Best in Mental Health for Sept and Oct 2020

This roundup contains free webinars for November plus some of the latest news in social work, therapy, and private practice!

This wrap-up’s main themes are:

• Therapy and Relationships
• Advocacy
• Self-Care/Inspiration
• Social Work, Technology & Education
• Private Practice

Therapy and Relationships

• 5 Tips for Connecting Theory to Clinical Social Work Practice – Amy Cappiccie/New Social Work – “Disney’s movie Inside Out…  one scene that is an example of the basics of Narrative Therapy… Start out using 2 or 3 models on a regular basis… Seek out continuing education…”
• 6 Negative Mindsets That Increase Your Anxiety – Melanie Greenberg – “Being vigilant… What to do. Make a conscious effort to pay attention to positive, non-threatening things you encounter…”
• Container skill with children – Kristina Sargent  – “Containment is a skill used in EMDR therapy. To practice containment, one identifies a container strong enough to hold distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings and imagines putting these into the container to take a break from them…”
• Describing Psychotherapy Through Metaphors – Jeff Levy – “Driving a stick shift initially requires a high level of concentration and thought… If we are trying to engage in a new way of interacting when we experience stress, we have to consciously think about what we want to do differently… “
• How To Be Assertive (Not Aggressive) – Spa Trouvé Podcast w/Julie Hanks – “assertiveness means being clear and direct in sharing your feelings and needs while also holding space for someone else’s experience…”
• New guideline for telehealth screening for suicide ideation – National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention – “Routinely assess risk for self-harm and suicide for those receiving treatment for behavioral health disorders, whether that treatment occurs face-to- face or virtually…”
• Surprising Sources Of Childhood Trauma From Family Origin – TherapyChat interview w/Sharon Martin – “growing up in a family headed by an alcoholic… codependency and pleasing behaviors common for these adults… addiction is a progressive disease… it changes over time…”
• Teach Your Child to Ask for Help—the Right Way – Eileen Kennedy-Moore – “five examples of children who are stuck and having a hard time asking for the help they need—plus, some ways they can do so effectively…”

Webinars

International Mental Health Research Symposium – BBRF replay available – “new breakthroughs and insights on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, autism, cognitive neuroscience and childhood psychiatric disorders…”

Therapeutic Relationship with Survivors of Psychological Trauma – Affair VA & AAPCSW/Nov 4 at 1-2:30PM EST – “ways to work with survivors of psychological trauma… Concepts of transference, countertransference, the working alliance, and the real relationship will be reviewed through a clinical case…”

Confounding bias in the relationship between problem gambling and crime – Nov 9 at 12PM EST – “association between problem gambling and crime… problem gambling and crime might be co-symptomatic…”

Not Feeling It: Adolescent Depression and Reward Processing Gone Awry – BBRF/Nov 10 at 2PM EST – “Depression doesn’t just increase negative emotions like sadness: it decreases positive emotions, as evidenced by fatigue, low motivation, and difficulty looking forward to or enjoying pleasant events… adolescents more vulnerable to depression…”

What You Are Eating and What’s Eating You – Geneen Roth/Nov 10 at 8:30PM EST – “let’s look at how these times are impacting your relationship with food: what you are eating, how you are eating, how you feel about your body…”

Treating Mental Health in the Veteran Community – Simple Practice/Nov 11 at 3PM EST – “more than 20% of veterans return home with depression or PTSD… how to best support veterans experiencing stress, depression, and anxiety after serving our country… (No CE)”

Supporting transcultural and transracial families – TTN/Nov 12 from 9AM to 4PM EST – (free w/o CEs, $55 with CEs) – “origins of bias and its impacts on interpersonal relationships and family systems… how personal experience shapes professional and personal work and collaboration… key strategies to create safer and braver spaces for critical conversations…”

Grief Sensitivity Learning Institute – Great Lakes MHTTC/Nov 12 and 13 (no CEs) – “tools and strategies that can be used when addressing the needs of individuals experiencing grief and loss during COVID-19 and beyond…”

Marijuana: Preparing for Change – NeC-ATTC/Nov 17 at 12-2PM EST – “some of the changes around legalizing recreational marijuana…easons people use marijuana… research around medical marijuana…”

Trauma Informed Care: Through the Lens of COVID-19 – NeC-ATTC/Nov 18 at 12-2PM EST – “Basics of trauma: definition, statistics, risk factors, and resilience… trauma of COVID-19 for us (practitioners) as well as for patients… Short term effects of trauma vs. long term… Building resilience: how do we heal?…”

