Learn therapeutic approaches for supporting clients with diabetes
Presented by Dawn Davis, LMFT
2 CEs available
Free for Marin CAMFT members and RECAMFT reciprocal chapter members!
Registration for this "live" training does not include access to a recording. Please read the full event description for all registration terms including refund policy.
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Workshop Description
Diabetes is a highly common health condition with higher occurrences in individuals with mental health conditions. While it is so common, therapists may have a limited understanding of how diabetes impacts mental health, unique challenges their clients may be going through, and areas of concern to potentially explore. This training will begin with discussing unique experiences of stigma that individuals with diabetes encounter which impacts their mental health. There will then be an overview on the Eight Dimension of Wellness, with discussion on how each dimension is impacted by a diabetes diagnosis. Participants will then learn examples of specific questions to ask, topics to explore, and interventions to utilize when working with clients living with diabetes.
This training is applicable to therapists of any level who are interested in enhancing their knowledge around the Eight Dimensions of Wellness, and addressing specific concerns with diabetic clients.
Educational Goals
Participants will gain an understanding of what diabetes is, types of diabetes, and the day-to-day physical and emotional experiences related to hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Participants will better understand how diabetic individuals are impacted by unique stigmas/myths, and how diabetic visibility challenges those stigmas. This training focuses on the Wellness Model, and the bidirectional impacts between diabetes and each of the Eight Dimensions of wellness, including interventions to utilize for each dimension.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Describe unique experiences of stigma that individuals with diabetes experience impacting their overall mental health.
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Define the term Wellness, including differences from the definition of Health.
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Define each of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness.
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Explain the bidirectional impact between diabetes and each dimension of wellness.
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Assess each dimension of wellness for unique barriers that impact diabetes, including SES status, cultural/spiritual differences, and access to medical care.
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Apply specific interventions to utilize when working with clients with diabetes.
Presenter Dawn Davis, LMFT
Dawn Davis, LMFT is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and Certified Geek Therapist currently working as a full-time private practice clinician for her practice, Therapy That Gets Me, LLC. She has a background of six years in a community mental health setting as a clinician, clinical supervisor, and assistant director, during which she provided supervision and in-house trainings to clinicians, certified peer specialists, nurse navigators, and behavioral health nurses. Dawn’s experience utilizing the Eight Dimensions of Wellness includes facilitating a weekly Outpatient Health and Wellness group from 2020 through 2023, focused on supporting clients with a combination of chronic health conditions and severe and persistent mental illness through use of the Wellness Model. This group primarily consisted of diabetic individuals. Her oversight of nurse navigator programs also consisted primarily of utilizing wellness with diabetic individuals. Dawn has been providing continuing education trainings for various entities on a variety of topics since 2024.
PLEASE NOTE: By registering for this event you are consenting to a recording being made which may include your voice and/or image. By registering for this event, you are agreeing for your likeliness to possibly be used by Marin CAMFT.
Also, while we plan to produce this training as an on-demand program, registration for the different formats of a program is offered separately and each is sold through a different platform. Registering for this Zoom training does not include access to any recording or an on-demand version. If you cannot attend "live" on the training date listed here, please do not register for this Zoom training, and instead, check Marin CAMFT On-Demand for the recorded program at a later date. If you register for this "live" training and are unable to attend, please cancel your registration per the terms below which govern our refund policies for this event.
You will be sent instructions on how to register with Zoom to get your personal Zoom link to use for attendance. Please read the email confirmation you receive after signing up on the Marin CAMFT website for these instructions.
Attendance at the live event in full and completion of the evaluation at the end qualifies for 2 hours of Continuing Education (2 CEs).
Date: Friday, April 10
Time: 12:00 to 2:00 pm Pacific
Cost: Free for Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal members, $30 for non-members.
Location: Online via Zoom. Instructions for registering with Zoom, in order to receive your Personal Zoom Join Link, will be sent in your confirmation message from Marin CAMFT. You will need to complete that second Zoom-registration step in order to receive your Zoom Link by email.
Additional Information about Marin CAMFT CE Programs
For more information about the Friday Continuing Education Series or about joining the Marin CAMFT Continuing Education Committee, please contact our Director of Programs Arianna Sifuentes.
- Continuing Education: This workshop meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and/or LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These CEs will be provided by Marin CAMFT (CAMFT Provider # 56895), which is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. We regret that at this time we are not able to provide CE credits for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full duration of the program (on Zoom, or in person, per event details above) and complete the course evaluation to receive the CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact our Director of Programs for more information.
- Continuing Education Goal: Marin CAMFT is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.
- Refund Policy: Our refund policy requires a $20 processing fee, and we must be notified in advance of the event if you would like to cancel. We do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant. Please contact our Director of Programs with any questions.
- Request for Accommodations: If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the Director of Programs.
- Grievance Procedure: Marin CAMFT will respond to complaints in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner, when submitted by program attendees in writing to the Director of Programs.
- Anti-Discrimination Policy: Marin CAMFT shall not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, creed, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, ability, or other prohibited basis. Marin CAMFT does not require attendees to adhere to any particular religion or creed in order to participate in training. Marin CAMFT will not promote or advocate for a single modality of treatment that is discriminatory or likely to harm clients based on current accepted standards or practice.
Continuing education credits are available for attendance in the Zoom presentation. You must stay on the Zoom meeting for the entirety of the training and complete the course evaluation afterward in order to receive a completion certificate. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed start time.
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