Cultivating Resilience in Counseling

Stress arises when people perceive threats to their well-being or think they cannot manage demands being made on them. Negative outcomes can occur for individuals when their stress levels exceed a manageable amount and they perceive themselves to be in a state of crisis. These crisis situations have the potential to activate physiological, psychological, and behavioral response mechanisms meant to aid in survival, and they require therapeutic interventions to manage or resolve. 

In this two-hour continuing education web conference, Dr. Lyz DeBoer will describe how therapists can help clients effectively navigate crisis situations, regain a sense of stability, and cultivate resilience. Dr. DeBoer will describe her use of intentional focus to promote healthy responses to life circumstances and how clinicians can encourage processes of healing and growth that aid in an individual’s ability to develop resilience. Dr. DeBoer will explain how mental health professionals can assess an individual’s needs based on their situational, environmental, and historical factors to determine appropriate and effective interventions. 

Dr. DeBoer will outline specific information about optimal treatment interventions to use in therapy during and after periods of acute distress. She will share new strategies that encourage healthier emotional and physiological responses while enhancing recovery as well as strategies to cultivate resilience. She will also review how mental health professionals are responsible for engaging in proactive, self-care behaviors that promote balance, enhance professional competence, and foster resilience in themselves. 

This introductory instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Explain the relationship between crisis-related stress and well-being. 
2. Assess an individual’s needs to determine appropriate interventions during and after crisis. 
3. Describe how thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations affect behavior during crisis.
4. List specific components in the process of cultivating resilience. 
5. Summarize clinical strategies that encourage healthy response, recovery, and resilience.

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety. 

GoodTherapy.org is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

GoodTherapy.org, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0395.

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To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

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Mental health professionals who are not members can access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

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