Tony L. Sheppard – 11 Essentials for Self-Harm Recovery: Helping Children & Teens Reclaim Their Lives
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- Faculty:
- Tony L. Sheppard
- Duration:
- 5 Hours 27 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- May 15, 2015
Description
Outline
Defining Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)
Conceptualizing the Problem
- Primary motivations
- Controlling external/internal environment
- Impacts on various settings
- Neuropsychology of NSSI
- NSSI and trauma
Assessing the Problem
- NSSI and suicide
- Statistics
- Differential diagnosis
- Clinical assessment/screening
- Formal assessment tools
- 5 questions every therapist should ask during assessment
Treating the Problem
- Multi-systemic approach
- Engaging families, school, peers, social media
- Determining who needs to know/how much they need to know
- Working with parents
- The role of the school
- The role of peers
- Social media
- Replacement behaviors
- Using the stages of change/MI model in treatment
- Assessing readiness
- Gauging interventions
- Sustaining and maintaining recovery
- 6 key components of therapeutic intervention
- Developing distraction strategies
- Building coping skills
- Enhancing self-esteem and self-acceptance
- Improving relationships and relational skills
- Addressing Trauma (“big T” and “little t”)
- Developing problem-solving skills
- The role of adjunctive therapies
Legal & Ethical Issues
- Assessing properly is key
- Screening for NSSI at intake
- Documentation/diagnosis
- Treatment planning
- Reporting
- Schools tend to have stricter reporting rules than mental health settings
- Factors in reporting
- Involving other professionals
- Balancing the clinical and the legal
Integration of Learning
- Group treatment planning activity
Faculty
Tony L. Sheppard, Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA Related seminars and products: 4
Tony L. Sheppard, Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA, specializes in treating young people suffering from psychiatric issues including self-harm and suicide. A licensed psychologist and certified group psychotherapist, Tony brings over 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults to his clinical practice. In addition to his private practice, Groupworks, he has trained hundreds of clinicians, educators, nurses, and physicians across the country in the treatment of self-harm and suicide, and is the author of a training curriculum in group psychotherapy.
Tony’s clinical approach draws from interpersonal neurobiology, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and positive psychology. His creative and interactive delivery style will draw you into the dire nature of youth suicide and self-harm and have you leaving feeling confident and prepared to handle this most important work.
Speaker Disclosure:
Financial: Tony Sheppard is founder and director of Groupworks, Inc. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Tony Sheppard is a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association; and the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists.
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