Strategies to Support System-Involved Youth with Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Nicole Kelly, Psy.D. & Nancy Acosta

Training Description

Many system-involved struggle with anxiety and mood disorders so it’s crucial for social service and behavioral health providers to understand the different types of anxiety and mood disorders and know how to effectively support system involved youth and young adults who have been diagnosed with these disorders. This training will provide an overview of different types of anxiety and mood disorders as well as practical strategies providers can use to support youth and young adults struggling with them.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

· Identify at least 2 types of mood disorders

· Identify at least 2 anxiety disorders

· Identify at least 1 strategy which can be used to support youth with a mood disorder and 1 strategy which can be used to support system-involved youth with regulating their anxiety.

Agenda

9:00-9:15am  Welcome and Introductions

9:15-10:30am  Mood disorder overview

· Depression

· Mania

· Understanding diagnosis

· Exercise and mood

· Thoughts, emotions and behaviors

· Identifying symptoms

10:30-10:45am  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

10:45am-12:00pm  Mood disorder strategies of support

· Cognitive distortions

· Behavioral activation

· Reversing cycles of depression

· Managing bipolar symptoms

· Vignettes

12:00-1:00pm  Lunch (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

1:00-2:30pm  Anxiety overview

· Symptoms of anxiety

· Generalized anxiety

· Panic disorder

· Social anxiety

· Phobias

· Other anxiety disorders

· Risk factors

2:30-2:45pm  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

2:45-3:45pm  Anxiety strategies of support

· How anxiety affects the body

· Psychoeducation

· Breathe work

· Mindfulness

· Resourcing

3:45-4:00pm  Questions & Answers, Closing

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Kelly, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

Nancy Acosta is a bilingual therapist who has 7 years of experience working with trauma at a sexual assault center. She has provided services to children and adults in various settings including outpatient community mental health centers, college counseling centers, crisis centers, and in an integrated behavioral health setting. She has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy as well as Cognitive Processing Therapy. She has experience providing training and supervision to doctoral level graduate students in trauma related topics including crisis intervention, vicarious trauma, and grounding techniques. In addition to developing a training manual for a student training program at a rape and crisis center, she also has experience supervising practicum students and providing support to staff and advocates. Nancy has experience working as a behavioral health consultant with multidisciplinary staff to improve recognition, treatment and management of behavioral problems and conditions.

This course meets the qualifications for (5.5) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.