Join Snowy Lajoie, LCSW-R, KMOG in a three-hour training focused on providing nature-based interventions in outpatient mental health settings.
Topics covered will include specific strategies for working with individuals and groups; how to write progress notes and treatment plans using nature-based interventions; how to manage liability; assessing your client’s comfort in being in nature; assessing your comfort (as a provider) in being in nature; creating an agenda for wilderness group therapy; demonstration of specific guiding/wilderness skills.
3 CEs available to NYS LMHCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, LMSWs, LCATs, NYS Licensed Psychologists and NYS Licensed Psychoanalysts provided by Hudson Valley Professional Development, LLC upon successful completion of training.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- describe the main components of mindful and attachment-based wilderness therapy
- write appropriate documentation using nature-based interventions
- identify where to seek out additional coverage for liability and how to create a wilderness waiver
- create an assessment tool for screening clients for appropriateness for nature-based interventions
- create a detailed agenda for group therapy
In accordance with the NY State Department of Education guidelines, in order to receive continuing education contact hours, a participant needs to be present for the duration of the workshop/training. Therefore, participants who arrive late or leave the event early will not be granted a certificate of completion.
Cancellation Policy: Refunds will be provided for cancellations made in writing up to three business days prior to the start of the event.
Accommodations and Accessibility: HVPD welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact us at info@hudsonvalleyprofessionaldevelopment.com to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
$85 / 3 CEs