Facilitating Engagement: The LEAP Approach for Providers Working with Adults Lacking Awareness of Their Condition
When: Thursday, October 17 - 1:30 PM
Duration: 1 hours 30 minutes
Location: Zoom
Event Details:
Many adults with serious mental health conditions experience anosognosia, a condition that interferes with the person’s awareness of their own mental health challenges. This can lead some individuals to avoid mental health services. Developing a collaborative relationship built on mutual respect and trust is essential for supporting people with anosognosia.
This webinar, presented by Dr. Xavier Amador, is designed to provide participants with the critical knowledge and skills required to create a therapeutic alliance and build a collaborative relationship with adults who have a serious mental health condition, that lead to participation in treatment and services. Dr. Amador will introduce the research on anosognosia and provide an overview of the LEAP approach, a communication program designed to create trusting relationships. Participants will learn: (i) how to develop a new relationship with a client focused on problems from their perspective; (ii) how to support the functioning of the client, provider, caregivers and other supports as an effective team; and (iii) how to find common ground with the client to develop shared goals. These techniques may be helpful for strengthening the therapeutic relationship with all participants.
About the Presenter
Dr. Xavier Amador, Founder of the LEAP INSTITUTE and co-Founder of the LEAP FOUNDATION, is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist and leader in his field. His books, authoritative clinical research, worldwide speaking tours and extensive work in schizophrenia, bipolar and related disorders have been translated into 30 languages. Dr. Amador is the author of the International Best Seller, “I am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!”
Currently a Visiting Professor at the State University of New York, Dr. Amador was also a Professor on the medical school faculty at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Doctoral Clinical Program at Columbia. He was also Director of Psychology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and served on the Board of Directors at the National Alliance for Mental Illness.
He is the author of more than 120 peer-reviewed articles and 8 books. In his books, written for both professional and lay readers, he shares research and practical advice on how to help engage patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in treatment, and shares his personal experience with his brother who suffered from schizophrenia.