Am I Doing It? – Motivational Interviewing vs Client-Centered Counseling – NeC-ATTC//Nov 19 at 11AM EST – “distinction between practicing MI and Client-Centered Counseling…”

Cultural Humility and Responsiveness in Behavioral Health Care – NeC-ATTC//Nov 20 at 11AM EST – “cognitive bias development… practical approaches to identify and diffuse personal bias…  how to integrate cultural humility to increase patient wellness…”

Motivational Interviewing – Beyond OARS – NeC-ATTC//Nov 23 at 10AM EST – “mico/core skills of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and their intentional use when engaging in an MI conversation about behavioral change…”

Transition from In-person to Remote Services During COVID-19 – Doors to Wellbeing/Nov 24 at 2PM EST – “challenges and successes involved in going remote in a peer-run organization…”

Change Talk – What To Do Once You’ve Evoked It – NeC-ATTC//Nov 25 at 10AM EST – “how to evoke Change Talk and what to do with it. A prior knowledge of the CORE skills of MI (OARS) is helpful but not required…”

Self-Care/Inspiration

• How to stay mentally healthy – All in the Mind – “World Health Organisation definition of mental health… a state of well-being where every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the challenges of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to feel like they are making a contribution to their community…”
• Insomnia During Times of Stress, Anxiety, and Uncertainty – Sharon Martin – “Insomnia, trouble falling or staying asleep, is a common symptom of stress or anxiety… Are you maintaining a regular bedtime and wake-up time?…”
• The Ongoing Grief of COVID-19 – Cathy Hanville -“pandemic has turned our lives upside down… We may have lost our jobs and incomes. We can’t see or hug our friends or family… The losses have quickly compounded… find out what is the thing that we can do that keeps us from flying over the edge…”

Webinars

Beyond Self Care – Part 2 – Center for Survivor Agency & Justice/Nov 9 at 2PM EST – “share stories of challenges and success in the COVID-19 era; identify and build on what is working in the “new normal; learn strategies to increase resiliency and well-being; and gain support from peers around the country…”

Advocacy

• Election Anxiety – Judith S. Beck & April Moran – “Recognize your emotion… Just labeling your emotion can make your experience more understandable and cue you to act more helpfully… Change how you think about uncertainty…Focus on what you can control…”
• The Enduring Impact Of COVID-19 – NPR – “Everywhere you see the spread of germs, for the last few thousand years, you see right behind it the spread of lies…”
• Gun Safety in the U.S: Can Social Workers prevent gun violence? – InSocialWork interview w/Logan-Green & Sperlich – “why the Social Work profession might be best suited to prevent gun violence…”
• The Impact of COVID-19 – Alyssa Lotmore/#MacroSW podcast – “how we can raise awareness about all of the populations that are impacted by COVID-19… impact on child welfare program… in tribal communities… instant banding together… responding to the community needs…”
• International Social Work – Thoughts On The Social World interview w/David Jones – “shared values… shared practices… unifying theme that runs through social work around the globe…”
• Practice Innovations From the Archives – Michael Kelly/School Social Work- “In these videos, SSWN contributors share innovative tools & strategies they’ve learned to help build their SSW practice, before and after this current pandemic situation…”
• The Link Between Racist, Anti-Black Policing and Racist, Anti-Black Education – Relando Thompkins-Jones – “In this video, Professor of Law Osamudia James draws a through-line between violence, anti-Black policing, and school segregation in the education system…”
• Reshaping Mental Health Recovery to Combat Stigma – Laura A. Barton/HealthyPlace – “Reshaping mental health recovery can contribute to stopping the idea that we should associate mental health struggles with willpower, contagion, and other harmful notions brought on by stigma…”
• Stop homophobia in schools and improve our lesbian, gay or bisexual children’s lives – JKP blog – “Jonathan Charlesworth…To improve our lesbian, gay or bisexual children’s lives when they reach adulthood we only need to effect simple but profound changes regarding what we teach and how we address what we hear in our schools, colleges and other young people’s settings…”
• We ‘have a way to go’ to achieve racial equity in social work – NASW socialwork blog – “Greater inclusiveness is a place we can start. Through a commitment to equity, we can ensure that more Black, Brown, and Indigenous practitioners and faculty assume leadership roles during discussions about the future of social work…”

Webinars

Dis/Misinformation’s Impact on Local Elections – dKomplex/Nov 2 at 1PM EST – “how we determine if a “network” of users is susceptible to misinformation, how relevant social media is to the spread of misinformation… communicate with your target audience effectively but to protect yourself and your communities from harmful and inauthentic content…”

