

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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Oct 24, 2018 • 60min
Recovering from an Addicted or Borderline Parent
Recovering from Growing Up with an Addicted or Borderline Parent Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Executive Director, AllCEUs.com Podcast Host: Counselor Toolbox CEUs are available for this presentation at https://allceus.com/member/cart/index/product/id/375/c/ Objectives ~ Review the characteristics of BPD ~ Compare and contrast BPD with addictive behaviors ~ Examine ways to implement the activities presented in the book […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 2018 • 60min
Finding Meaning with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC Executive Director, AllCEUs Objectives ~ The Goal of ACT ~ What is Mindfulness? ~ How Does ACT Differ from Other Mindfulness-based Approaches? ~ What is Unique to Act? ~ Destructive Normality ~ Experiential Avoidance ~ Therapeutic Interventions ~ Confronting the Agenda ~ Control is […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 17, 2018 • 58min
Stress Management with Dialectics and Locus of Control | Journey to Recovery Series
Locus of control helps people realistically examine how much control they have over a situation. Dialectics help people deal with distress by embracing and examining the opposing forces or points in a situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 13, 2018 • 1h 5min
Cognitive Behavioral Activities for Group and Individual Work
By developing a broader understanding of situations people can explore the effectiveness of their thinking in terms of how it impacts their ability to live a rich and meaningful life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 7, 2018 • 1h 4min
Depression Group and Individual Interventions
Learn how to teach the common symptoms for anxiety and depression-based disorders, and how a positive change in one area or symptom can have positive effects on all symptoms or areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 6, 2018 • 59min
Guilt Individual and Group Interventions | Journey to Recovery Series
Guilt comes in many forms. It is largely anger at ourselves and energy tied up in the past. Holding on to guilt weighs us down. Identifying your sources of guilt and addressing them is the first step. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 3, 2018 • 1h 3min
Grief and Loss Individual and Group Interventions | Journey to Recovery Series
Losses encompass more than death or a person or loss of property. Failure to acknowledge losses can cause unhelpful reactions in similar future situations. It is important to explore feelings and reactions in terms of their functionality---how are they benefitting the person Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 29, 2018 • 57min
Anger and Anxiety Group and Individual Interventions | Journey to Recovery Series
By helping people identify the roots of their anger and more effective strategies, they can be empowered to reduce the frequency and intensity of these emotions and more effectively cope when they do arise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 26, 2018 • 1h
Distress Tolerance Group and Individual Activities: Journey to Recovery Series
The goal of distress tolerance is to accept, find meaning for and tolerate distress. Pain and distress are part of life. Refusing to accept this leads to suffering Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 23, 2018 • 1h 1min
Seeking Safety Overview
“Safety” is an umbrella term that signifies various elements: ~ discontinuing addictive behaviors ~ reducing suicidality ~ minimizing exposure high-risk situations ~ letting go of dangerous relationships ~ gaining control over extreme symptoms (such as dissociation) ~ stopping self-harm behaviors (such as cutting). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices