Depression, Anxiety and Stress Management

Biography

Biography: Andrew Mendonsa

Abstract

The wellness and self-care section of this presentation will address the idea that the professional’s well-being is essential for effective interventions and supervision. The degree to which the professional takes excellent care of him or herself determines their effectiveness. In this section, the presenters will introduce a self-assessment that is simple to take and effective in giving participants a snapshot of their life. It points the areas of one’s life that one can choose to focus on and to restore balance and improve well-being. This assessment can be used over and over with many different applications. Participants will take the assessment and identify an area of focus, create specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely (SMART) goals and set up an accountability plan that will move their life in the direction of balance and wellbeing. The research section of this presentation will present recent and cutting edge research around the causes, effects and prevention of burnout and vicarious trauma. A substantial portion of the section will review and discuss best practices and innovations related to the identification, treatment and management of burnout and trauma. The application section will highlight current national and international trends in strategies being used to address vicarious trauma. In addition, significant attention and discussion will focus on culturally based theories, sensitivities and interventions are proven useful when incorporating approaches with family, colleagues and organizations. The objectives are they summarize the differences between trauma and burnout from working with juvenile versus adult offenders and how burnout presents differently; discuss the necessity of excellent self-care for effective supervision; differentiate current and best practice applications, trends and research related to burnout and vicarious/secondary trauma; demonstrate the warning signs and etiology of secondary trauma and impairment; summarize how to use assessment tools to prioritize self-care goals in one’s personal life; do an assessment during the workshop and come away with a smart goal that they can decide to begin working on immediately; list resources and tools from around the globe that can be used in supervision, operations and staff training/onboarding programs.