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Self-Study

Therapy and the Use of Self Part 3: Transformation to Vicarious Resilience


Credit Available - See CEs/Contact Hours tab below.

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Categories:
Care & Counseling: Elective Courses |  Certificate Program: Online Trauma-Informed Clinical Foundation |  Certificate Program: Trauma-Informed Care & Counseling |  Online Trauma-Informed Clinical Foundation: Elective Courses |  Trauma and PTSD
Trainer:
Sarah Smith, ACSW, LCSW-R, EMDRIA Approved Consultant
Course Levels:
Beginning
Duration:
1 Hour 44 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Original Recording Date:
Jun 12, 2020



Description

Course Format

Recorded webinar.


A great deal of attention has been focused on vicarious trauma for clinicians who work with survivors of trauma. However, the concept of vicarious resilience is just as important for therapists. Vicarious resilience goes beyond self-care. Vicarious Resilience is defined as the positive impact on and personal growth of therapists resulting from exposure to clients’ resilience (Hernandez, Engstrom, & Gangsei, 2007). While resilience is defined as adapting in the face of adversity, it can also involve profound personal growth. Participants will have the opportunity to identify resilience- and strength-based clinical models and identify and assess their own vicarious resilience through a self-assessment tool. There will be a focus on the 7 possible dimensions of vicarious resilience.  Participants will be given time to develop a plan to evaluate their own resilience and use these tools on an ongoing basis. Finally, the training will explore ways participants can use their vicarious resilience to promote resilience informed therapy to their clients.

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define vicarious resilience and identify examples in their own practice.
  2. Identify strength based clinical models and be able to define the reasons these models are considered resilience based. 
  3. Interpret resilience using the Vicarious Resilience Scale. 
  4. Differentiate 7 dimensions of vicarious resilience.
  5. Formulate a practice routine to enhance vicarious resilience.
  6. Identify ways that vicarious resilience in therapists enhances resilience in clients.

Research:  The American Psychological Association maintains a database on publications about trauma. Google Scholar includes links to numerous articles on vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience.

Target Audience: social workers, mental health practitioners, creative arts therapists, marriage and facility therapists, psychologists, addiction professionals, case managers, and other interested individuals.

Customer Service

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Customer Service: We are happy to respond to any concerns or questions you may have. Please contact us at by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-829-5841.


CEs/Contact Hours


UB Online Trauma-Informed Clinical Foundation Certificate- elective course

2  Hours


UB Trauma-Informed Care & Counseling Certificate- elective course

2  Hours


ASWB ACE approved continuing education

University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education, #1773, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 02/23/2022 - 02/23/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.


NYSED LMSW & LCSW CEs/Contact Hours

University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001. Continuing education Self-Study contact hours: 2


NYSED LMHC CEs/Contact Hours

University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0008. Continuing education Self-Study contact hours: 2


NYSED LMFT CEs/Contact Hours

University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0007. Continuing education Self-Study contact hours: 2


NYSED LCAT CEs/Contact Hours

University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists #CAT-0003. Continuing education Self-Study contact hours: 2


NYSED PSY CEs/Contact Hours

University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0062. Continuing education Self-Study contact hours: 2


UBSW - NYS OASAS

NYS OASAS Provider #0045: 2 hours for CPP & CPS Initial Hours, Section 1; CASAC, CPP & CPS Renewal Hours.



Handouts

Trainer

Sarah Smith, ACSW, LCSW-R, EMDRIA Approved Consultant's Profile

Sarah Smith, ACSW, LCSW-R, EMDRIA Approved Consultant Related Seminars and Products

Center for Clarity, Consultation and Training, LLC


Sarah Smith, ACSW, LCSW-R is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in Buffalo, NY.  Sarah obtained her MSW in social work in 1994 and worked in a community mental health for several years.    She worked primarily with addictions and mental health.  Early in her career she observed women in addiction treatment had encountered specific challenges to treatment, and was able to address some of these needs through specialized groups.  She was trained in EMDR at the University of Buffalo in 2008 and that training was a game changer for her career. She specifically sought training and consultation to work with complex PTSD and dissociative disorders.  She continues to specialize in co-occurring disorders.  She is currently an Approved Consultant through EMDRIA. In 2011 she went into private practice and in 2014 founded The Center for Clarity in Amherst, NY.  


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Cancellation Policy:

Live (In-Person, Online, and Hybrid) Trainings

The cancellation and refund policy below applies to individual courses. If you purchased multiple courses at one time they may be subject to individual processing fees. Participants can make payment or refund inquiries by contacting the Office of Continuing Education by phone 716-829-5844 or by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu. Standard business hours for the Office of Continuing Education are Monday – Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm. Any requests made outside of these days and times will default to the next business day.

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Completion Requirements

No partial credit is given for partial attendance.

Self-Study Completion Requirements 

In order to receive a certificate of completion for this course participants must complete the following.

Please note all requirements can be found in your UBCE21 portal

- Watch the video(s) in it's entirety. 

- After the training, take and pass the quiz with a score of 80% or higher. Participants have three chances to pass the quiz. You can access the quiz by clicking on the "Evaluation and Certificate" button for this course. 

- After the training, complete the evaluation by clicking on the "Evaluation and Certificate" button for this course.

The certificate of completion will be immediately generated in your account upon completion of all course requirements. Certificates may be downloaded, printed, or left in your account. 

Self-Study Equipment Requirements

Required Hardware
- A computer (desktop/laptop) or mobile device (smartphone/tablet).
- Speakers/headphones/earbuds

Internet Connection
- A stable Internet connection of 56K or greater is required. (However, please note that a 56K connection may degrade the quality of your experience.)

Any questions about these requirements or other technical questions can be directed to sw-ce@buffalo.edu.

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Upon successful registration of the course, including receipt of payment, you will be able to access the course materials. 

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Agenda

  • Introduction to the presentation and an exercise called “A Hero’s Journey”.
  • Brief summary of higher adaptive defenses and instruction on filling out worksheet that will be reviewed after break. Also review domains of resilience handout. Those domains are Altruism, Sublimation, Suppression, Anticipation and Humor. As we go through the training, participants are encouraged to identify and provide examples of any of these defenses that they use.
  • Introduce the Wisdom of the body and discuss neurological effects of stress response
  • Review measures of resilience, including the ACE study vs. the Resilience Questionnaire. Include information about measuring resilience.
  • Review exercise from the beginning of the training to make a collective map of Higher Adaptive Defenses.
  • The characteristics from the Vicarious Resilience study will be defined and examples will be used.
  • Strength based clinical models will be reviewed and common dynamics will be addressed.
  • The Ecological Systems Framework for Holistic Self-care will be explained, as well as ways participants can apply that to their own practice.
  • The drive for completion will be explored and the balance of the Six Pillars of Resilience will be discussed.