Applying the 'Developmental Stress Reduction Method': Easing the Path to Adulthood
Presented by Tom Bissonette, MSW, LMSW on 11-13-2015 at 9 a.m. Pacific (noon Eastern) to 11 a.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Eastern)
Teens and twenty-somethings are often driven by social comparison, an ego ideal, and the vision of a future self. These influences serve as a virtual developmental pressure cooker. Further, human development is asynchronous, meaning that we develop in different areas at different rates. When adolescents and young adults feel behind or ahead in any of these key areas it often adds to the intense pressure they may already feel.
This web conference utilizes a fresh approach to teaching clinicians how to help young people understand the pressures and developmental issues they face. We will also look at examples of interventions that create experiences to help youth internalize the life skills they need to become more active agents of their own growth.
The developmental stress reduction method (DSRM)© offers a new approach to decision-making and self-awareness that honors the intelligence of youth and demystifies their sometimes inconsistent and self-defeating behavior. New research about how wisdom is acquired has profound implications for young people and offers youth-oriented therapists creative tools that cultivate wisdom acceleration. If we succeed at facilitating this emerging adult stage, we are more likely to steer youth toward more productive and healthier lives.
This intermediate instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:
- Demonstrate the Asynchronous Development Assessment in two ways.
- Apply the three treatment components of the DSRM.
- Describe action-oriented interventions that are designed to create transformative experiences for clients.
- Identify opportunities to apply the model to prevention efforts by learning how to increase developmental self-awareness in youth populations.
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Two CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.
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Meet the Presenter
Tom Bissonette, MSW, LMSW
Tom Bissonette, MSW, LMSW is a psychotherapist and an educator. He has taught courses on adolescent and young adult development at the University of Tennessee for 20 years. In addition, Tom is the founder of Younger and Wiser, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides developmental education programs for youth, parents, counselors, and educators.
As a counselor and mentor, Tom is committed to assisting young people in understanding and navigating their own inner growth and development, and in reaching their full potential. He created the Developmental Stress Reduction Method (DSRM)© to help adolescents and young adults to recognize and develop balance in all aspects of life. For more information about Tom and his work, please visit www.youngandwiser.org.
Continuing Education Provider Approvals
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 has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6380. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GoodTherapy.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.- GoodTherapy.org, LLC 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 #SW-0395.
- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0022 and for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0031.
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