Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Skills for the Clinician/Practitioner: Tools to Help Manage Workplace Stress and Conflict

When

Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST
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Where

This is an online event that will take place via Zoom. Instructions for accessing the Zoom will be sent to the email address used for registration. 

Contact

Christina Steudte, LMHC 
Association for Mental Health and Wellness 
631-471-7242 ext 1330 
csteudte@mhaw.org 

Who Should Attend

Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field. 

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will learn how to utilize the SFBT Self-Session Model in order to reduce overall stressors
  • Participants will learn how to utilize SFBT round-robin/turn taking skills in order to assess/“take the temperature” of a team or group of colleagues in order to remove barriers and stressors
  • Participants will become familiar with a number of SFBT Handouts and SFBT list making in order to reduce workplace stress in particular
  • Participants will become familiar with utilizing all of the tools individually, within teams, and groups in order to reduce stress, find solutions, and overcome barriers
  • Participants will learn the SFBT Model, the solution layering process, and will be able to translate questions across the four quadrants
Learn a variety of Solution Focused Brief Therapy skills in order to reduce your overall stress, reduce burnout, and problem-solve. Learn skills to manage workplace stress, reduce workplace conflict, and provide more meaningful supervision and case conference experiences for your colleagues and staff (regardless of your role within your organization). Leave this workshop with a number of tools and handouts that you can utilize in your practice, within teams, individually, and in groups.

APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR

(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness 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. (Provider #0156)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness 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 mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness 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. (Provider #MFT-0010)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness 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 creative arts therapists. (Provider #CAT-0004)
 

Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).

Registration fee: $75.00
 

About the Presenter

          

Matthew L. Schwartz, LCSW, MBA, CFSW is a Solution Focused Brief Therapist and a Certified Financial Social Worker in private practice in Buffalo, NY. Matthew is a board member of the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association, where he chairs the Conference Planning Committee. Additionally, he is the Research Committee Chair for the Center for Financial Social Work’s Financial Social Work Professional Network.

Matthew is set to complete his Doctor of Social Work (DSW) degree in May of 2023. His research focuses on implementation science and technology in order to improve the uptake of evidence-based research to close the research-to-practice gap.

In his free time, he enjoys black coffee, the company of his cat, Alvin, and the sounds of bebop and jazz. His website, blog, and podcast can be found on SocialWorkDesk.net.