Episodes
### Treatment Planning - **Importance**: Many clinicians and interns struggle with writing effective treatment plans. - **Tools**:  - **Integrative Summary**: Provides an executive summary of the patient's story, supports diagnosis, and identifies problems to drive treatment planning.  - **Standardized Instruments**: Used for guiding treatment planning, such as FARS, CANS, ASAM, and LOCUS.    ### Integrated Summary - **Purpose**: Summarizes the patient’s condition, diagnosis, and impacts of...
Published 08/29/24
(Release was delayed, unreleased episode 980) ### Summary of the Video **Introduction** - Welcome to Part Three of Interpersonal Skills series. - Focus on how past impacts present relationships, especially primary attachment relationships. - Host: Dr. Donell Snipes. - Objectives: Identify signs of relationship insecurities, explore past relationships' impact on present ones, and identify interventions for addressing relationship insecurities. **Signs of Relationship Insecurities** -...
Published 08/27/24
### Summary #### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Understanding triggers and cravings - Goals: Define triggers and cravings, identify personal triggers, and discuss coping methods #### Defining Triggers and Cravings - **Triggers**: Anything prompting a rewarding or survival response.  - Examples: Touch (hot stove), sounds (alarm clock), sights (child's smile), smells (fall air), places (dentist's office), people (reminding you of someone), situations (new job). -...
Published 08/22/24
### Summary #### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Listening without defensiveness - Goals: Understanding causes of defensiveness, enhancing assertiveness, and reducing defensiveness #### Understanding Defensiveness - **Defensiveness**: Indicates a lack of safety; behavior or feeling when feeling unsafe. - **Causes**:  - Prior negative experiences (verbal/physical aggression, invalidation).  - Low self-esteem leading to fear of rejection.  - Triggering topics related...
Published 08/20/24
### Summary #### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Toxic guilt and shame - signs, causes, and solutions - Goals: Understanding guilt and shame, their causes, effects, and ways to overcome them #### Definitions and Differences - **Guilt**: Anger at oneself for a behavior; feeling you did something wrong. - **Shame**: Feeling that you are inherently bad; about the person, not just behavior. - Importance of separating behavior from self-worth. #### Healthy vs. Toxic...
Published 08/15/24
#### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Theories of addiction and co-occurring disorders - Focus on understanding and addressing co-occurring disorders in addiction treatment #### Co-Occurring Disorders - Expectation rather than the exception in addiction treatment - Importance of addressing co-occurring symptoms to prevent relapse - Symptoms can include depression, anxiety, PTSD, and personality disorders #### Theories of Addiction 1. **Moral Theory**   - Addiction...
Published 08/13/24
**Summary: How Schema Affect Anxiety and Depression by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes** [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8SL2ZbWVFE) **Outline Summary:** 1. **Introduction**   - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   - Topic: How Schema Affect Anxiety and Depression   - Objectives: Define schema, explain formation, discuss inaccuracies, and identify strategies to address unhelpful schema 2. **Understanding Schema**   - Definition: Mental representations or beliefs about people or...
Published 08/08/24
**Summary: Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes** [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEDayQBJXkA) **Outline Summary:** 1. **Introduction**   - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   - Topic: Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)   - Objectives: Understand PAWS, its causes, and coping strategies 2. **What is PAWS?**   - Definition: PAWS stands for Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome   - Affects people who have engaged in addictive behaviors   - Results from...
Published 08/06/24
**Summary: Breaking Free from Quick Fixes - Healing Deep Wounds for Good by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes** [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZR-UqWpVgE) **Outline Summary:** 1. **Introduction**   - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   - Topic: Breaking free from quick fixes and healing deep wounds   - Objectives: Discuss quick fixes, their problems, the impact of deep wounds, and healing strategies. 2. **The Allure and Problem of Quick Fixes**   - Quick fixes are often superficial...
Published 08/01/24
**Summary: Ending a Relationship When You’re Anxiously Attached by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes** [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS53N-Evz4Q) **Outline Summary:** 1. **Introduction**   - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   - Topic: Ending a relationship when you’re anxiously attached   - Definition of anxious attachment 2. **Characteristics of Anxious Attachment**   - Need for relationships to feel safe   - Fear of rejection and abandonment   - Fight or Fawn response to...
Published 07/30/24
**Summary: Why Does Goal Setting Make Me Depressed and Anxious by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes** [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtHugpidjf8) **Outline Summary:** 1. **Introduction**   - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   - Topic: Why does goal setting make me depressed and anxious?   - Explanation of the emotional responses to goal setting. 2. **Understanding Goals and Emotional Responses**   - Goals as statements about desired or needed changes.   - Change causes crisis and...
Published 07/25/24
**Summary: Complicated Grief and Attachment by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes** [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0duJ33ymig) **Outline Summary:** 1. **Introduction**   - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   - Topic: Complicated Grief and Attachment   - Objectives: Define complicated grief, explore the overlap with trauma, identify risk factors, and explore tasks for successful grief resolution. 2. **Definitions**   - **Loss**: Change that includes being without someone or...
