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Cornelison, Kaleigh, BA, MSW, LCSW

Kaleigh has a diverse background in youth development, health care, violence prevention and sexual health education. She currently runs her own training and facilitation practice for nonprofit professionals where she strives to create engaging, creative and practical professional development opportunities. She is also currently the Training Coordinator at the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County. In this role, she assesses training needs and identifies competency gaps for community health center staff. Previously, she served as the Teen Outreach Program Manager for Wyman Center, an organization that works to empower teens from economically disadvantaged circumstances to lead successful lives and build strong communities. She has also served as the Project HART Coordinator for Safe Connections where she created and coordinated violence prevention education programs for middle and high school students throughout St Louis City and County.

Presentation(s): 

It’s Complicated: Teens, Technology and Relationships

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It’s Complicated: Teens, Technology and Relationships

Speaker(s):

Kaleigh Cornelison, BA, MSW, LCSW

Presentation: Technology and social media shape the identities and world views of today’s young people. Teen sexuality, relationships, and identity are interwoven with cell phones and social media, and many professionals are left wondering: what does it all mean? This workshop will start from the ground up, beginning with definitions and a roadmap of technology commonly used by adolescents. From there, we will examine how technology shapes teen sexuality, relationships, and identity — for better or for worse. We will discuss teen relationship abuse and technology, as well as ways that teen relationships can be strengthened by technology. Finally, the workshop will focus on how to work with and relate to teens through the lens of technology.

Objectives:

  • Identify 3 or more popular social media apps/sites used by teens
  • Describe 3 or more examples of how technology and social media shape adolescent identity and relationships
  • Utilize 3 or more specific strategies that strengthen professional practice as it pertains to youth and tech/social media use

Slides and Handouts:

Cornelison_PowerPoint for MIMH Conference

 

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Strabala, David, MSW, LCSW

David Strabala is currently a full-time counselor in the Clay County Juvenile Office. He also works part-time telling stories in an innovative healing program, Warriors’ Ascent, for veterans and first-responders struggling with PTSD. He uses a unique form of “hero’s journey” storytelling and drumming with the warriors and teens to uncover meaning and depth in the story of one’s life. Prior to that, he worked with community mental health, EAPs, brain injury and mobile crisis. Strabala is the director of an award-winning feature documentary, “What Is Synchronicity?” (2014), which explores the passages of meaningful coincidence through the views of artists, scientists, authors and others. He received his MSW from the University of Iowa and moved to the Kansas City area in 1993.

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Ancient Stories for Modern Healing of Warriors

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Ancient Stories for Modern Healing of Warriors

Speaker(s):

David Strabala, MSW, LCSW

Presentation: This program demonstrates the healing value of ancient hero’s journey tales, especially for veterans and first-responders with PTSD. Hero tales are common in movies, such as in Star Wars or The Matrix, but certain fairy tales can offer a more personal and private integration of psychological material that runs deep and broad. The presenter has used an African djembe drum the last 20 years to tell such stories to troubled teens and for the last two years to adult warriors in week-long retreats. Specific stories used with warriors will be told to allow participants to experience and discuss their own reflections and to consider sharing stories with clients. Much focus will be on holistic and archetypal patterns in our life stories.

Objectives:

  • Describe the unique features of storytelling that offer healing/integration to clients
  • Discuss how stories can elicit insight or self-diagnosis of patterns inside you or your clients
  • Define the main features or turning points in the “hero’s journey” or initiation

 

 

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What I Have Done Does Not Define Who I Am: Helping Clients Process What They Have Done, Part 2

Speaker(s):

Nathan Honeycutt, MSC

Presentation: This presentation will provide a second part to the previously submitted presentation. This presentation will focus on helping clients identify healthy ways to define themselves and develop better self-value, self-esteem, and self-appreciation in spite of their past mistakes.

Objectives:

  • Summarize previous, Part 1, presentation
  • Describe healthy ways of developing personal identification
  • Process the benefits to healthy identification
  • Discuss how to help clients focus on using the lessons learned from the past

Slides and Handouts:

Honeycutt_Part 2_What I have done does not define who pt 2

 

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Honeycutt, Nathan, MS, LPC

Nathan has worked in mental health since 2006. He earned his Master’s Degree in Counseling. He is a LPC trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behavior, and Motivational Interviewing. He has worked in youth and adult mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. He has worked at Ozark Center since 2012. He is the Clinical Director for Ozark Center Turnaround Ranch in Joplin, MO.

Presentation(s): 

Teaching New Staff New Tricks

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What I Have Done Does Not Define Who I Am: Helping Clients Process What They Have Done, Part 1

Speaker(s):

Nathan Honeycutt, MSC

Presentation: Processing past choices can be one of the most challenging parts of therapy. This presentation will focus on how to help clients accept what they have done, forgive self, and learn from the past. The presentation will work to give tools to staff on how to help clients identify their thinking errors and move forward in life.

Objectives:

  • Review accountability of past
  • Review acceptance vs approval of past choices
  • Review forgiveness of self and others
  • Review learning from choices
  • Review preparing for a different future

Slides and Handouts:

Honeycutt_Part 1_What I Have Done Does Not Define Who pt 1

 

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Reynolds Lewis, Beth, BS

Beth Reynolds Lewis holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Beth was a Protection and Safety Worker for 12 years with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and a Forensic Interviewer for the Family Advocacy Network in Kearney, NE for 4 years. For the last 12 years Beth has worked in the public behavioral health system in Nebraska. Beth is co-owner of Compassion Resiliency, a training and consultation firm that promotes the wellbeing of professionals who work in high stress/trauma work environments. She is a Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist and is certified by the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. Beth is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT).

Presentation(s): 

Self-Care is NOT Selfish: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma

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Glidden, Kay, MS

Kay Glidden holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD and a Master of Science degree in education from Indiana University, Bloomington. Kay began her career in higher education, counseling and teaching college students for 13 years. For 19 years she worked in the Nebraska public behavioral health system. Kay is co-owner of Compassion Resiliency, a training and consultation firm promoting the wellbeing of professionals who work in high stress/trauma work environments. Kay is a Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist and is certified by the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. Together with her co-trainer, Beth, she has trained over 3,000 people in the United States about compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.

Presentation(s): 

Self-Care is NOT Selfish: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma

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Self-Care is NOT Selfish: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma

Speaker(s):

Kay Glidden, MS

Beth Reynolds Lewis, BS

Presentation: Is your bucket empty? Do you need replenished? You pay an emotional price for doing the work that you do. Some of us hear difficult stories daily and are frequently exposed to traumatic details from the individuals, families and co-workers we are working with. We are not always able to help everyone who comes to us for help – the demands often outweigh what we can offer. Compassion fatigue has been called “a disorder that affects those who do their work well” (Figley, 1994). The level of compassion fatigue staff experience can ebb and flow. Even very healthy staff with optimal life/work balance and self-care strategies can experience compassion fatigue. Conference attendees will improve their understanding of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, burn out and moral distress. Attendees will identify their signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma and learn specific tools and hands-on resources to increase health and resiliency.

Objectives:

  • Review the definitions of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, burn out and moral distress
  • Identify the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, burn out and moral distress
  • Utilize hands-on tools and resources for building resiliency

Slides and Handouts:

Glidden_Compassion Fatigue Resources4-18CR

Glidden_EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL& individual STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING COMPASSION FATIGUECR

Glidden_CFT VT – Signs and SymptomsCR

Glidden_one page R3 CF journal