Date course created: August 2022

Our post-pandemic world has left many of our clients in exceptional hardship, especially those most vulnerable. We’ve lost over a million people to COVID-19. It has constrained access to resources and created instability in the labor market. It has contributed to social and economic unrest as many deal with isolation, loneliness, and prolonged despair. Join Dr. Jennifer Sweeton as she, in collaboration with the Grief Support Network of Kansas City, brings you neuroscience-based techniques for the treatment of grief and trauma you can use to help your clients build resilience and growth after loss.

Loss, isolation, trauma, anxiety, and grief are commonplace for many people, and will likely continue to be with the various global challenges we can see actively hitting home for so many. And while resilience and post-traumatic growth are absolutely possible, it can be difficult to know how to recover and thrive during, and after, trauma and upheaval. In this seminar, Dr. Sweeton shares the neuroscience behind resilience and post-traumatic grown, and teaches attendees several evidence-informed techniques rooted in that brain science, which can help individuals improve emotion regulation. These techniques can be used in a variety of settings, even when professionals are working with individuals via phone or video teleconferencing.

**This is a 5.5-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**

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This CE webinar is being provided to you by Online CE Credits in collaboration with the Grief Support Network of Kansas City, whose main mission is to create caring communities of support for the bereaved through outreach, education, and advocacy.

Agenda:

00:00 – 01:00: Trauma Recovery After Loss Post-COVID

01:00 – 02:00: DSM-5 Criteria for Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

02:00 – 03:00: The Neuroscience of Resilience/Post-Traumatic Growth

03:00 – 04:00: Somatic Strategies for Resilience/PTG

04:00 – 05:00: Relational Strategies for Resilience/PTG

05:00 – 05:30: Behavioral Activation Strategies

Objectives:

This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:

a). After completing this training, participants will be able to list at least two diagnoses that bereaved clients may be given by mental health professionals.

b). After completing this training, participants will be able to define resilience and post-traumatic growth.

c). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe how afferent and efferent brain connections impact one’s ability to regulate emotion.

d). After completing this training, participants will be able to name at least one cognitive technique that can strengthen emotion regulation.

e). After completing this training, participants will be able to name at least one somatic technique that can strengthen emotion regulation.

f). After completing this training, participants will be able to describe mirror neurons, and how to activate them to promote social connection and resilience. 

Target Audience:

The target audience for this event includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, psychiatrists and other clinical mental health professionals who want to understand how the brain processes loss or who want to gain clinical techniques to help these clients heal and recover.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Instructor(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA

Material Author(s): Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA

Originally trained as a neuroscientist, Dr. Jennifer Sweeton is a clinical and forensic psychologist, Amazon #1 best-selling author, and internationally-recognized expert on trauma, anxiety, and the neuroscience of mental health. She is the author of the book, Trauma Treatment Toolbox, published by PESI Publishing & Media. Dr. Sweeton completed her doctoral training at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, and the National Center for PTSD. Additionally, she holds a master’s degree in affective neuroscience from Stanford University, and studied behavioral genetics at Harvard University. Dr. Sweeton resides in the greater Kansas City area, where she owns a group private practice, Kansas City Mental Health Associates, and co-owns Mind Works Professional Education, Inc., a continuing education company. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and is a former President of the Greater Kansas City Psychological Association. Dr. Sweeton offers clinical and forensic psychological services, and is a sought-after trauma and neuroscience expert who has trained more than 15,000 mental health professionals in all 50 US states and over 20 countries.

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