Mindfulness Training for the Behavioral Health Provider

This training event will award 3 contact hours for licensed Social Workers with the NYSED State Board for Social Work* and licensed Mental Health Counselors* and licensed Marriage and Family Therapists* with the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners and 3 CASAC renewal credits.**

Mindfulness training is both an art and a methodology. This workshop will provide a greater understandingof what is meant by Mindfulness and the various Mindfulness techniques participants can use to develop their own practice, as well as in their clinical work.

Learning Objectives

Learn the definition of Mindfulness
Gain and understanding of what it means to "live in the present moment and the here and now"
Learn the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) basic skills of core mindfulness
Learn the positive effects of Mindfulness and how it can aide in stress reduction
Identify which Mindfulness skills you will use to develop your own practice

Presented by: Laura T. Rivela, LCSW-R, has been in the social work profession for over 20 years with emphasis in behavioral health, technology in behavioral health care, and social work research and education. She has worked as both a direct practice provider and a behavioral health administrator including psychiatric social worker, outpatient clinic director, administrator for state-wide and county behavioral health programs, as well as adjunct faculty for Masters of Social Work students. She is a graduate of Adelphi University with both a Bachelors of Arts in Social Science and a Master of Social Work as well as an Associate in Applied Science in Music Business. She holds a post Masters Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and an Executive Certificate in Business Administration from the University Of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. She is currently a doctoral student at Fordham University with research interests including collaborative models of health care, behavioral health treatment outcome measures, and microaggressions and women in leadership. She is a member in good standing of several social work and professional organizations including the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work.

REGISTRATION FEE:

There is a non-refundable registration fee of $24 per person seeking contact hours for relicensing as LMSW, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT and/or CASAC renewal.
There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 per person that will include a certificate of attendance.

DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 9, 2018: 9:30AM-12:30PM (Doors open 9AM)

LOCATION & PARKING:

Mental Health Association of Nassau County, 16 Main St., 2nd Floor Training Room, Hempstead, NY 11550. Metered parking is available in two locations: on Main Street, across from the MHA and on Cooper Street behind the building in the Parking Garage. Go to www.mhanc.org for driving directions. Parking expenses are not included in your registration fees; please bring quarters for the meters. Dressing layers is recommended due to room temperature variations. Please, no audio or video recording.

PLEASE NOTE:

Please note that late arrival, late return from breaks, and/or early departure, will disqualify you from receiving a certificate of completion.

Sponsored by:

This training is with support from the Nassau County Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency & Developmental Disabilities Services’ Behavioral Health Awareness Campaign.

*Nassau County OMHCDDDS & MHA of Nassau County SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0083.

*Mental Health Association of Nassau County, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0042.

*Nassau County OMHCDDDS & MHA of Nassau County is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0027.

**OASAS approval pending.