Incorporating Journaling into Clinical Practice

10:00am - 11:30am ET

LIVE WEBINAR/LOCATION

Presenter: Erena DiGonis, LCSW-R

NASW-NYS or NASW-NYC Members: $22.50

NASW Other Chapter Member: $37.50

Non-Members: $45

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

Please ensure that you register and/or join on Zoom with the name you would like to appear on your certificate.

Workshop Description
We have all heard of using journaling as a tool in therapy. Your client agrees but then what? Join us for this 1.5 hour interactive and experiential workshop where we will examine Pennebaker’s research, and learn specific strategies and tools to assign therapeutic journaling to your clients. This course will help you connect the dots between theory and application.

Our two case studies include clients who have experienced traumatic brain injuries as well as developmental disability. We will focus on making journaling accessible to all of our clients. Participants will be guided through trauma-informed specific techniques with opportunities to try practical prompts. You will leave with concrete strategies you can apply immediately with your client

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define Dr. Pennebaker’s model of expressive writing.
• Identify the clinical research and 3 benefits for journaling as a therapeutic tool and intervention.
• Determine the appropriate types of journaling for your specific clients to implement in session.
• List five journal therapy interventions

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Erena DiGonis, LCSW-R is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Health Coach, and Certified Clinical Anxiety and Trauma Treatment Professional. She is also certified in Brainspotting and trained in EMDR. Erena has twenty-one years of practical and professional experience as an active clinician, teacher, and supervisor. She has worked in a variety of community, psychiatric, in-home, and private practice settings with hundreds of complex cases. Erena is a sought-after writer, speaker, and consultant and has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Psychology Today, Reader’s Digest, Women's Health, and MEL magazine. She has reviewed book proposals for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and is an Advisory Board Member for the CPTSD Foundation. Erena serves as the Founder and Continuing Education Director of EngagedMinds, a national Continuing Education business providing training for Counselors, Social Workers, and Therapists.