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Utilizing the Transformative Model of Internal Family Systems in the Treatment of Risky Behaviors: Substance Use Disorder, Self-Injury, and Eating Disorders

Room Paradise Ballroom C

Speaker(s)

Megan Colvin MA & Andrea Wiele PLPC

Description

Although the model has been in existence and practice for several decades, Internal Family Systems has gained tremendous ground in the treatment of risky behaviors in recent years. This integrative treatment approach includes evidence-based interventions drawing from CBT, somatic, psychodynamic, and Gestalt frameworks.
This presentation will give participants a hands-on opportunity to practice IFS and to learn how to apply the IFS principles in their respective practices. There will be ample research-based case studies presented, as well as anecdotal.

Objectives

  • Identify the main components of the IFS model and apply them in practice
  • Utilize IFS interventions in practice as they pertain to risky behaviors
  • Practice somatic exercises while discussing complex trauma case studies
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Wiele, Andrea, PLPC

I specialize in working with new parents, especially women experiencing perinatal depression and anxiety. I integrate multiple theories of practice to provide individualized care for each client. I want to be with you as you explore your difficult and uncomfortable emotions and discover who you are and what you want in your life.
I have always had a desire to work with people and consider myself a natural listener. I received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri in 2012 and a Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling from Central Methodist University in 2023.

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Colvin, Megan, MA

Megan Colvin, LPC, is advanced trained psychotherapist with 17 years of experience in mental health treatment. She is adept at using the transformational model Internal Family Systems (IFS) to assist individuals to heal, as well as EMDR to assist in metabolizing of traumatic events. Megan excels at blending the latest in trauma and neurobiology research with the wisdom of holistic approaches to healing. She effectively works with neurobiology and central nervous system using somatic approaches to bring about healing.
In addition to private practice counseling, Megan is certified in and provides consultation for both IFS and EMDR clinicians. She facilitates group therapy for The Intensive, an Intensive Outpatient Program at Individual, Marriage & Family Counseling in Columbia, Missouri. Megan is continually learning and training in the latest research and clinical interventions pertaining to ADHD and complex trauma.

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Psilocybin use in Psychiatric Disorders

Room Parasol I

Speaker(s): 

Ali Mahmoud, MD

Description: 

Recent researches have proven that psilocybin has a wide rage of therapeutic benefits especially in Treatment- Resistant depression. FDA has recently gave psilocybin a ” breakthrough therapy designation” for treatment-resistant depression. In my presentation will talk in detail about psilocybin pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and will give overview on its therapeutic benefits based on recents studies.

Objectives

  • Obtain knowledge on history of psychedelic therapy from the past to the present time
  • Define psilocybin pharmacology
  • Discuss therapeutic benefits of psilocybin especially in treatment resistant depression
  • Discuss “assistant therapy ” and its phases
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Mahmoud, Ali, MD

I am a PGY-4 psychiatry resident at University of Missouri- Columbia program. I obtained my Bachelor degree in Medicine and Surgery from University of Alexandria in Egypt. I did my neuropsychiatry residency training in Alexandria /Egypt from 2005-2008. I also did another 5-year psychiatry residency training in Kuwait ( 2014-2019). I will be talking about Psilocybin use in psychiatric disorders. I did my grand round on this topic last year. You can access this presentation here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYvADrq9zHw.

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Reese, Sandra, BS

Sandra Langfitt Reese is a trainer and consultant for The IPS Employment Center at Research Foundation Mental Hygiene (RFMH) Columbia University. Since 2006, Sandra has assisted with providing system conversion and capacity building in provision of integrated employment services with states, counties, and countries within the International IPS Learning Community, which includes 27 states, counties and 7 countries serving individuals with mental health conditions. She has also assisted counties and states outside of the IPS Learning Community with pilot projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of IPS.
Sandra has worked as an IPS supervisor for 10 years, as a statewide IPS trainer for the Oregon Supported Employment Center for Excellence and she worked in community mental health for over 25 years as the director of supported employment and education.

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How Does Providing Evidence-based Supported Employment IPS Impact Social Determinants of Health?

Room Leeward 76-77

Speaker(s): 

Sandra Reese, BS

Description: 

According to the World Health Organization, people with serious mental health disorders die 10-25 years earlier than the general population. This session will explore why employment is a critical mental health intervention and what leadership and mental health practitioners can do to promote employment.

Objectives

  • List at least two reasons why employment is a critical mental health intervention
  • List at least three reasons why employment isn’t seen as a central focus of the public mental health system.
  • List four strategies for how to promote employment within the public mental health system.
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Young-Walker, Laine, MD

Laine Young-Walker, MD is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She currently serves as Associate Dean for Student Programs at the School of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and is a Professor of Psychiatry, at University of Missouri School of Medicine.
She has worked locally and statewide to create programs which help children and families in the community. These programs focus on access to child psychiatry, prevention/early intervention in young children, trauma initiatives and support for child well-being. They include Boone County: Early Child Coalition (BC-ECC), Early Childhood-Positive Behavior Supports program (EC-PBS), the Child Trauma Institute (CTI), Bridge: School-Based Psychiatry, the Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project (MO-CPAP), the Missouri Maternal Health Access Project (MO-MHAP) and the Center for Excellence in Child Well-Being.

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Supporting Complex Needs using Tiered Supports

Room Nautical Wheeler

Speaker(s): 

Kathleen Deppeler, BA

Description: 

The Missouri Department of Mental Health uses Tiered Supports, based on a public health model created by the CDC. This model supports the health of an entire population of people by providing a continuum of supports that are layered on top of one another as a person’s needs increase. Learn more about how structuring supports by tiers relates to individuals, strategies, and organizations as a whole.

Objectives

  • Participants will understand how a tiered framework relates to people, interventions, and organizations
  • Participants will understand how a tiered framework improves outcomes community wide
  • Participants will know how to access free PBS resources from the Department of Mental Health to improve relationships, behaviors, and environments through positive practices.
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Deppeler, Kathleen, BA

Kathleen Deppeler is the Director of Positive Supports for the Missouri Department of Mental Health- Division of Developmental Disabilities. The Positive Supports team provides professional development, coaching, and consulting around the implementation of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) systems. Kathleen joined the Tiered Supports team in 2013, and has continually focused on increasing organizational capacity to support people with complex needs. She has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Human Services and minor in Sociology from Fontbonne University in St. Louis and has trained, coached, and mentored Tools of Choice implementers and facilitators since 2013. She was recognized as the 2018 Crisis Intervention Training Instructor of the Year by the Mid-America Council for her focus on ensuring training competency through role play practice and feedback.

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