Pro Bono Counseling
2024 Professional Continuing Education Online Webinar
Striving, Surviving, and Thriving: Opening the Hidden Doors to Adolescent Growth and Healing
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Online Workshop – Two (2) CE Credits
Fee: $29/person
FREE for Active PBC Volunteer Clinicians
Featured Presenter: Brad Sachs, PhD
Session Description: This workshop will focus on supporting clinicians who treat adolescents and their families, enabling them not only to effectively address teens’ social, emotional and behavioral challenges, but also to nurture a blossoming of self-reliance, self-determination and self-respect.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
· List at least five phenomena that may contribute to the currently high rates of adolescent anxiety, depression, and suicidal behavior.
· Discuss strategies for fostering conversations that invite teenagers to explore an expanded sense of self during adolescence—helping them to assess who they were, who they are, and who they are becoming.
· Identify strategies for working with teenagers who resist self-discovery and self-awareness, and who have begun succumbing to despair and hopelessness.
· Describe strategies for coaching parents when it comes to understanding their teen’s struggles, and responding to them in ways that promote self-acceptance, healing and maturity while still holding their children accountable for their behavior.
Presenter Bio: Brad Sachs, PhD
Dr. Brad Sachs is a psychologist, educator, consultant and best-selling author. He specializes in clinical work with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in Columbia, Maryland, and is the Founder and Director of The Father Center, a program designed to meet the needs of new, expectant, and experienced fathers.
His most recent publications for professional readership are THE GOOD ENOUGH THERAPIST: FUTILITY, FAILURE AND FORGIVENESS IN TREATMENT, and FAMILY-CENTERED TREATMENT WITH STRUGGLING YOUNG ADULTS: A CLINICIAN’S GUIDE TO THE TRANSITION FROM ADOLESCENCE TO AUTONOMY.
Dr. Sachs has authored numerous books for a general audience, as well, some of which include:
- WHEN NO ONE UNDERSTANDS: LETTERS TO A TEENAGER ON LIFE, LOSS, AND THE HARD ROAD TO ADULTHOOD,
- THE GOOD ENOUGH CHILD: HOW TO HAVE AN IMPERFECT FAMILY AND BE PERFECTLY SATISFIED
- THE GOOD ENOUGH TEEN: RAISING ADOLESCENTS WITH LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE, DESPITE HOW IMPOSSIBLE THEY CAN BE
and
- EMPTYING THE NEST: LAUNCHING YOUR YOUNG ADULT TOWARD SUCCESS AND SELF-RELIANCE
His work has been translated into numerous languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, German, and Danish.
Dr. Sachs regularly writes articles for magazines such as Redbook, Parenting, Parents, Child, and American Baby and lectures and leads training workshops both nationally and internationally. He been interviewed on over five hundred radio and television shows, including The Today Show, 20/20, and The Diane Rehm Show.
He is a graduate of Brown University, where he met his wife, Dr. Karen Meckler, a psychiatrist and medical acupuncturist. The two of them have raised their three young adult children and quite a few dogs in Columbia, Maryland, and currently enjoy visits there from their granddaughters.
For additional information about his work and writing, visit his website: www.drbradsachs.com
Workshop registrants will receive a code prior to the webinar to log on to Zoom and participate in the online session.
IMPORTANT: Attendance will be monitored. Participants must be logged on to the meeting by the workshop start time and participate in the entire event in order to earn CE credit.
Pro Bono Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Pro Bono Counseling maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Maryland Boards of Social Work Examiners and Professional Counselors and Therapists certify that this program meets the criteria for two (2) credit hours of continuing education for social workers (Category 1), professional counselors, and therapists (Category A) licensed in Maryland.
CE credit is granted to participants with documented attendance at individual workshops. Attendance is monitored. Credit will not be granted to registrants who log on late or depart early from a session. It is the responsibility of registrants to comply with these requirements.
Please note that upon attendance verification, you will receive your CE certificate within four weeks via email. Please add Pro Bono Counseling to your contacts and check your SPAM folder to ensure delivery.
By registering for this event, all participants agree to abide by the following code of conduct:
Workshop Code of Conduct
Pro Bono Counseling (PBC) is dedicated to providing a positive continuing education experience for everyone of all backgrounds and identities. We do not tolerate disrespectful behavior or harassment of workshop participants, facilitators, or PBC staff in any form. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of characteristics that include but are not limited to: gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, citizenship, veteran status, pregnancy status, race, ethnicity, or religion. Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in unacceptable behavior, PBC may take any action it deems appropriate, including warning or expelling the offender from the event with no refund.
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The views expressed by the workshop presenter(s) and participants are their own opinions and do not represent Pro Bono Counseling, and do not imply an endorsement of them or the organizations they represent.
