In Mental Illness Unmasked, Hakeem Rahim shares his personal journey with mental illness, from diagnosis to recovery and wellness.
In this presentation, Hakeem dives into his personal story, shares key life lessons that he has learned from living with bipolar disorder and facilitates a QA with participants on his experience with mental illness. There is growing awareness that bio psycho social spiritual differences between genders influence the prevalence, presentation, comorbidity and treatment of substance use disorders. Although, genderspecific problems, and ‘evidence based’ treatment approaches are explored. Loads of info can be found easily by going online. This presentation is designed to so an empowerment session, now this presentation ain’t only an exploration of mental illness.
Our communities have quite a few of hurt people with unhealed wounds.
Most of the solutions discussed include proactive ways for changing the conversation around trauma and healing, and integrating a mindful approach into how we take care of our own selves as professionals. With that said, this talk will challenge mental health professionals to identify how unhealed trauma might be playing a role in their own life, in the systems in which they work, and in the community at large. Participants might be challenged to consider how we get stuck at both individual and societal levels being that unhealed wounds keep us that way. Actually the speaker makes a case for how developing one’s own mindfulnessinformed healing plan will increase one’s effectiveness in the various systems in which they live and work. Identifying solutions for change rests at the heart of this presentation. In its broadest definition, trauma means wound. Did you hear of something like that before? The presenter will integrate her own life experiences, that includes service as a humanitarian aid worker in Bosnia from 2000 2003, into this presentation that calls for both contemplation and action.
We live in a rapidly changing world where people use technology as part of their everyday life. By the way, the CPS model has transformed thinking and practices in was associated with dramatic reductions in disciplinary referrals, detentions, suspensions, seclusions, and physical, chemical, and mechanical restraints. Ross Greene described his influential books The Explosive Child and Lost at School. Let me tell you something. So that’s the empirically supported model Dr. She will share resources and offer tips as to how best to integrate technology in your practice. Ms. Of course, participants in this workshop will leave with an understanding of the underpinnings of the model, with practical assessment and intervention tools that can be brought back to and used in these diverse settings. Notice that while sharing what Undoubtedly it’s like to transition from a brick and mortar practice to the world of online therapy, amesbury will examine the challenges and advantages of practicing psychotherapy in the age of the smartphone and discuss her entrepreneurial experience globally of ‘start ups’. So model represents a significant departure from ‘disciplineasusual’.
In our increasingly ‘fast paced’ technological and data based world, it’s easy to forget the ‘nonlinear’ wisdom of the heart. Data from the emerging fields of psychoneuroimmunology and neurobiology illustrate the effects of connection and compassion on health, emotional balance, and ‘wellbeing’. Caring relationship to self, others and a larger Whole is the crucible from which healing emerges. Fact, sociologically and scientifically, we’re beginning to understand why. Now regarding the aforementioned fact… Intuitively, human beings understand that love heals. Borysenko will explore this very issue as she explores how we positive parts of a mindfulness practice. Dr. His works include the landmark textbooks -Existential Psychotherapy, The Gift of Therapy, and The Theory Practice of Group Psychotherapy. Preliminary research data about the practice’s use in clinical and community settings will also be shared. He is a pioneer in the field of psychology for over four decades. Whenever Dancing Mindfulness is a community practice developed within a traumainformed clinical context, not necessarily dance therapy. Dancing Mindfulness is a practice that cultivates the seven primary attitudes of mindfulness using the channels of breath, sound, body, mind, spirit, story, and the fusion of most of the elements in a fun, safe, supportive container. Nevertheless, in this workshop, participants will have a chance to experience the Dancing Mindfulness practice, learn about the clinical and cultural foundations of the practice, and discuss the implications of this particular practice for communitylevel wellness and healing. Then, yalom may be participating in a live video discussion where he answers questions from eh audience and he shares his views on psychotherapy in the modern era. He is also the author of a couple of best selling fiction books.