| Fee: Attendance is Free
Important fee information regarding CEUs:
- $15.00 for 3.0 CEUs for Ohio Licensed Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Ohio Licensed Psychologists
- FREE 3.0 CPUs Department of Development Disabilities PENDING
- Must Attend the full training. Partial credit will not be given. Arrive 10 minutes early to Sign In
Description: Lying, stealing, manipulating, Oh My!! These are some of the most emotionally charged and challenging behaviors faced by helping professionals. So, what do all of these behaviors have in common??? Dopamine! Dopamine is the neurochemical that gives us a will to live. If we cannot find it safely through connection and interaction with others, we will be driven to find it elsewhere. Any risk-taking behavior, like stealing, that we succeed at gives us a release of dopamine for surviving the risk. Unfortunately, this means if we have not had a chance to obtain dopamine in safe ways, these unsafe ways become highly engrained. This happens because dopamine gives us the feeling of being alive and that we matter. This is why stealing, especially shoplifting, often appears after the unexpected loss of someone meaningful. Those attempting to assist people who steal can often fall into a cycle of frustration and power struggle, resulting in lose/lose outcomes. Setting power struggles aside, we will place stealing into the context that drives it and engage brain-based interventions to help people grieve losses and reconnect the dopamine reward system with safe connection instead of risk. We will also explore how our own experiences with having our belongings stolen impacts our interactions with those struggling to take responsibility for their actions, grieve, and find safe ways to meet their needs. Finally, we will engage the hidden resilience of strategy, creativity, and determination found in the survival skill of stealing to help people move beyond the experiences, visceral memories, and belief systems that are keeping them from directly and pro-socially meeting their needs.
Upon completion of each session participants will be able to: 1. Explore traditional and emerging neuroscience-based understandings of stealing. 2. Identify and address their own experiences and beliefs related to stealing and people who engage in stealing. 3. Practice collaborative, non-adversarial ways to understand, engage, and address those who have developed stealing as a survival strategy or coping skill. 4. Be introduced to a multidimensional approach to increase felt safety (neuroception) and help people grieve to address the drive behind their stealing behavior. 5. Identify and explore the hidden resilience (strategy and determination) in the survival skill of stealing to help those we serve and support engage that resilience to develop prosocial ways to meet their needs.
Presenters: Mary Vicario LPCC-S, CTS Mary Vicario is a licensed professional clinical counselor supervisor (LPCC –S) and a certified trauma specialist with over 35 years of experience working as an educator, counselor, clinical director, and consultant with individuals, families, organizations, and systems. She trains nationally and internationally translating the latest research on the neuroscience of trauma and resilience into interventions for all ages and ability levels. Mary is a proud participant in multiple grants to further develop and link trauma informed and resilience-based care across systems and communities. She is honored to provide Trauma Responsive Care Certification through the Tristate Trauma Network for anyone working with trauma survivors. Mary can be reached at www.findinghopeconsulting.com
About the Resilience Project: The Resilience Project is administered by Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBH) with the support of these partner agencies: Child Focus, Hamilton County DD Services, Clermont County Board of DD, Clermont and Butler County FCF, and HOPE Community Center for Mental Wellness. The Resilience Project is funded by a grant from Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) and Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD).
Continuing Education The Child Focus Training Center is approved through the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. This program is offered or 3.0 clock hours of continuing education for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Social Work Provider#: RSX129410 Counselor Provider#: RCX029503. Marriage and Family Therapist Provider# RTX091001 Psychologists: The Child Focus Training Center is approved by the Ohio Psychological Association MCE program to offer continuing education for Ohio psychologists. This program is offered for 3.0 clock hours of continuing education for psychologists. Child Focus, 00PD-3109-52668, maintains responsibility for the program.
Department of Developmental Disabilities: 3.0 Continuing Professional Development Units
Cancellation Policy: The Training Center must be notified 7 days prior to a training via telephone, fax or email in order to cancel a registration and receive a full refund.
We will send information regarding updates and cancellations to the email address used to register for the training. We will also have this information updated on the CF website under Services Tab, then Education and Training.
Please note: Because we are not able to control the room temperature to fit everyone’s needs, we encourage you to dress in layers to better accommodate your personal comfort level.
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