pro-Social Lifestyle. Further, Mark is a member of the professional organization, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA). Mark has vast experience in working with a variety of populations such as those suffering from mood disorders, psychotic disorders, grief, trauma related experiences or PTSD, to name a few. Specifically, Mark has specialized in the treatment of sexual offenders starting with conducting group and individual therapy sessions for the Cape Girardeau, MO Probation and Parole. For the last several years, Mark has been working at Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center (SORTS-Sexual Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services) and has been implementing process groups, psycho-educational groups, and individual therapy for those who are civilly committed sexual violent predators. Mark also spent time conducting process groups and psycho-educational groups at Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP).  Primarily, Mark has been working with those that have scored moderate to high psychopathy levels, Antisocial Personality Disorders, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders.

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Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress, or Burnout? Implications for Mental Health Professionals

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Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress, or Burnout? Implications for Mental Health Professionals

Speaker(s):

Mark Moore, MA

Rachel Colwick, MA

Presentation:

This presentation consists of an eclectic, contemporary review of the literature involving vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout including their implications for professionals working in the mental health field. These constructs will be defined in-depth and opposing views from the present empirical studies will be fully explored as well as outlined. For example, a research study indicated that 60 percent of therapists who noted a personal history of trauma reported significantly more vicarious trauma symptoms (Pearlman and Mac Ian, 1995). Other studies have indicated that approximately 38 percent of social workers experience moderate to high levels of secondary traumatic stress (Cornille and Meyers, 1999; Dalton, 2001). Additionally, Devilly, Wright, & Varker (2009) found that being new to the profession along with beliefs about one’s safety and intimacy with others, which are subscales of vicarious trauma, predicted affective distress. This presentation will further describe the signs and symptoms for the development of these constructs including those professionals who are more at-risk. Case studies or personal stories will be highlighted to better illustrate the aforementioned. Due to counselors, social workers, psychologists, and the like are not the only professionals who are impacted by these entities, special attention will be applied to those in the judiciary system including judges, lawyers, and probation officers, to name a few. Self-care strategies along with protective factors will be discussed and experiential exercises will be utilized during this presentation. Furthermore, organizational components of vicarious trauma will be discussed. Specifically, changes in the organization culture, education, work environment, group support, workload, and supervision will be addressed that could help professionals to mitigate these effects.

Objectives:

  1. Define vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout
  2. Identify the symptoms of traumatic stress and burnout including at risk populations
  3. Learn and utilize self-care strategies for mental health professionals
  4. Describe changes in the organizational culture with respect to vicarious trauma
  5. Discuss these constructs in their application to professionals within the mental health and judiciary system
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Christman, Sarah, MAT

Sarah Christman co-founded The Soulard School in 2005. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a focus on Children in Group Settings from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a Master’s in the Arts of Teaching with an emphasis on Children’s Creative Expression. Sarah currently serves as Executive Director of The Soulard School.

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Buddy Circles: A Model of Peer Support to Promote Social Emotional Wellbeing in Children

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Biehl, Haley, MAT

Haley Biehl has a background in special education. In her role as Assistant Principal at The Soulard School, she has worked collaboratively with staff, parents, and students to establish and sustain social emotional programming that address and support children’s wellbeing. With Sarah Christman, Haley developed Buddy Circles in 2012-2013 to create space for students to know each other more deeply, and partner together to identify needs and accomplish goals. Now, Haley and Sarah have shared this model locally with neighboring schools and organizations, and nationally via educational conferences. They are currently partnering with Webster University to draft a curriculum.

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Buddy Circles: A Model of Peer Support to Promote Social Emotional Wellbeing in Children

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Buddy Circles: A Model of Peer Support to Promote Social Emotional Wellbeing in Children

Speaker(s):

Haley Biehl, MAT

Sarah Christman

Presentation:

Buddy Circles are a peer-support approach for elementary schools that focus on the social-emotional wellbeing of children, and have proven to be an additional mode of support for students with disabilities, students who have experienced trauma, and students with low levels of esteem and resilience.

Objectives:

  1. Introduce a peer support approach that enhances support for students with disabilities, students experiencing trauma and/or discrimination, and students who require support due to extenuating circumstances
  2. Educate how to facilitate student-initiated discussion groups that promote advocacy, problem-solving, and mentoring in school-aged children
  3. Describe an approach to empower caregivers and providers with the language and tools necessary to increase community awareness and participation in the process
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Enochs, Will, MD

William Enochs, MD, graduated from Truman State University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He then completed his prerequisite course work for Medical School from the University of Missouri Kansas City in 2011 and went on to complete his Doctorate of Medicine from UMKC in 2015. Dr. Enochs was a firefighter/EMT-B with the Claycomo Fire Department from 2008-2015. From 2015-2019 he was a Psychiatry Resident with the MO Department of Mental Health and UMKC. His research experience includes REM sleep and pain correlation, Corprophagia/Kluver-Bucey case report, transfer of care and efficacy of Buprenorphine for treatment of pain in individuals with chronic pain and opioid dependence. Dr. Enochs is currently the OD Psychiatrist at Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, a Psychiatric Resident Physician at TMC/CBM, an education instructor with Youngblood Skills Lab, and is also an instructor for the KCPD Crisis Intervention Team (CIT).

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Mass Shootings: Problems and Perspective

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Mass Shootings: Problems and Perspective

Speaker(s):

Will Enochs, MD

Presentation: Dr. Enochs will present a case conference regarding problems and perspectives of mass shootings, encouraging attendees to not only gain a better understanding for the motivations and dangers of mass shootings, but to also change the way mass shootings are thought about and talked about.

Objectives:

  1. Change the way we think about Mass Shootings
  2. Change the way we talk about Mass Shootings
  3. Obtain a more realistic perspective on the danger of Mass Shootings
  4. Gain a better understanding of the motivations for Mass Shootings

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Housing First

Speaker(s):

Sara Schwab, MS, LPC

Darla Belflower, MSW, LCSW, LAC

Presentation: This presentation begins with an overview of Housing First principles and strategies. Case studies and data illustrate the benefits of moving vulnerable individuals with mental illness directly into housing from the streets or shelters. The presentation then moves to describe several challenges (including doubling up, hoarding behavior, changes in symptoms, refusing services, etc.) that often arise and threaten housing success and retention. By examining challenging situations from the viewpoints of outreach workers, traditional mental health case managers, and housing providers, the presenters provide a framework for coordinating care across multiple systems in order to support clients’ success and recovery. Attendees will be challenged to work together and develop creative solutions to the challenges that they face in their own communities.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the principles and benefits of Housing First for individuals with mental illness
  2. Identify 3-5 likely challenges that clients face, their possible causes, and possible solutions
  3. Utilize creativity and teamwork to develop nontraditional solutions to challenges in their own communities
  4. Discuss similarities and differences among the approaches of outreach, CPR, and housing providers

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