Peer and Professional Collaboration in Serving Veterans
Where
Association for Mental Health and Wellness2040 Ocean Avenue
Training Room
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Driving Directions
Contact
Christina Steudte, LMHCAssociation for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1330
csteudte@mhaw.org
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Veteran peer mentors play an important role in helping veterans with issues around reintegration. They can serve as an initial point of entry for veterans reluctant to seek professional mental health and other services. This workshop will focus on understanding military culture, the role of veteran peer mentors, the normative reintegration issues many veterans face and how non-clinical veteran peers can collaborate with mental health professional to serve veterans. |
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:
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APPROVED FOR 3 CE HOURS (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)
*New York State Office of the Professions (NYSED) regulations require that participants attend the entire approved educational activity in order to receive continuing education credits, from 9:00am-12:00pm.
Certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the workshop.
Registration fee: $60.00
***No Refunds will be issued for cancellations ***
About the Presenter
Dr. Katherine Mitchell serves on the faculty of Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work in New York City. She is a NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the owner of East End Counseling, Sag Harbor, NY providing counseling to returning veterans and their families and participants in the East End Veterans’ Treatment Court in Southampton, NY.
She earned a PhD in Social Work from Stony Brook University, New York in 2017. Her dissertation research is titled: “Becoming Whole Again: A Qualitative Study of Veterans’ Return to Civilian Life”.
Dr. Mitchell lives in East Hampton, NY. She is the mother of three sons: Daniel Hartnett, veteran, US Navy, Sean Hartnett, MS in Chemistry and employed with the Smithsonian Institute and Denis Hartnett who is a senior at State University of New York at Geneseo.