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Friday February 28, 2025 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
1 CE Credit
Program Description:
As practitioners, we understand that self-care is very important for our overall functioning, however, we sometimes do not prioritize it. This 1-hour lunch and learn session is meant to assist providers by discussing ways to prioritize self-care by using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) elements of mindfulness, values, acceptance and defusion techniques on their own. This will also assist in improved understanding of the elements to assist our clients. Therefore, this course can be both an introductory course or a brief review of ACT elements.
Level of Instruction:
Introductory
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the definitions for values and defusion and how they related to self-care
2. Participants will be able to identify a simple mindfulness practice that can be implemented regularly
About the Presenters:
Jes Leonard, Ph.D:
Dr. Jes Leonard earned her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from West Virginia University and her M.S. in sport psychology from Ithaca College. She completed her postdoctoral residency at VA Maine Healthcare System in Augusta Maine and pre-doctoral internship at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, both where she exclusively utilized ACT on different rotations. She currently works at Lifestance Health, NH as a licensed psychologist and supervisor who specializes in trauma-focused therapy (using ACT as well as IFS, CPT, and PE). She facilitates a weekly ACT consult group for trainees and licensed professionals at Lifestance NH. She is the current Training Director of the post-doc and practicum program for NH and Regional Clinical Assessment Director of NH/ME.
She recently started teaching as an adjunct professor in the doctoral in counseling psychology department at Rivier University, including evidence-based courses that focus on ACT as well as other modalities.
Jon Codraro, LCMHC, LCPC:
Jon Codraro is a doctoral candidate in Counseling and School Psychology at Rivier University’s Psy.D. program. He has practiced as a therapist for 7 years. He has earned a master’s degree in clinical Mental Health Counseling. Jon has sought further education and training to strengthen his specialization in cognitive and behavioral therapies, building on his existing foundations in Rogerian, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), exposure response prevention (ERP), solution focused, mindfulness, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques. Jon has worked in residential facilities with sexually reactive individuals, has conducted extensive in-home therapy using the multi systemic treatment model, has practiced in a hospital ER, as well as intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization and dual-diagnosis programs with both adolescents and adults. Jon is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Connecticut and a licensed clinical mental health counselor in the state of New Hampshire and Vermont.
Stacy Farese, LMHC, LCPC:
Stacy is a licensed mental health counselor in Maine and Massachusetts. She has a background in CBT and mindfulness-based therapy for adults. Her career interest areas include trauma work for PTSD and complex trauma, veteran and college mental health, and neuropsychological testing for adult ADHD and neurodegenerative disease. Stacy is currently a doctoral psychology (PsyD) student at Rivier University, working on her dissertation titled “The Relationship between PTSD Severity and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Human Trafficking Survivors.” She has completed doctoral practicums in college counseling at Assumption University and neuropsychological testing for traumatic brain injury (TBI) at Goodwill NeuroRehab in Maine. Stacy is completing a third doctoral practicum in neuropsychological testing for neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD and autism spectrum disorder) across the lifespan at LifeStance in Portsmouth, NH.
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NHPA prices workshops by CE credit hour:
$25.00 per CE for members; $35.00 per CE for non-members
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 1 continuing education credit. 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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