Whether the behavior is cutting, burning, piercing, starving, purging, head banging, or some other method, self-harming behaviors and the emotions underlying them know no bounds with respect to race, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic class, or gender. Feeling shame and embarrassment, those who engage in self-harm may privately console themselves, or befriend other self-injurious peers – which can further intensify the lethality and suicidal intent of their acts. Studies show that professionals who work with adults and youth who self-injure find it to be one of the most challenging psychological issues to treat.
David Kamen, PhD, will equip you with practical, evidence-based tools to assess and treat deliberate self-harm, along with other co-morbid psychiatric disorders including major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, and substance abuse. Effective triage, coordination of care, and risk-management practices for your work with self-injury patients, their parents, families, and friends will be addressed. The theoretical and cultural reasons for this epidemic will be explored. Practical approaches that work for individual, group, and family psychotherapy in inpatient, outpatient, school, and community settings will be shared, along with resources to prepare professionals and caregivers to help those who engage in self-injury.
What You Will Learn
Course Content
SELF-INJURY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT COORDINATION
Review the spectrum of self-injurious behaviors
Epidemiology of adult and youth self-injury
Triage of self-Injury, including:
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL, NEUROBIOLOGICAL, FAMILY SYSTEMS, AND PSYCHODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT APPROACHES:
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND LIABILITY RISK MANAGEMENT
HIPAA compliance, duty-to-warn issues; ethical and legal dilemmas
REVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL, PATIENT, AND CONSUMER-FOCUSED INTERNET RESOURCES AND APPS FOR:
Who Should Attend
Testimonials:
Excellent material. I will be using the tools provided in practice. I would recommend this training to others.
-Hillary Klinger, Social Worker
So many valuable tools provided, well worth my time
-Barbara Mason-Palmer, MA, LPC
Will definitely look for other presentations by Dr. Kamen.
-Diana Quintana, Psychologist
Very practical examples and tools.
-Stacy Covington, LPC, Drug and Alcohol abuse Counselor
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Course Manual_Self-Injury Assessment & Treatment: Clinical Strategies When Your Client’s Answer to Pain Brings More Pain (12.93 MB) | Available after Purchase |
DAVID KAMEN, PhD, is a clinical psychologist licensed in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where he works regularly with children and adolescents who engage in self-injurious behavior. In full-time practice for almost 15 years, Dr. Kamen makes frequent use of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and family systems approaches. As a disability examiner, certified guardian ad litem, and professional conduct investigator for the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice, Dr. Kamen has also served as a forensic psychologist to address the issues of self-injury in victims of child abuse and neglect. He has presented his research at numerous professional associations and is currently writing a book on childhood self-injury.
Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.
Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, School Guidance Counselors and Educators, Psychiatric Nurses and Nurse Practitioners, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Corrections Officers and Justice Personnel, Case Managers, Psychiatrists, Primary care providers , Emergency room staff, Community support group leaders, Employee Assistance Program Providers, Pastoral Counselors, Clergy/Chaplains
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