Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work

Need Ethics CEUs?
Attend our July webinar! ➡️ Ethics and Documentation: Navigating the Why and How of Showing Your Work

Monday July 13 from 6 - 8 PM

Get more information and register on our website:
https://clinicalsocialworkmn.org/event/ethics-and-documentation-navigating-the-why-and-how-of-showing-your-work/

Thank you to Carson Brown, MD, for presenting this evening on, "Psych Meds Demystified"

Catch the replay here: https://clinicalsocialworkmn.org/event/psych-meds-demystified/

Members, don't forget about the next Collective Cup event this Friday, June 5th, at SK Coffee in Saint Paul! ☕️ Comment below if you plan to attend 👇🏽

Meet Carson Brown, MD, the presenter for our June webinar on "Psych Meds Demystified"

Carson is an integrative psychiatrist in private practice serving adult patients in Minnesota and California. Her areas of specialization include treatment of complex trauma, anxiety and mood disorders, eco-anxiety, and perimenopausal symptoms.

She uses holistic approaches including psychotherapy, medication, supplements and herbs, nutrition, and mind-body practices.

We look forward to learning from Carson virtually on the 8th! Hope you can join us.
Register here: https://clinicalsocialworkmn.org/event/psych-meds-demystified/

Members, please join us for the next Collective Cup event on June 5th at SK Coffee in Saint Paul! ☕️

Fill your cup with The Collective Cup! The next gathering is on Friday, June 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at SK Coffee in St. Paul, for members of the society.

At a Collective Cup event, you can meet some of your fellow clinical social workers in a relaxed and casual environment, while picking up a CE credit.

These gatherings will occur every other month, in a different part of the Twin Cities, at a different time, to maximize accessibility for all.

We hope to see you on the 5th!
Questions? Email: [email protected]

Don't forget next week's CEU webinar on:
EMDR: More than Meets the Eye

By the end of this 2-hour training, participants will be able to:

👉Describe the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model at a conceptual level
👉Identify the 8 phases of EMDR as a clinical roadmap, without protocol instruction
👉Distinguish what EMDR is and is not, including common misconceptions
👉Recognize client presentations where EMDR may be appropriate
👉Refer and support your clients when they are engaged with EMDR

$30 or free for current society members
Includes 2 in-person CEUs when you register live.
May 11 from 6-8 PM on Zoom

Can't attend live on May 11? Pre-register to view the recording and still earn CEUs!
https://clinicalsocialworkmn.org/event/emdr-more-than-meets-the-eye/

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May is Mental Health Awareness month, which is the perfect time to remember that mental health is health.

As the science of understanding the brain has advanced, so, too, has our concept of mental health. Anyone who has done even the most rudimentary trauma, stress, or neuroscience training has learned about the intricate and still largely unclear connections between brain and body. Everything in the human body is connected, and mental health is inseparable from physical health.

And all of our interventions are effective because of how they impact our clients’ neurobiology. Psychodynamic interventions work in part because they utilize attachment biology and regulate neural structures.

Cognitive interventions work because they help to rebuild neural networks within the brain. Somatic interventions work because they directly engage the biological systems responsible for emotional experiences.

Let us celebrate all of the incredible methods we use to foster health in our clients. And, viewing their challenges through this lens ultimately leads to destigmatization.

I'd like to share a couple of resources in the neurobiopsychology space, both of which have been very helpful to me.

➡️ Please share your favorite neurobiopsychological resource in the comments

"In An Unspoken Voice" by Peter Levine 🔗 https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/se-books
Almost any video from Dr. Tori Olds 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/c/DrToriOlds

- Monica L. Sowden (President, MSCSW)

CSWA adores and appreciates its affiliated societies! Are YOU a member of one of them? Your affiliated society advocates for you at the state-level, whereas CSWA advocates for you on a federal and national, even international level! Please note that we strongly encourage membership in both your local society and CSWA. Consider joining both today!

Tia Wilcek, LICSW (Pictured Left) & Mandy Wannarka, LICSW (Pictured Right, Firelight Center for EMDR Training & Integration) are the presenters for this month's webinar on EMDR: More Than Meets the Eye

➡️ Tia Wilcek, LICSW, is an experienced EMDR practitioner and consultant, and now trainer. With years of experience providing EMDR consultation, Tia has developed a deep understanding of the intricacies of this therapeutic approach and a commitment to supporting fellow clinicians in their professional development.

➡️ Mandy Wannarka, LICSW, PMH-C, is an experienced psychotherapist specializing in perinatal mental health and reproductive health, including birth trauma, complex health conditions, NICU stays, and perinatal loss.

Please join us on Monday May 11 from 6 - 8 PM Central Time for this two hour webinar.

Get the full details and register online: https://clinicalsocialworkmn.org/event/emdr-more-than-meets-the-eye/