

Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes
Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Counselors, coaches and sober companions help hundreds of thousands of people affected by Addictions and Mental Health issues each year. Learn about the current research and practical counseling tools to improve your skills and provide the best possible services. Counselor Toolbox targets counselors, coaches and companions, but can also provide useful counseling self-help tools for persons struggling with these issues and their loved ones. AllCEUs is an approved counseling continuing education provider for addiction and mental health counselors in most states. Counseling CEUs are available for each episode.
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Sep 7, 2022 • 1h 3min
Health Anxiety and Illness Related Psychological Distress Somatic Symptom Disorder DSM 5 TR
•Learn about the category of somatic symptom disorders in the DSM 5 TR•Explore the diagnostic criteria and for the disorders as outlined in the DSM 5 TR•Identify risk factors and co-occurring issues as identified in the DSM 5 TR and clinical research (pubmed) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 4, 2022 • 41min
How have we become a society of Narcissists
•Trait: Dwells on fantasies of unlimited success, power, love•Functions: Survival / protection•Causes• Abuse• Neglected/ ignored•Neglected due to health/mental health•Abandonment•Observational Learning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 31, 2022 • 39min
Evidence Based Practices for Anxiety Disorder Treatment
PACER evidence based practices
Physical
Affective / Cognitive
Environmental
Relational
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Aug 28, 2022 • 16min
DocSnipes' Top 15 Time Saving Tips
You have to listen... If we give them all in the notes you might not. 😊 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 24, 2022 • 58min
Enhancing Motivation Change
•Learn about the nature of change•Explore the different stages of readiness for change and how to identify what stage a person is in•Learn about goals and interventions for each stage for readiness for change•Explore ways to identify barriers and expectations regarding recovery and how to use that to enhance motivation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 21, 2022 • 59min
Addictions and Cluster B Disorders through an Attachment Based Trauma Informed Lens
•Do you sometimes have difficulty controlling your anger or "over- react" to situations?• Have you ever manipulated someone or a situation for your personal gain (like a promotion or getting accepted by a group)•Do you ever have a sense of entitlement (even if someone else has done the work)• Have you ever had intense, unstable relationships?•Do you sometimes have feelings of emptiness?•Are you sometimes impulsive?•Do you sometimes have stress-related paranoid ideation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Aug 17, 2022 • 1h 1min
Diagnosing Anxiety and Panic Disorders in DSM 5 TR
•Fear and anxiety may be expressed as fighting /agitation/tantrums, fleeing, freezing, fawning/clinging, f*** It /withdrawal•Anxiety disorders differ from each other regarding the types of objects or situations that cause fear, anxiety, or avoidance behavior, and the associated beliefs•Anxiety disorders represent a response that is not developmentally or culturally "normative" in terms of intensity or duration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 14, 2022 • 37min
How to Prioritize when Everything Seems Important – 6 Tips
Listen for the tips 😊TIMESTAMPS00:00 Tip 106:54 Tip 222:30 Tip 326:10 Tip 428:46 Tip 530:28 Other Tips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 10, 2022 • 46min
Processing Emotions through Journaling – 52 Skills
• Explore Memories, expectations and associated beliefs• Memories that it brought up:Unprocessed T/t-raumas or bad memories. (crime, subponeas)What else...• Expectations about future distress. What else... (bad news)• What beliefs are associated with those thoughts or expectations?• Thoughts/ memories about being unsafe / death•Thoughts/ memories of hopelessness or helplessness / powerlessness• Thoughts/ memories of rejection /failure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 7, 2022 • 27min
Evidence Based Treatments for ADHD
•Review current evidence based practices for ADHD•Since the causes of ADHD are still being explored, new treatments are regularly emerging.•Medication is often a first line treatment although up to 20% of patients cannot tolerate the medication•Exploring core symptoms and helping the person learn how to develop individualized strategies to mitigate negative impact is still central to the treatment of ADHD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices