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Helping the Anxious Generation: A Power-Packed Menu of Evidence-Based Interventions to Ease Anxiety and Build Resilience in Teens and Young Adults


Speaker:
Ashley Smith, PhD
Duration:
Approx. 3 Hours
Copyright:
Nov 14, 2024
Product Code:
POS059919

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Description

There’s no doubt that a record number of teens and young adults are on the brink of crisis.

But it takes a special skillset to help this hurting and anxious generation.

This is your rare opportunity to learn the latest and most effective techniques directly from Dr. Ashley Smith, an award-winning psychologist, sought-after speaker, researcher and author of The Way I See It: A Psychologist’s Guide to a Happier Life!

Drawing on evidence-based clinical interventions and 20 years of specializing in youth anxiety, Dr. Smith designed this fast-paced, strategy-rich training to help you feel confident and competent in addressing this growing need.

In this training, you will:

  • Go beyond diagnostic labels and criteria
  • Learn rapport-building strategies that work with reluctant and resistant teens and young adults
  • Dive into the neurology of anxiety in the 15–25-year-old brain
  • Gain hands on experience in the implementation of cognitive, mindfulness, relaxation, and behavioral strategies
  • Leave with a menu of intervention options and a clear framework for deciding when to use which tool

Purchase now and prepare to meet the needs of this hurting generation that desperately needs your help.

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



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Speaker

Ashley Smith, PhD's Profile

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Dr. Ashley Smith, is a licensed clinical psychologist, professional speaker, author, and co-founder of Peak Mind: The Center for Psychological Strength. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology with an emphasis in children and families from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007. She completed a predoctoral internship at Children’s Mercy Hospital before joining the staff at Omaha Children’s Hospital to help develop their dedicated anxiety services. In 2009, she relocated to Kansas City to serve as a senior staff psychologist at a nationally recognized anxiety specialty center. She ventured out on her own in 2017 and continues in private practice as a sought-after anxiety specialist.

In addition to direct patient care, Dr. Ashley has been involved in a number of other scholarly, advocacy, and entrepreneurial activities. She has been an adjunct assistant professor and has provided training, supervision, and consultation for graduate students and other mental health professionals. She has several publications including peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, blog posts and online articles, and two books, Childhood Anxiety Disorders and The Way I See It. She is a longtime member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and received their Special Recognition Award in 2023 for her public outreach efforts. Dr. Ashley regularly presents workshops and trainings on local and national levels. She is an outspoken advocate dedicated to changing the way we approach mental health. She is passionate about sharing cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology practices, and applied neuroscience to help people struggling with anxiety live better lives.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ashley Smith is the co-founder of Peak Mind and maintains a private practice. She receives royalties as a published author. Ashley Smith receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ashley Smith is a member of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.

 


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

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Objectives

  1. Choose mindfulness techniques, cognitive interventions, and relaxation strategies to use with teens and young adults.
  2. Formulate metaphors for explaining key concepts and intervention rationales to teens and young adults.
  3. Evaluate a framework for clinical decision-making when working with anxious youth.

Outline

From Normative to Clinical Anxiety

  • Today’s teens: generation-specific predisposing factors
  • Anxiety disorders – does diagnosis even matter?
  • Two pathways in the brain and implications for intervention
    • The amygdala
    • The prefrontal cortex
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks

Supporting Anxious Youth

  • Rapport-building approaches
  • Rapid stabilization approaches for crisis intervention
  • Conceptualizing anxiety: Body, brain, behavior
  • Unhelpful stances for providers, parents, caregivers:
    • Accommodating
    • Demanding
  • Supportive stance: SPACE Protocol
  • Cultural and identity considerations

INTERVENTIONS

  • Breath retraining and visual imagery exercises
  • 10 must-use mindfulness strategies
  • Thinking strategies: Cognitive restructuring and more
  • Exposure: in vivo, imaginal, interoceptive
  • Values-based and committed actions
  • Behavioral experiments and more
  • Experiential activities and case studies

Put it All Together: A Decision-Making Framework

  • Design interventions – when to use what
  • Enhance treatment effectiveness
    • Lifestyle factors
    • Boost motivation and treatment adherence
  • Trouble shooting when you get stuck

Target Audience

  • Clinical Psychologists
  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • School Counselors
  • School Social Workers
  • School Psychologists
  • Nurses
  • Educators

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