Continuing Education (CEU) Information
Mental Health America of NKY & SWOH is an approved sponsor of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of Social Work (KBSWSP 202211).
Applications have been submitted to the following additional entities for CEUs:
50% refund by November 7.*
*May change individual attending at no cost.
Costs and Gifts of Caring: Using Mindfulness and Meditation to Move from Compassion Distress to Compassion Resilience
“Endurance does not come from hope alone. It begins with knowing, and having the courage to face and accept, the reality of the ground upon which we stand. Survival comes from balancing reality with optimism and hope." ~ Amy Acton, MD, April 2020
While balancing reality with optimism and hope is more challenging now than ever in our lives, meditation and mindfulness offers an oasis of calm and insight. Let’s take some time together to mindfully explore, honor, and celebrate our ability to survive, adapt, and continue growing personally and professionally. Meditation can help us recognize that hidden in our struggle is the resilience needed to propel us forward.
The costs and gifts of caring can be placed onto a continuum that progresses from compassion distress to compassion satisfaction and even to compassion resilience. As we explore the neuroscience of mindfulness and meditation, we will practice new ways to harness energy and discover our capacity to engage our own oasis regularly and in the moments we need it most.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this training participants will be able to:
Presenters:
Mary Vicario, LPCC-S, CTS & Ilea Duger, CTS, CPRS
Mary Vicario is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor (LPCC-S) and a Certified Trauma Specialist who holds a Certificate in Traumatic Studies The Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute. In 2007, she founded Finding Hope Consulting to address the gap in training available to communities by translating cutting edge relational neuroscience into everyday activities that anyone can use to promote healing, resilience and hope. Through interactive and entertaining presentations, Finding Hope brings the neurobiology of hope to life with a focus on supporting underserved populations and creating trauma-responsive communities. Ms. Vicario’s 35 years experience includes being an educator, counselor, People to People American Counseling Association delegate to China and Mongolia; guest lecturing and participating in a conference on human trafficking in Germany, co-authoring the Foster Parents' Survival Guide, a journal article on Relational-Cultural Play Therapy, trauma responsive curricula for individuals with Intellectual and Development Disabilities (IDD) and a textbook chapter in S. Smith-Adcock and C. Tucker Eds. (2016), Counseling Children and Adolescents: Connecting Theory, Development and Diversity for Sage Publishing. Each day, Mary’s father asked her, “What did you do today, to make the world a better place?” She hopes her audiences leave knowing one more way they can do just that.
lea Dugger is a certified trauma-responsive care specialist, a certified peer recovery supporter, and master facilitator for Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services. She supervises a team of parent peers who work directly with families who have a child with a dual diagnosis (mental health and developmental disabilities) to implement trauma-responsive strategies in the home and help families create an atmosphere of felt safety. She is pursuing her master’s degree in trauma-responsive organizational leadership and has a special interest in polyvagal theory and its applications to felt safety across diverse environments.