Dr. Monica Powers enjoys helping people discover themselves, their personal resilience and rewrite their stories to ones of strength and survival. She began working with patients of all ages and backgrounds in 2007, and found that the life stories and experiences of people were unique and personal, and deserved individual attention and support. She has worked in the community based setting, with adolescents and adults ranging from 18 to 80, struggling with psychological issues, relationship difficulties, substance abuse, grief and loss, and traumatic experiences. This interest was carried in her dissertation work with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, focusing on individual strengths and resilience, which enjoyed a resurgence with a paper published in early 2024. In addition to her role as Vice President of Clinical Services for Discovery’s Mood & Anxiety Program, she teaches as an Adjunct Professor at Antioch University, and keeps a small private practice via telehealth. Her interests lie in working with individuals that have experienced a traumatic event, either personally or on a global perspective.
Dr. Powers completed her bachelor’s degree studies in Criminal Justice and Psychology at California State University Bakersfield, and she received her doctorate in Applied Clinical Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2013. She achieved licensure in March 2018, and has worked as a supervisor and mentor to early career clinicians for the duration of her career. Personally, she enjoys working with diverse populations, travel, ongoing learning and concert going. If all those points align, all the better!
The Mental Health Martyr: Developing Good Boundaries and Self Care in Treatment Settings
Self-care is an area often neglected by the mental health field, because of the desire to be helpful in others' daily lives. We are often guilty of talking friends through family difficulties, helping others through bad breakups, or even being asked to “take a look” at people in a setting that is not clinical. And we do it. And we shouldn’t. This presentation is about understanding our vulnerabilities working in a helping profession, and how to maintain healthy self-care habits and good boundaries to avoid personal burnout.
Self-care is an area applicable to all mental health professionals, a...Read morend studies reflect that even professionals that advocate for it often do not follow their own advice. The focus of this training is for psychologists and other practitioners to take that self-care information and use it in their own lives, to ensure healthy balance, as well as in helping others in work settings to utilize good boundary setting and self-care practice with patients, friends, and family alike. All who practice in the field of psychology can benefit with the reminder of good self-care and boundary setting to avoid burnout. As practitioners, we often forget to take good care of ourselves first. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Define self care and site at least three examples of poor self-care experiences.
- Discuss the difference between stress and burnout.
- Identify personal burnout and demonstrate good self-care practices.
- Identify two examples of appropriate boundary setting to maintain effective self-care.
Target Audience
This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Live Interactive Webinar
12:00 PM PDT - 01:30 PM PDT
EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Monica Powers, PsyD
Vice President of Clinical Services
CE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours
CE Approvals
American Psychological Association
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