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Supporting Families Through the Parallel Process of Residential Treatment

  • Mountainside 372 Danbury Road Wilton, CT, 06897 United States (map)

FREE! 2 Social Work CE available

Families are systems, so when one family member experiences challenges or changes, the rest of the system reorganizes around that change through a parallel process. We know the parallel process occurs when clients enter treatment and as families take their next steps. Working with families with one member entering residential treatment presents complexities that can be challenging for outpatient providers supporting the family before and after residential. This workshop discusses how to support individuals and their families entering residential treatment, reviews the general structure of a residential treatment program and what referring providers can expect both for the individual and the family, and explores strategies for supporting the individual and family in their next steps. Presenters will share psychoeducation, case studies, tools to integrate into daily clinical practice, and facilitate discussions to provide opportunities for peer supervision.


About the Presenters:

Jack Britton, LADC, LPC, VP of Clinical Services at Turnbridge

As vice president of clinical services, Jack ensures the ethos of Turnbridge’s mission is carried to and thrives within all our programs. He also recruits and hires superb clinical talent from around the country. Additionally, Jack builds and develops relationships with Turnbridge partners through tours, conferences, and speaking engagements. He holds master’s degrees in accounting and counseling. 

Prior to Turnbridge, Jack worked in Minnesota and Texas, where he developed a passion for working with young people and their families. Over time, Jack saw first-hand how quality of life improves the most when a person engages in long-term treatment, a truth supported by decades of research, and so in 2016 he moved to Connecticut to work in Turnbridge’s young adult extended care program. Since then, Jack has worked in a clinical capacity in all our service offerings. In 2017 he started Turnbridge’s community outpatient program and in 2020 co-developed and launched the company’s first adolescent residential program.

Gabrielle Wynschenk, LMFT, Family Wellness Clinician at Mountainside

Gabrielle works at Mountainside Treatment Center as a Family Wellness Clinician. At Mountainside, Gabrielle facilitates various psychoeducational group offerings for the individuals in residential treatment, facilitates psychoeducational group offerings for family members of Mountainside clients, maintains a caseload in which she conducts individual and family therapy sessions, creates group curriculum on family dynamics, facilitates webinars and other educational offerings for community providers, and writes articles for Mountainside’s blog. Gabrielle is passionate about including families in the addiction treatment process and works to integrate her expertise in family systems theory with her knowledge of addiction treatment to best serve her clients’ needs.

This presentation is appropriate for: clinical professionals, psychologists, therapists, counselors, and social workers.

OBJECTIVES: In this Live Interactive In Person Workshop, you will be able to:

  1. Describe 3 complexities of residential treatment for family members

  2. List 2 ways families can take positive action while their loved one is in treatment.

  3. Name 3 challenges that may present within the clinical work.

SCHEDULE:

9AM: Breakfast and Networking

9:30AM-11AM: Presentation

11AM-11:30AM: Questions/Discussion

RSVP HERE:

REFUND POLICY: This course is FREE

*Complimentary breakfast included

*Space is limited

Partial credits will not be given. You must participate in the entirety of the workshop.

CERTIFICATES

Upon completion of the workshop, participants will emailed a link to the evaluation. Certificates will be emailed after completion of the evaluation.

Partial credits will not be given. You must participate in the entirety of the workshop.

We take your feedback seriously. For grievances, questions or concerns, please contact Laila Caron, SW Consultant at LailaCaron@gmail.com or visit our CE grievance police online at www.jumanagrassilcsw.com

PROVIDER STATEMENTS:

SOCIAL WORK: Jumana Grassi LCSW SW-0556 is approved as a provider for Social Work continuing education by the New York State Education Department State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed Social Workers.

ACE: Jumana Grassi, #1721 is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accpeted for continuing education credit. Jumana Grassi maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/14/19-6/14/23. Social Workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.

ADA Accommodations: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact us at least 7 days in advance of the event so that we can ensure accommodations are made.

*There is no commercial support for this program, nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.