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Helping the Anxious Generation: A Power-Packed Menu of Evidence-Based Interventions to Ease Anxiety and Build Resilience in Teens and Young Adults
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- Faculty:
- Ashley Smith, PhD
- Duration:
- 3 Hours
- Copyright:
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Nov 14, 2024
- Product Code:
- POS059919
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar - Also available: Digital Seminar
Description
There’s no doubt that a record number of teens and young adults are on the brink of crisis.
But it takes a special skillset to help this hurting and anxious generation.
This is your rare opportunity to learn the latest and most effective techniques directly from Dr. Ashley Smith, an award-winning psychologist, sought-after speaker, researcher and author of The Way I See It: A Psychologist’s Guide to a Happier Life!
Drawing on evidence-based clinical interventions and 20 years of specializing in youth anxiety, Dr. Smith designed this fast-paced, strategy-rich training to help you feel confident and competent in addressing this growing need.
In this training, you will:
- Go beyond diagnostic labels and criteria
- Learn rapport-building strategies that work with reluctant and resistant teens and young adults
- Dive into the neurology of anxiety in the 15–25-year-old brain
- Gain hands on experience in the implementation of cognitive, mindfulness, relaxation, and behavioral strategies
- Leave with a menu of intervention options and a clear framework for deciding when to use which tool
Purchase now and prepare to meet the needs of this hurting generation that desperately needs your help.
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Helping the Anxious Generation (5.4 MB) | 47 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Self-Study Instructions (15.4 KB) | 1 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Evaluation Form.pdf (1.2 MB) | 1 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Helping the Anxious Generation - French (5.4 MB) | 47 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Helping the Anxious Generation - Italian (5.4 MB) | 47 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Helping the Anxious Generation - German (5.4 MB) | 47 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Helping the Anxious Generation - Spanish (5.4 MB) | 47 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
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Dr. Ashley Smith is a licensed clinical psychologist and recognized expert in anxiety and related disorders. She has worked in children’s hospitals, an anxiety specialty clinic, and private practice, providing evidence-based treatment for anxiety and OCD.
An adjunct faculty member at Kansas City University, Dr. Ashley has extensive experience training and supervising mental health professionals. She has authored peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and two books, including Childhood Anxiety Disorders. A long-time member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, she was honored with their Special Recognition Award in 2023.
She regularly presents workshops and trainings at local and national levels, focusing on the practical application of cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, and applied neuroscience to improve clinical outcomes. She is also the co-founder of Peak Mind. The Center for Psychological Strength, an organization dedicated to making psychological tools more widely accessible.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ashley Smith is the co-founder of Peak Mind, has an employment relationship with Kansas City University, and maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. Ashley Smith receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ashley Smith is a member of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and sits on the board of directors for Disabled But Not Really.
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Helping the Anxious Generation: A Power-Packed Menu of Evidence-Based Interventions to Ease Anxiety and Build Resilience in Teens and Young Adults
Copyright: 11/14/2024 - Product Code POS059919 |
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Objectives
- Choose mindfulness techniques, cognitive interventions, and relaxation strategies to use with teens and young adults.
- Utilize metaphors to explain key concepts and intervention rationales to teens and young adults.
- Identify cognitive strategies to help clients address anxious or unhelpful thoughts.
Outline
From Normative to Clinical Anxiety
- Today’s teens: generation-specific predisposing factors
- Anxiety disorders – does diagnosis even matter?
- Two pathways in the brain and implications for intervention
- The amygdala
- The prefrontal cortex
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Supporting Anxious Youth
- Rapport-building approaches
- Rapid stabilization approaches for crisis intervention
- Conceptualizing anxiety: Body, brain, behavior
- Unhelpful stances for providers, parents, caregivers:
- Accommodating
- Demanding
- Supportive stance: SPACE Protocol
INTERVENTIONS
- Breath retraining and visual imagery exercises
- 10 teen-friendly mindfulness strategies
- Thinking strategies: Cognitive restructuring and more
- Exposure: in vivo, imaginal, interoceptive
- Values-based and committed actions
- Behavioral experiments
- Experiential activities and case studies
Put it All Together: A Decision-Making Framework
- Design interventions – when to use what
- Enhance treatment effectiveness
- Lifestyle factors
- Boost motivation and treatment adherence
- Trouble shooting when you get stuck
Target Audience
- Clinical Psychologists
- Counselors
- Art Therapists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Social Workers
- School Counselors
- School Social Workers
- School Psychologists
- Nurses
- Educators
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