Description
Duration:
120 minutes including a Q&A
Includes:
• A certificate of completion
• The on-demand recording to watch at your convenience, for at least one year
• A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing
Objectives:
• Identifying pandemic-specific stressors during the lockdown versus reopening periods
• Describing statistics of pandemic-related mental health and addiction symptoms in Canada and the US
• Exploring maladaptive coping mechanisms utilized during and in the aftermath of the pandemic
• Identifying and coping with pandemic-related healthcare professional compassion fatigue and burnout symptoms
• Learning relevant evidence-based positive coping strategies for healthcare providers and their clients
Description:
Healthcare Professionals have faced an unparalleled challenge with the arrival of the pandemic in 2020. While we have all been anticipating more freedom and less stress in a post pandemic reality, instead we’ve discovered it’s more like “COVID – The Sequel”. The delta variant, a coming fourth wave, and confusing on/off restrictions have instead resulted in feelings of continued stress, anxiety, burnout and resentment. That coupled with so many things that remain uncertain or have changed, from our roles at work, to working from home, to trying to protect our school age kids, to changes in relationships with family and friends and even patients, due differing beliefs in vaccinations or restrictions, have brought already stressful working lives to an inflection point. Join Sarah Allen Benton who will guide us through what these changes mean to us; how to identify maladaptive coping in our own lives; and how to enact practical strategies to help keep balance, good mental health and resilience. Lessons learned can be applied to patients and clients who are struggling with the same issues.
Who Should Attend?:
• Nurses, Physicians, & Health Care Professionals in Direct Care Settings
• Staff in all COVID Units, Emergency Department Staff, Critical Care staff
• Pediatric Staff, Staff in Mental Health and Addictions
• Social Workers, Psychologists, OT’s, PT’s, RT’s
• Occupational Health Nurses, Managers, Educators, HR staff
Sarah Allen Benton, MS, LMHC, LPC, AADC
Sarah Allen Benton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She is Co-Owner of Benton Behavioral Health Consulting and Waterview Behavioral Health. She was the Clinical Strategy Advisor and Director of Clinical Services for Aware Recovery Care currently operating in 11 states. She has been a therapist and consultant at various levels of care. Sarah was a Therapist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA at The Brook dual diagnosis transitional living program, Klarman Center for eating disorder treatment and the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute.
Sarah has presented internationally to a wide variety of audiences on many unique behavioral health topics. She is author of the books “Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic” and “Parents in Recovery: Navigating a Sober Family Lifestyle” (2024). She has been featured in the New York Times, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, SiriusXM, NPR and writes a blog on PsychologyToday.com.
