DASC Academy is excited to announce the first intensive training series of the year! We are offering three 3-hour workshops focused on specific evidence-based treatments. 3 CEs/CEUs are offered per workshop for Licensed Clinical/Counseling Psychologists, Social Workers, and Counselors.
Monday, March 30th, 9am-12pm
Using Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Address Substance Use within Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Emma Schwartz, LCSW
This workshop will provide a theoretical foundation of mindfulness-based therapies and outline the goals of mindfulness-based interventions. It will help participants to better assess for substance use and to understand the function of the behavior in clients presenting with mood/anxiety disorders. Participants will explore and examine personal biases and other internal barriers that impede their ability to address substance use. Participants will build skills to apply mindfulness-based interventions to decrease problematic substance use that exacerbates mood/anxiety disorders. The following are the learning objectives for this workshop:
1) Explain the rationale for the use of mindfulness-based interventions with substance use.
2) Assess the function of substance use.
3) Explain and implement mindfulness-based interventions with clients.
Wednesday, April 1st, 9am-12pm
Mindful Living: Understanding and Intervening Through the ACT Lens
Dipali Bharadwaj, PsyD
This workshop is an intermediate level workshop intended for clinicians who are already familiar with the foundations of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. It will focus on helping clinicians learn how to frame presenting problems through the lens of the core processes of ACT. It will also provide clinicians with an opportunity to learn how to utilize ACT-based interventions consistent with the 6-core processes, in order to enhance psychological flexibility.
The following are the learning objectives for this workshop:
1) Describe clients’ presenting problems through an ACT framework.
2) Identify which core process to intervene with based on client presentation.
3) Implement specific interventions to enhance psychological flexibility.
Friday, April 3rd, 9am-12pm
The Application of Mindful Self-Compassion in the Treatment of Depression
Molly McLeese, LCPC
This workshop will provide a theoretical framework of the Mindful Self-Compassion model. It will address how lack of self-compassion relates to the maintenance of depressive symptoms. Participants will learn and practice mindful self-compassion techniques and gain an understanding of how to integrate this model into whichever theoretical orientation they utilize primarily to address depressive disorders.
The following are the learning objectives for this workshop:
1) Define mindful self-compassion.
2) Explain how a deficit in self-compassion perpetuates depressive symptoms.
3) Implement mindful self-compassion with themselves and clients.
Register for all 3 workshops for a discounted price!
Group registration discounts available for 3 or more participants!
The Depression and Anxiety Specialty Clinic is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Depression and Anxiety Specialty Clinic is a Registered Social Worked Continuing Education Sponsor in the state of Illinois. The Depression and Anxiety Specialty Clinic maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
