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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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is designed to help clients use mindfulness to deal with unpleasant situations through the use of acceptance, cognitive defusion/diffusion, contact with the present moment and the observing self. ACT changes the goal of
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Tools You Can Use ...
Many clients struggle with managing their emotions and resulting behavioral reactions. DBT skills of distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness can be used to assist virtually any client in improving their reactions to distre
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Love Me Don’t Leave Me: Addressing Abandonment ...
People need other people. Fear of abandonment is a survival response that is present from birth. In childhood, abandonment can be a life or death situation. Adults with fear of abandonment often have not identified the roots of their fears so that the
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Adrenal Fatigue and How it Impacts the Recovery...
The adrenals are responsible for the fight or flight reaction and making sex hormones (libido). When the adrenals become fatigued, the body responds with apathy, exhaustion and sputters of unexplained adrenaline. Adrenal fatigue symptoms largely overla
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Career Exploration and Vocational Goal Setting ...
Employment serves many functions in early recovery from providing structure, a source of social support, financial independence and a source of self-esteem. There are certain qualities that make a work environment ideal for people in early recovery. We
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Using a Strengths-Based Biopsychosocial Approac...
When people are in active addiction, their behavior often appears very antisocial. In this presentation we explore how and why those behaviors develop, ways to intervene and how to differentiate between addictive behaviors and a personality disorder.
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Using a Strengths-Based Biopsychosocial Approac...
The behaviors of someone in active addiction are very similar to those of a person with a personality disorder. Both people developed these behaviors as a way to survive. Treatment involves understanding the function of the behaviors, identifying alter
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Using a Strengths-Based Biopsychosocial Approac...
The behaviors of someone in active addiction are very similar to those of a person with a personality disorder. Both people developed these behaviors as a way to survive. Treatment involves understanding the function of the behaviors, identifying alter
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A Strengths Based BioPsychoSocial Approach To PTSD
PTSD can develop from a single trauma, or from multiple, ongoing traumatic experiences. In this presentation Dr. Snipes examines how PTSD symptoms can be viewed as the brains way to keep the person safe. These behaviors serve a survival function. Once
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A Strengths Based BioPsychoSocial Approach To B...
Strengths Based Biopsychosocial Approach to Recovery from Bipolar Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director, AllCEUs Continuing Education (CE) credits can be earned for this presentation at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/produc
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A Strengths Based BioPsychoSocial Approach To D...
Strengths Based Biopsychosocial Approach to Recovery from Depression Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director, AllCEUs Continuing Education (CE) credits can be earned for this presentation at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/pro
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Using a Strengths Based BioPsychoSocial Approac...
Strengths Based Biopsychosocial Approach to Recovery from Panic Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director, AllCEUs CEs available at: https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/505/c/ Objectives – Define panic – Examin
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Using a Strengths-Based Biopsychosocial Approac...
Using a Strengths-Based Biopsychosocial Approach to Addressing Anxiety Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC, NCC Executive Director, AllCEUs CEs available at: https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/504/c/ Objectives – Def
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Thinking Errors
Thinking Errors Understanding and Addressing Them Presented by: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs CEs are available at: https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/497/c/ Objectives – Define Thinking Errors – Explore the
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Interplay Between Addiction And Mental Health
Addiction is a way people try to escape from physical or emotional distress. Addiction can also create chemical imbalances that create that distress. A sober person with depression is as much at risk for addiction relapse as a person who continues to u
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Internet And Gaming Addiction
The internet, especially social media, video games and porn can easily become addictive, providing never ending novelty and a place to escape from real life. In this episode we will examine the characteristics of addictive online sites, define internet
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Impact of Mental Health and,or Addictions on th...
Addiction impacts more than just the individual. Families of people with addictions struggle with mood disorders and stress related illnesses. Communities are impacted by entire families who have higher utilization of medical services, increased absent
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Impact of Mental Health and or Addictions on th...
Addictions impact peoples neurochemistry (mood); their sleep quality, their pain, their relationships and their thinking patterns. Initially addictions may be used to escape from distress, but, through use, people are unknowingly making their mood and o
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Protective Factors for the Development of Co-Oc...
Mental Health and Addiction issues often go hand-in-hand. Effective recovery involves not only minimizing risk factors, but also enhancing protective factors within the individual and the individuals family, work, and community environment. This episod
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Risk Factors for the Development of Co-Occurrin...
Mental Health and Addiction issues often go hand-in-hand. Effective recovery involves not only minimizing risk factors, but also enhancing protective factors within the individual and the individuals family, work, and community environment. This episod
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Relapse Prevention with the Addicted Offender
Relapse prevention is similar across most populations, but there are some unique issues and challenges facing people in recovery who have a criminal record. Learn how to identify and address these issues. In this episode, we will: Define relaps
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Exploring Addiction and Criminal Behavior
Why do some people commit crimes repeatedly? Why does it feel like a revolving door for some people? Get answers to these questions and more in this presentation. Examine the parallels between addiction and criminal behavior. In this episode we will:
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What are Co-Occurring Disorders and How Do They...
Many people struggling with addictions also have mental health issues such as depression or anxiety. Likewise, many people with depression or anxiety may have an addiction. We refer to this as a co-occurring disorder. Some people will try to argue that s
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What are Co-Occurring Disorders and How Do They...
Many people struggling with addictions also have mental health issues such as depression or anxiety. Likewise, many people with depression or anxiety may have an addiction. We refer to this as a co-occurring disorder. Some people will try to argue that s
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Triggers And Cravings
Triggers are those things that remind you of something else. There are triggers for depression, anxiety and addiction. In this episode we will: Define a trigger Define a craving Explore the concept of stimulus generalization Discu
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