Published 07/23/24
### Summary of the Video #### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Enhancing Trauma Resiliency #### Effects of Trauma - Acute Trauma: Immediate and severe stress response. - Intergenerational Trauma: Trauma impacts across generations, affecting attachment and caregiving. #### Risk and Protective Factors for PTSD - Risk Factors: Age, developmental level, history of mental health or substance abuse, number of stressors in recent months, lack of social support, ineffective...
Published 07/18/24
### Summary of the Video #### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Understanding Anxiety Through a Child's Eyes #### What is Anxiety? - Anxiety is essentially fear, part of the fight-or-flight response. - Children and adults share similar fears but children may have broader fears due to less life experience. #### Common Fears in Children - Death and safety concerns, not only for themselves but for their caregivers. - Fear of rejection, isolation, and abandonment. -...
Published 07/16/24
### Summary of the Video #### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Goal Setting in Recovery - Envisioning a Rich and Meaningful Life #### Importance of Envisioning a Rich and Meaningful Life - Helps individuals see where they are going and why their current efforts are worthwhile. - Envisioning serves as a motivational tool, sustaining individuals through recovery. - Daily guided imagery is encouraged to maintain this vision. #### Maintaining Motivation - Envisioning...
Published 07/11/24
### Summary of the Video #### Introduction - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Moving from supportive to solution-focused interventions, primarily with children and adolescents. #### Differentiating Interventions - Supportive Interventions:  - Grounded in empathy  - Aim to help individuals survive the moment and return to emotional regulation  - Analogous to plugging a hole in a sinking ship temporarily    - Solution-Focused Interventions:  - Aim to help individuals move from...
Published 07/09/24
### Video Summary **Title:** A Guide to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Counselors: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why   **Presenter:** Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   **Link:** [Watch the video](https://youtu.be/tlR6T5jTCkM?si=Jjn2Wicv0EqvXJ-V) --- #### Introduction - Explanation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - Importance of CBT and its impact on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - Overview of the session's structure: what CBT is, what works, what doesn’t, and why #### Understanding...
Published 07/04/24
### Video Summary **Title:** Forming a Foundation that Nurtures Secure Attachment at All Ages   **Presenter:** Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   **Link:** [Watch the video](https://youtu.be/szThsSAmi1k?si=SeCbD5VyHP_yUp-N) --- #### Introduction - Importance of secure attachment throughout life - Explanation of the CARES approach to creating secure attachment - Identifying challenges and promoting secure attachment in different age groups #### CARES Approach to Secure Attachment 1. **Consistency**:...
Published 07/02/24
### Video Summary **Title:** Love Languages and Temperament   **Presenter:** Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   **Link:** [Watch the video](https://youtu.be/W7uNYyGYLTE?si=M069KyNYc95yYlAe) --- #### Introduction - Focus on understanding oneself and partners to improve communication - Discusses temperament characteristics and their impact on relationships - Explores how love languages enhance relationships #### Temperament Dimensions 1. **Environment and Energy (Extrovert vs. Introvert)**   -...
Published 06/27/24
### Video Summary **Title:** Trauma Related Brain Damage, Glutamate, and Neurotoxicity   **Presenter:** Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   **Link:** [Watch the video](https://youtu.be/AFsqzW8DBYc?si=Asi1zJlYqabK-Vn6) --- #### Introduction - Overview of trauma's effect on brain glutamate levels - Discusses impact on HPA axis and neurotransmitter balance - Importance of glutamate in learning and synaptic plasticity #### Effects of Glutamate Imbalance - Role of glutamate and cortisol in brain...
Published 06/25/24
### Outline Summary **Introduction** - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes - Topic: Neurobiology of Depression - Audience: Counselors and social workers - Purpose: Understand neurotransmitters and hormones' impact on mood, causes of imbalance, and strategies for healing **Understanding Neurotransmitters and Hormones** - Neurotransmitters: Serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, glutamate - Hormones: Testosterone, estrogen, thyroid hormones - Functions: Arousal, mood, motivation, sleep, energy,...
Published 06/20/24
### Bullet Summary of the Video: "Early Relapse Prevention for Pornography Addiction" by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes #### Introduction - Introduction to early relapse prevention for pornography addiction. - Importance of having basic skills and tools in early recovery. #### Initial Phase of Recovery - Overview of the physical symptoms and challenges during withdrawal. - Importance of not substituting one addiction for another. #### Monitoring Solutions - Focus on monitoring positive progress...
Published 06/18/24
### Bullet Summary of the Video: "Behavior Modification in Addiction Recovery" by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes #### Introduction - Introduction to behavior modification in addiction recovery. - Overview of basic behavior modification tools. #### Backward Chaining - Explanation of backward chaining. - Assessing physical aspects: rest, nutrition, pain. - Evaluating interpersonal relationships: support, abandonment, self-esteem. - Emotional state assessment: mood and emotional vulnerabilities. -...
Published 06/15/24
### Summary of the Video: "Creating Psychological Flexibility in Children" **Introduction to Psychological Flexibility** - **Definition**: Psychological flexibility involves being aware of the present moment and making conscious choices from available options to handle situations effectively. - **Importance for Children**: Teaching children psychological flexibility helps them manage emotions and behaviors, improving their overall well-being and resilience. **Vulnerabilities Affecting...
Published 06/13/24
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Published 05/11/24