Cocaine and Other Stimulants: What Clinicians Need to Know
ZoomThis training will provide an overview of these various substances comprising this category of drugs, their intoxication and withdrawal symptoms, and co-occurring mental health and physical health concerns. Participants will also gain an understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stimulant use, the clinical presentation of stimulant use disorders, and effective evidence-based treatment approaches to address stimulant use disorders.
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Mental Health First Aid Training (WJCS Staff Only)
WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NYMental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving understanding and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder. This training for WJCS staff will teach learners how to be a support to colleagues who may be struggling.
Protective Factors and Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood
ZoomThis training will seek to inform participants about the major findings of the ACES study, the theoretical foundations for the Protective Factors Framework, and each of the five protective factors. This course will further address practical strategies to integrate the Protective Factors Framework approach into existing practices, as well as the use of a screening tool known as the Protective Factors Index, or PFI.
Theories & Practices to Support Clinicians Working with Grieving Clients
ZoomThe current course aims to provide clinicians with a grounding in psychoeducation and theory behind grief responses in order to increase clinician confidence in working with clients who are experiencing bereavement. Additionally, this course will provide clinicians with examples of and hands-on practice with activities they can use in session to help support clients on their journey through grief and healing. At the close of each day of the course, space will be provided for clinicians to process their thoughts and feelings related to working with grieving clients in an effort to normalize conversation about death and dying and dispel some of the discomfort or concern about supporting grieving clients.
Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)
ZoomThis course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that
insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.
Client Alliance, Compliance & Therapist Burn Out
ZoomMental health professionals, perhaps now more than ever, are susceptible to stress and burn out directly related to their job responsibilities. Part of this comes from defining our professional selves based on what we are told our roles should be and what we should be able to accomplish rather than a realistic appraisal of situations and settings.
Complicated Relationships: Case Studies in Boundaries (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)
ZoomThis course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that
insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.
Trauma Treatment Across the Lifespan
Clinicians are likely to encounter survivors of trauma in their practice. In addition to clients who meet criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders from single traumatic events, survivors of complex and early developmental attachment trauma may also present more complex clinical pictures.