Working with Challenging Patients and Clients: The Do's and Don'ts - 2nd Edition (Self-Study)
Self-Study
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Self-Study Webinar
This webinar is clinically-based for anyone invested in improving their skills.
For New York State Licensed LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, and CASACs
2 CEUs are available once the post-test and evaluation are completed
You have done your best with this client but nothing seems to be working. You are asking what to do next. Look nowhere else, as the SWEET Institute has crafted for you the Do’s and Don'ts when working with challenging patients and clients. Register, learn, and master new skills to enhance your practice, obtain the best possible outcomes, and increase the meaning of your work.
AT THE END OF THIS WEBINAR, YOU WILL HAVE:
- Learned the framework of the Socratic Motivational Practice to work with challenging patients and clients.
- Learned the Principles and Techniques of the Socratic Motivational Practice to work with challenging patients and clients.
- Increased your tools to talking with patients and clients by identifying at least one thing you will start doing differently, at the end of the webinar, as a result of the Socratic Motivational Practice framework.
- Everything you want in one place, including an illustration of how to implement the newly learned skills during our role plays.
- Received your certificate by email immediately after your post-test and evaluation are completed.
HERE'S WHAT OUR ATTENDEES ARE SAYING ABOUT US:
"I am really being challenged by the webinars, to learn more and go deeper into the subject matter. Acceptance of the status quo in substance abuse treatment is no longer accepted and I look forward to what SWEET has to offer."
- Kim, LMSW
"It was very helpful and useful info to know, especially as I work with a lot of adults who are diagnosed with ADHD along with other diagnoses."
- Kara, LMHC
"Great learning experience."
- David, LCSW
- In the State of New York, SWEET Institute is approved by the Office of Professions under Dr. Sidor Psychiatric Services as a CEU provider for social workers (#SW-0471) and mental health counselors (#MHC-0127).
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89% of SWEET Webinar Attendees felt that the course they attended gave them practical information they could use in their everyday life
Your Facilitator and Co-Facilitator
Mardoche Sidor, MD is a quadruple board certified psychiatrist, with board certifications in Psychiatry and Neurology (General Adult Psychiatry), Child and Adolescent, Addiction, and Forensic, Psychiatry. He has training in public and community psychiatry, psychopharmacology and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He also has training in Motivational Interviewing, psychodynamic psychotherapy, play therapy, and family and couples therapy. He has clinical, teaching, and supervision experience; he has mentorship, coaching, and management, skills; and he has experience as a primary care physician, in public speaking and writing. Dr. Sidor also has skills in leadership, research, program development and project management. His overall goal is to help all health professionals, throughout the United States and globally, access the tools they need to feel empowered to provide excellent patient care while also promoting their own self-care and burnout prevention. He is the main facilitator for the SWEET Institute, and he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University.Dr. Sidor was recently the Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for CASES (Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services) where he continues to provide psychiatric care. He speaks and writes fluently in four (4) languages—French, English, Spanish, and Creole, with intermediate proficiency in Portuguese and Italian.
Karen Dubin-McKnight, PhD, LCSW, has wide clinical, teaching, supervision and mentorship experience that spans 18 years. She also has a vast experience working in the criminal justice system, in community mental health, in teaching, and in management. Her added passion is in education, coaching, public relations, and mediation. Her goal is to ensure that social workers and other non-medical practitioners feel empowered and have a voice “at the table.” Dr. Dubin-McKnight is the co-facilitator for the SWEET Institute. She was most recently the Court Operations Director at CASES. She is currently Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and Adelphi University School of Social Work. She is also a trainer at the CUCS Academy, and Howie T. Harp. She has a private practice for people impacted by loss and trauma and also provides clinical supervision.
"This training was great. Hope to do more and learn more to help me do a better job for my clients."
- Cynthia, Legal Aid Society
"SWEET is such a special place where I feel comfortable to take risks and really engage in new learning and growth."
- Lily T, Women's Prison Association
"We had amazing instructors who were very patient and knowledgeable. No improvements needed."
- Jose, Goodwill Industries
We need this agency-wide and the full day of training!! I think this is indicative of anti-oppressive practice. Thank you!
- Laura, Brooklyn Defender Services