Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes
Counselors, coaches and sober companions help hundreds of thousands of people affected by Addictions and Mental Health issues each year. Learn about the current research and practical counseling tools to improve your skills and provide the best possible services. Counselor Toolbox targets counselors, coaches and companions, but can also provide useful counseling self-help tools for persons struggling with these issues and their loved ones. AllCEUs is an approved counseling continuing education provider for addiction and mental health counselors in most states. Counseling CEUs are available for each episode.
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Preventing Trauma and Depression During the Hol...
The holidays can bring up feelings of grief, guilt, loneliness, anger, trauma/helplessness, and depression/hopelessness. We will discuss common holiday-related triggers and potential interventions.
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Meditation Techniques for Reducing Distress and...
Meditation has been shown to help people cultivate happy feelings. Meditation can tame monkey mind and improve concentration and clarity. Meditation can reduce blood pressure and improve sleep. There are a variety of different types of meditation, it
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Encouraging Optimism Based on Positive Expectat...
Learn how to help people start learning optimism. Create Positivity. Start looking at events in terms of what you want instead of what you lost or do not have.
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Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness Self Esteem
Self-Esteem Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs Objectives ~ The Nature of Self-Esteem ~ Identifying and Disarming the Critic ~ Creating an Accurate Self Assessment ~ Identifying Cognitive Distortions ~ Developing Compassion ~
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Developing Healthy Support Networks
Healthy relationships are vital to a healthy life. By becoming interpersonally effective, people can better get their needs met and meet the needs of others. The 7 Habits can serve as a reminder for important things to do to build healthy relationships.
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Addressing Codependency and Abandonment Fears
Identifying and being mindful of abandonment triggers in the present can help people choose alternate, more helpful ways of responding. Learn tools to help clients do just that in this episode.
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Recovering from an Addicted or Borderline Parent
Recovering from Growing Up with an Addicted or Borderline Parent Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs.com Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox CEUs are available for this presentation at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/i
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Finding Meaning with Acceptance and Commitment ...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director, AllCEUs Objectives ~ The Goal of ACT ~ What is Mindfulness? ~ How Does ACT Differ from Other Mindfulness-based Approaches? ~ What is Unique to Act? ~ D
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Stress Management with Dialectics and Locus of ...
Locus of control helps people realistically examine how much control they have over a situation. Dialectics help people deal with distress by embracing and examining the opposing forces or points in a situation.
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Cognitive Behavioral Activities for Group and I...
By developing a broader understanding of situations people can explore the effectiveness of their thinking in terms of how it impacts their ability to live a rich and meaningful life.
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Depression Group and Individual Interventions
Learn how to teach the common symptoms for anxiety and depression-based disorders, and how a positive change in one area or symptom can have positive effects on all symptoms or areas.
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Guilt Individual and Group Interventions | Jour...
Guilt comes in many forms. It is largely anger at ourselves and energy tied up in the past. Holding on to guilt weighs us down. Identifying your sources of guilt and addressing them is the first step.
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Grief and Loss Individual and Group Interventio...
Losses encompass more than death or a person or loss of property. Failure to acknowledge losses can cause unhelpful reactions in similar future situations. It is important to explore feelings and reactions in terms of their functionality---how are they
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Anger and Anxiety Group and Individual Interven...
By helping people identify the roots of their anger and more effective strategies, they can be empowered to reduce the frequency and intensity of these emotions and more effectively cope when they do arise.
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Distress Tolerance Group and Individual Activit...
The goal of distress tolerance is to accept, find meaning for and tolerate distress. Pain and distress are part of life. Refusing to accept this leads to suffering
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Seeking Safety Overview
“Safety” is an umbrella term that signifies various elements: ~ discontinuing addictive behaviors~ reducing suicidality~ minimizing exposure high-risk situations~ letting go of dangerous relationships ~ gaining control over extreme symptoms (su
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Introduction to Restoring Sanctuary Part 2
Issues of exposure to trauma and adversity in childhood are central to the development of most mental illness
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Introduction to Restoring Sanctuary Part 1
Sanctuary helps people become aware of the function of their behaviors and break unhelpful re-enactment cycles
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Introduction to Trauma Informed Care
Organizational Guidelines for Trauma Informed Care Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Objectives ~ What do we mean by trauma? ~ What do we mean by a trauma-informed approach? ~ What are the key principles of a trauma-informed approach? ~ What is
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Special Series Tobacco Treatment Specialist Tra...
An effective tobacco control strategy includes multiple levels of prevention that keep people from starting nicotine use, help them prevent further problems caused by nicotine use and help them manage existing conditions caused by nicotine use (i.e. COPD
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Special Series Tobacco Treatment Specialist Tra...
Management of Tobacco Use Part 2 Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes, PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director, AllCEUs.com Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox & Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery Objectives ~ Barriers to Engagement ~ Screening ~ Preparing for Change ~ Pract
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Special Series Tobacco Treatment Specialist Tra...
Identify clinical interventions, both for patients willing and unwilling to make a quit attempt at this time
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Sleep’s Effect on Mood | Journey to Recovery 2n...
If you are only willing to change one thing this month to start being happier, more energetic and clearer headed, sleep might be a great place to start.
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Effect of Light and Exercise on Mood | Journey ...
Light helps set our circadian rhythms which impacts cortisol, serotonin, sex hormone and melatonin levels as well as thyroid hormones, thermogenesis, and insulin.Disruptions in circadian rhythms produces many emotional, cognitive and physical symptoms
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Nutrition | Journey to Recovery 2nd Edition
About 86% of Americans have suboptimal neurotransmitter levels leading to fatigue, depression, anxiety and weight gain. Chronic stress, poor diet, environmental toxins, drugs (prescription and recreational), alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine can cause ne
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