Let's Talk About It - Results from #60

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December 6, 2018 - Unwrapping Joy for the Holidays - Peter DiManno, LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker How we manage our thoughts and feelings can make the difference between a pleasurable, enjoyable holiday or an irritable time spent noticing traffic snarls, money worries, and others’ shortfalls. Cognitive Behavioral Techniques, applied to holiday situations as discussed with licensed clinician Peter DiManno, minimize stress, make interactions kinder, and holidays more joyful.
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December 13, 2018 - Mental Health (LPS) Conservatorship: A Pathway to Recovery - Juan J. Flores, LMFT Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Behavioral Health Manager Mental Health Triage and Engagement LPS was passed in 1967 in California and set the precedent for modern mental health commitment procedures in the United States. It was intended to end abuses in the involuntary commitment of seriously mentally ill persons; provide prompt treatment, supervision, and placement services by community mental health departments; and provide for a conservatorship program. 50 years later, this program continues to be used, refined, and improved to support mental health recovery.
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December 20, 2018 - Causes of Substance Use Disorders - Eufemio Anaya Associate Marriage and Family Therapist Mental Health Counselor Substance Use Disorder Program According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is costly to our nation, exacting more than $740 billion annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and health care. To our families and communities, substance use can be devastating. To an individual this disorder may be fatal. Why do people use substances? How does it lead to life threatening problems? Therapist Eufemio Anaya explores the answers. Life-changing answers.
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December 27, 2018 - Habits of the Mentally Strong - Amy Morin, LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker Therapist and Author Like physical strength, mental strength requires healthy habits, exercise, and hard work. Social worker and author Amy Morin teaches us how to embrace a happier outlook and arms us to emotionally deal with life’s inevitable hardships, setbacks, and heartbreaks. As she makes clear, mental strength isn’t about acting tough; it’s about feeling empowered to overcome life’s challenges.
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January 3, 2019 - Children Services-Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Trauma Exposed Children – Christine Garcia, LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker Psychiatric Social Worker Children Services ICBHS-El Centro The Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) program engages childrenbefore the development of serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance; a potential result of trauma exposure. Please join us as we discuss trauma exposure and our Prevention and Early Intervention Program for children with Christine Garcia.
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November 1, 2018 - LGBTQ Community Families - Luck Pecas Luckey, Independent Consultant Luckey Consulting The LGBTQ community has a complexity of mental health needs. Luck Luckey shares the process of from coming out in a family of origin to developing and maintaining a family of his own. At each step are contexts that challenge coping and rely upon a solid mental health foundation and ongoing healthy practices to sustain. Join us as Luck shares his personal pathway to a healthy family.
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November 8, 2018 - Interpersonal Violence Prevention - Judi Klein-Prichard Director for Legal Services Center for Family Solutions Interpersonal violence occurs when one person uses power and control over another through physical, sexual, or emotional threats or actions, economic control, isolation, or other kinds of coercive behavior. Violence is not O.K., and nobody should have to put up with it. Being angry, confused or frustrated are all normal emotions and there are non-violent ways of expression. Join Judi Klein-Prichard, Director of Legal Services for The Center for Family Solutions as we discuss the challenges of ending interpersonal violence in the Imperial Valley.
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November 15, 2018 - Differentiating Between Anxiety and Attention Deficit Disorder - Jessica Minahan, M.Ed, BCBA Special Educator, Author & Behavioral Analyst Anxiety disorders are alarmingly prevalent among U.S. children and adolescents: 31.9% of teens have had an anxiety disorder during their school years (Merikangaset al., 2010). With other disabilities, including ADHD and autism also increasingly prevalent, student performance impairments in a classroom setting require careful assessment and treatment oriented towards the diagnostic concern.
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November 22, 2018 - Madness: A Bipolar Life - Marya Hornbacher Author, Professor and Journalist “Madness will push you anywhere it wants. It never tells you where you’re going, or why. It tells you it doesn’t matter, It persuades you. It dangles something sparkly before you, shimmering like that water patch on the road up ahead. You will drive until you find it, the treasure, the thing you most desire.” –Marya Hornbacher, Madness: A Bipolar Life.
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November 29, 2018 - Therapeutic Riding and Mental Health - Marsha Boutwell Owner BMB Boarding & Animal Plus Therapeutic Riding offers physical, social and spiritual benefits to people with disabilities. For those who have cognitive and/or behavioral disabilities, communications skills may improve through interaction with the horse and instructor. Behavioral Health has an ongoing therapeutic riding program for youth and young adults; join us as we speak with instructor Marshal Boutwell about her local program.
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