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Social & Emotional Loneliness Among Individuals with Substance Use Disorders

Speaker(s):

Blake Dorsey, BS

Adriatik Likcani, PhD

Ryan Peterson, PhD

Amanda McCullough, BS

Presentation: According to Hawkley and Caccioppo (2010), loneliness is defined as a distressing feeling that accompanies the perception that one’s social needs are not being met by the quantity or especially the quality of one’s social relationships. Furthermore, emotional loneliness is the perceived feeling of separation or lack of emotional connection with others. Given these definitions, the proposed presentation is set to examine the results of a study investigating how social and emotional loneliness impacts the recovery process for those who struggle with substance use disorders. The proposed presentation will also examine the impact of social and/or emotional loneliness on individuals at different stages of their recovery process. This proposed presentation may contribute to researchers and practitioners to develop a deeper understanding of loneliness as a risk factor for relapse and to develop interventions at different stages of the recovery process targeted at social connectedness and purpose.

Objectives:

  1. Identify social and emotional loneliness as a risk factor for those with a substance use disorder
  2. Measure the differences in social/emotional loneliness during different recovery stages
  3. Utilize research results to include treatment for social and emotional loneliness

 

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Peterson, Ryan, PhD

F. Ryan Peterson, Ph.D., earned his doctoral degree from the University of Georgia. Dr. Peterson accepted an assistant professor position in the Child and Family Development Program at the University of Central Missouri in 2006. Currently he is an associate professor in Child and Family Development. His current research interests are sibling relationships, risky behavior and recovery support systems. In addition, he provides professional training for community-based recovery centers and evaluation services to grants supporting recovery.

Presentation(s): 

Social & Emotional Loneliness

Contemporary Ethical Issues: Personal & Professional Acculturation in the Ecology of SUD Treatment & Recovery

Family Recovery: Partnering with Families to Combat Opioid Use Disorders

 

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Likcani, Adriatik, PhD

Dr. Adriatik Likcani is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Missouri. He holds a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) form Kansas State University, two master’s degrees: MFT from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and MSW from University of Missouri Kansas City, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Family Therapy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Likcani is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of Missouri. He has served as President of the Missouri Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and Co-Chair of Family TEAM for Missouri organized by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Dr. Likcani is a Clinical Fellow with AAMFT and Alumni of the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), where he also served for two years as member and one year as chair of the MFP Advisory Committee. He has extensive experience in residential and outpatient treatment and recovery support programs for substance use disorders. Dr. Likcani is invested in bridging academia with practice in order to provide his students the best training and networking possible. His goal is for students to leave UCM with a culture of service, and the knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed and lead in the region, state, nation and the world.

Presentation(s): 

Social & Emotional Loneliness

Family Recovery: Partnering with Families to Combat Opioid Use Disorders

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Dorsey, Blake, BS

Blake Dorsey is a current graduate student at the University of Central Missouri in the Human Development and Family Science program. Mr. Dorsey is pursuing a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy and has a passion for advocating and supporting underserved populations. Mr. Dorsey is a certified Missouri Recovery Support Specialist with the Missouri Credentialing Board and utilizes this credential in residential and outpatient recovery support settings. His goal is to promote wellness within individuals, families, and the community by supporting those with substance use and mental health disorders. Mr. Dorsey has also been a member and leader of a collegiate recovery program, Recovery Central, at the University of Central Missouri. Mr. Dorsey is committed to instill a safe environment for those in recovery, those who come from families of addiction, and those who support recovery on college campuses.

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Social & Emotional Loneliness Among Individuals with Substance Use Disorders

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Considering Culture & Self: Provider Bias & Cultural Influences in Mental Health & SUD Settings

Speaker(s):

Kate Mallula, MPH, LMSW

Ignacio “Alex” Barajas-Munoz, PhD

Presentation: This interactive session will explore the role that provider bias plays in assessment and how culture may influence client experiences of behavioral health symptoms and services. Participants in this workshop will review the latest evidence on the impact of provider bias on delivery of behavioral and SUD services. Through activities and case studies, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on how culture shapes their own perceptions as providers. The workshop will also present best practices for assessing how cultural paradigms may inform clients’ experience and understanding of physical and mental well-being and healing. Participants will obtain interview tools, assessment skills, and reflective approaches to facilitate the reduction of bias, comprehensive assessment of cultural factors, and implementation of culturally responsive treatment plans.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the ways in which provider bias can affect client assessment
  2. Describe how culture may frame an individual/client’s experience of health and/or illness
  3. Conduct a culturally responsive assessment by asking questions to explore how culture impacts an individual/client’s experience of mental health, SUD, and related services
  4. Develop treatment plans that are culturally responsive