Election 2020 Aftermath – APA/Nov 8 at 7PM EST – “share experiences and reflections. The pressing issues of the day will determine the focus of discussion at each meeting, with deeper, ongoing work occurring in other venues…”

Post-Election Debrief Series PART 1: Holding Space & Moving Forward – CSSW/Nov 10 at 12-1:30PM EST – “What the results mean for the cultural and political climates in the U.S. moving forward… overall impact to the economy and related policies… psychological and emotional responses to the November election… ($35 for CEs)”

Logic Model 2.0: Connecting Programs to Action – National Council/Nov 12 at 12PM EST – “how logic models can be a tool for program management, fundraising and advocacy efforts, and the connection between the logic model and performance and quality improvement standards…”

How the Elections May Impact Behavioral Health Care Providers – National Council/Nov 19 at 1PM EST – “how the outcome of the recent U.S. presidential election could impact behavioral health care providers that provide services to individuals who identify as LGBTQ+, children and young adults, older adults, and those with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities…”

Social Work, Technology & Education

• 10 Things from Twitter – Dispatches from the Future – September 29, 2020 – Social Work Futures – “brief recorded piece… makes some suggestions about future policy related to facial recognition… “Techlash”… is about a fundamental power shift that is happening in nondemocratic ways all over the world… exacerbated by tech and the work ahead to rectify it…”
• Black Social Workers Speak Out About Social Work Education– Doin’ The Work podcast interview – “stay true to code of ethics… seek social justice and racial justice instead of trying to get all Black students and faculty members to act the same way… I want to be able to be who I am as a social worker and not be punished for it… accept the diversity…”
• Constructing Pathways of Change: Using Implementation Science to Advance Social Work Practice and Address Research-to-Practice Gaps – InSocialWork interview Louanne Bakk w/Julia Moore – “what implementation science is, and… how implementation science models, theories, and frameworks can be applied to increase the uptake and use of programs, services, and supports…”
• Pinterest Assignment for the Social Work Classroom – Lisa Baker and Laurel Hitchcock – “What process did you use to identify pins for your Pinterest boards?… What did you like/dislike about using Pinterest for this assignment?… How can you use your Pinterest boards in your future practice as a social worker?…”

Webinars

Opportunity or Risk: Healthcare Professionals on Social – Hootsuite/Nov 5 at 1PM EST – “Best practices for developing a social media policy… How to monitor and manage risk and compliance for healthcare…”

Impact of Technology and Social Media on Youth Mental Health – McSilver Institute/Nov 9 at 1PM EST – “research on the relationship between technology, social media, and youth mental health… tools to help youth and teenage clients assess their relationship with technology in a way that is healthy and positive…”

Technology, Mind and Society 2020 – APA/Nov 12-13 – “how psychological science can inform the development and adaptive use of new technologies that affect people’s lives…”

Master the Online Conference Room: Captivating Adult Learners Remotely – ECI/Nov 18 at 2-3:30PM EST – “How can you be an effective presenter when you don’t have the benefit of reading the immediate reactions of a live and physically present audience? How can you ensure they are engaged?…”

Private Practice

Introduction to the Open Notes Rule – Person Centered Tech – ” 30 minute video explains the regulation and also addresses the changing culture of the profession which has moved in the direction of ensuring that clients have easy access to their records, regardless of where and how those records are stored and maintained…”

What “Open Notes” Means for Therapists (for now) – Laura Groshong/Ducks in a Row – “I believe that Open Notes is primarily for other kinds of medical services, not psychotherapy…There may come a time when other providers or patients complain about it and we will need to make “open notes” in an interoperable record, but that is not the case now…”

How to Build Relationships with Referral Sources that Actually Lead to Getting Clients – Practice of the Practice – “Where is your ideal client spending their time?… Make a list of 5 to 10 different places where this person spends their time… Instead of cold calls, warm connections are made through friends and colleagues…”

Is it Time to Raise Your Rates? – Allison Puryear – “There are 3 major milestones at which you should evaluate your fees… when you realize you set your fees without using math… when you’re full…”

Tips on Creating a Professional Livestream – Selling the Couch – “livestreaming has seen huge growth since the pandemic began… Essential gear… I focus on a simple question related to the topic we’ll discuss… I list three lessons, tips, insights, or takeaways about the topic…”

Webinars

Ask a Biller: Insurance Fraud and How to Avoid It – Simple Practice/Nov 19 at 3PM EST – “Are you worried about unknowingly committing insurance fraud? Do you know how to prevent insurance fraud from happening?..(No CE).”

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