Treating Adolescent Non-suicidal Self-Injury:

Psychosocial Interventions to Guide Clinical Practice

When

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT

Where

This is a LIVE ONLINE Webinar and will take place via Zoom. Instructions on how to access Zoom will be sent via email following event registration. 


Contact

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

Non-suicidal self-injurious (NSSI) behavior affects millions of adolescents each year, highlighting a public health problem in need of attention, research, and treatment. Non-suicidal self-injury, the intentional destruction of one’s own body without the intent to die (Ammerman et al., 2016) is growing among adolescents (Selby et al., 2015, Fox, et al., 2015). The recent increase in prevalence makes it highly likely that mental health providers will see an increase in adolescents presenting with this behavior highlighting the urgent need for research and education on how to effectively treat NSSI. NSSI behavior is associated with various negative physical and mental health outcomes, and this suggests that mental health providers must be able to adequately address this injurious behavior.

Mental health counselors who respond to NSSI must be able to adequately and efficiently identify the various forms of the behavior in order to determine the course of treatment that will best support the client and reduce NSSI behavior.

This workshop aims to inform practitioners about the current evidence-based practices that are available to treat adolescents who struggle with NSSI and both those who have co-occurring Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and those who do not in order to determine the best practice for this high-risk population. A comprehensive, systematic review of the empirical literature on the psychosocial treatment and interventions for NSSI for adolescents will be discussed. The interventions to be discussed include; Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mentalization-Based Treatment for Adolescents, Developmental Group Intervention, Therapeutic Assessment, and Brief Intervention.

Discussion will also be included around providing these interventions remotely in light of the COVID crisis. 

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 be able to adequately and efficiently identify the various forms of NSSI behavior.
  • Participants will learn about the current evidence-based practices that are available to treat adolescents who struggle with NSSI and both those who have co-occurring Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and those who do not.
  • Participants will gain an understanding of the psychosocial treatment and interventions for NSSI for adolescents  through a comprehensive, systematic review of the empirical literature.

 

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)
 

*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 after the return of completed evaluation (via email).

Registration fee: $75.00

***No Refunds will be issued for cancellations ***

About the Presenter


Hanni Flaherty, PhD, LCSW Is an Assistant Professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Prior to returning to NYU for her PhD, she practiced clinical social work for over 10 years specializing in adolescent high-risk behaviors. Her research interests are in the areas of clinical social work practice and education.