Clinical Intensive on Creating Trusting Relationships: The LEAP Approach for Developing Partnerships with Adult Service Participants Who Lack Self-Awareness of Their Mental Health Condition
When: Tuesday, April 1 - 1:00 PM
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Location: Zoom
Event Details:
** 2.5 Continuing Education Contact Hours Available for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Psychoanalysts in New York State **
You asked, we listened! Following Dr. Amador’s overview webinar last year, many participants asked for a longer, in-depth training on the LEAP (Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner) Approach. In this clinical intensive, Dr. Amador will dive deeper into the LEAP model and communication tools that lead to trust, treatment, and recovery.
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 training 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 leads to participation in treatment and services. Dr. Amador will share insights into anosognosia research and provide a thorough walkthrough and practical application of the 7 LEAP Communication Tools, including role plays with participants.
Participants will learn: (i) how to develop a new relationship with a client focused on problems from their perspective; (ii) how to support collaboration among treatment team members, including the client, provider, caregivers and other supports; 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 service participants.
***Please note: Space is limited and this training will not be recorded for future viewing, so interested participants should make sure to register now!
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.