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Barajas‐Muñoz, Alex, PhD

Alex Barajas‐Muñoz has a PhD in Counseling Psychology, a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Guidance, and a Master’s Degree in Neurosciences and is currently employed as a psychologist at the University of Kansas (KU) Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). He worked for over ten years as a Research Associate, Evaluator and Trainer with Mid‐America Addiction Technology Transfer Center at UMKC. His areas of expertise include: evaluation and research; counseling; training, editing and translating (English/Spanish) professional literature in the areas of psychology, neuroscience and substance use disorders; psychotherapeutic medications; and counseling special populations (Hispanic, LGBTQI).

Presentation(s): 

Considering Culture & Self: Provider Bias & Cultural Influences in Mental Health & SUD Setting

Cultural Considerations in Treating Hispanic/Latino Populations

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Mallula, Kate, MPH, LMSW

Kate Mallula, MPH, LMSW is a Senior Project Manager with Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center. She has over eight years of experience working with clients experiencing domestic violence, SUD, complex trauma, child welfare involvement, immigration, and homelessness. Mallula’s focus on improving maternal and child well-being across the life-course stems from her work as a hospital-based domestic violence program coordinator where she supported women and families recovering from the health impacts of DV/IPV. She has had numerous opportunities to use both data, and clients’ lived experiences, to design programs and deliver clinical services that are trauma-informed and culturally-responsive. This background continues to inform Mallula’s approach to program planning and evaluation in the SUD field.

Presentation(s): 

Considering Culture & Self: Provider Bias & Cultural Influences in Mental Health & SUD Setting

More than Physical: Substance Use & Mental Health Coercion in Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence

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Understanding the Impact of Racial Trauma

Speaker(s):

Gladys Smith, PsyD, MEd, MHs

Presentation: This workshop explores the effects of racism and race-based traumatic stressors on the mental, emotional, and relational well-being of minority populations. The workshop will include clinical and community techniques to assess, address and treat symptoms of race-based trauma. The practices of selfcare, community circles, and emotional emancipation circles will be discussed and taught as a tool to address race-based trauma.

Objectives:

  1. Identify race-based traumatic stress injuries and trauma
  2. Identify the symptomology related to racism and racial trauma
  3. Develop three effective skills for addressing symptoms related to racial trauma
  4. Implement two strategies for revealing and addressing trauma
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Smith, Gladys, PsyD, MEd, MHs

Dr. Smith is a Trauma therapist and Sexual Violence Advocate at Washington University School of Medicine. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Master Addiction Counselor, and Registered Yoga Teacher. She also teaches mindfulness, Thai Chi, and Compassion Fatigue. Gladys teaches yoga at the St. Louis, VA hospital, Sumner high School, and serves as a clinician on the St. Louis Gun De=escalation team. She has achieved a PsyD from Calsouthern University, Masters of Education from the University of Missouri, Master of Health Science from Washington University, St. Louis, and a B.S from SIU Carbondale in Healthcare Management. Dr. Smith retired from the United States Navy with 27 years of service as a Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer.

Presentation(s): 

Understanding the Impact of Racial Trauma

Brown Girl T/Drauma: Women of Color & Trauma Today

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High Conflict Couples Therapy

Speaker(s):

Angela Skurtu, MEd, LMFT

Presentation: In this presentation, Skurtu offers specific tools clinicians can use when couples are in high crisis and high conflict. Many clinicians have never been given any tools for how to address conflict in the moment. Clients come in fighting about a variety of issues and clinicians can feel overwhelmed by their chaotic presentation. However, helpful couples therapy cannot take place if a couple is too emotionally dysregulated. If clinicians don’t find ways to bring the crisis down, they often lose the client and the potential to help. Skurtu will describe specific interventions that can be used to help couples calm down both in sessions and outside of sessions. Skurtu will also describe case by case scenarios for how to organize sessions. Finally, she will offer some best practices for worst case scenarios including cases where Intimate Partner Violence may be present. This will be presented from a systemic perspective but will also include some elements of emotion regulation from DBT. 

Objectives:

  1. Develop tools for reducing client conflict in sessions
  2. Understand how to use systemic models to address couples’ problems as a unit
  3. Identify at least 3 interventions clinicians can use the next day in therapy
  4. Evaluate when to incorporate a crisis plan for situations such as Intimate Partner Violence

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