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Friday April 4, 2025 | 9:30am - 12:45pm EST
3 CE Credits
Program Description:
Climate change has been declared a public health crisis. In our region, extreme weather events, such as heat waves, flooding, intense storms, prolonged droughts, and increases in vector-borne disease are causing significant economic, physical, and mental health problems. Individuals, families, and communities continue to struggle with coping and adapting to these adverse impacts of climate change. Transformational Resilience is a model and set of skills that will enable individuals and communities to better adapt to climate change, particularly the mental health consequences. Resilience can be enhanced through acquiring healthy emotional regulation skills, strengthening relationships with others and the ecological web on which life depends, recognizing a sense of purpose, and defining values that contribute to our wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. This interactive workshop will provide an introduction to the Transformational Resilience Model, present a community-level resilience project, and enable attendees to develop their own project.
Level of Instruction:
Introductory
Learning Objectives:
1. List at least 4 ways that climate change is impacting mental health, especially for marginalized and vulnerable community members.
2. Describe how their emotional and psychological reactions to climate change might
impact their ability to help individuals and communities adapt.
3. Discuss the ethical dilemmas of either addressing or not addressing the climate crisis
with clients and others as an informed mental health professional.
4. Summarize the Transformational Resilience Model and Skills and how it can create equity.
5. Create a potential community-based Transformational Resilience Project.
6. List at least 2 potential barriers and at least 1 potential opportunity for developing a Transformational Resilience Project.
About the Presenters:
Rebecca MacKenzie, LICSW began sharing her concern for environmental degradation and its effects on all life in a graduate class on International Social Work in 1999. In 2011, Rebecca trained to be an Awakening the Dreamer (ATD) presenter, a multi-media experiential program which begins with illustrating environmental, psychological, spiritual, and social degradation due to the climate crisis. The ATD ends with empowering hope and a call to action for humanity as we awaken to interdisciplinary, systemic solutions. Her work with the International Transformational Resilience Coalition creates conversations within the public and private sectors to build capacity for resilience. As a result of this work, she has developed The Transformational Resilience Project (TRP), highlighted in this workshop. The TRP is meant to be replicated in other regions beyond her own. Rebecca is a clinical social worker with private practices in NH and VT. She is a member of the NH Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team as well as the NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action’s Behavioral Health Working Group and Climate Justice Working Group.
Andy Gersten, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Manchester, NH. He has over 35 years experience providing psychotherapy to individuals, families, and groups as well as consultation services to medical providers, communities, and schools. More recently, he has been an active volunteer with the NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action (NHH,CWCA; https://www.nhclimatehealth.org/) since its inception in August, 2021, specifically with the Behavioral Health Work Group. He has attended workshops on the effects of climate change on mental health as well continuing to read journal articles on how climate change has and will likely continue to impact our mental health. He has presented workshops on helping students manage stress and build resiliency during these challenging times.
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NHPA prices workshops by CE credit hour:
$25.00 per CE for members; $35.00 per CE for non-members
Group Rates Available:
3 - 5 people = $15 off individual rate (member/non-member)
6 - 8 people = $20 off individual rate (member/non-member)
8 + people = $25 off individual rate (member/non-member)
Please contact ce@nhpsychology.org for more information. Please include first name, last name and email address for each participant in the group, along with a contact person for the invoice.
Paying with a check:
Checks must be received within one week of the event. If payment has not been received, registrant will still have option to pay online with a credit card up until the day before the program. If an invoice remains open on the day of the event, the registrant will not be allowed to attend.
Cancellation policy:
Refunds, minus a 10% cancellation fee, will be issued for all cancellations received two weeks prior to the start of the course. No refunds or vouchers will be made thereafter. No-shows are not refunded.
Attendance policy:
Full attendance is required to obtain CEs per NHPA policy. No partial credit will be given. Those who attend the workshop and complete the evaluation form will receive 3 continuing education credits. Please note that APA CE rules require that we only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving after the scheduled start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credits.
Registrations are Transferable:
Registrants can transfer an event confirmation to another individual. The NHPA office must be notified of the transfer at least 24 hours prior to the event.
This program is sponsored by the New Hampshire Psychological Association. NHPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NHPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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