Turning Red Flags Into Recovery: Intervention Techniques for Alcohol Use | In-Person
2025-04-21 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | McHenry County Mental Health Board, 620 Dakota Street, Crystal Lake, IL, 60012, United States
Turning Red Flags Into Recovery: Intervention Techniques for Alcohol Use | In-Person | Monday, April 21, 2025 | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Presented by Erica Heatley, LCSW, CADC.
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FREE: 2 IDFPR CEU for LSW/LCSW, LPC/LCPC, Psychologists, and IAODAPCA (pending)
SUMMARY

This presentation will outline effective strategies for addressing problematic alcohol use, focusing on non-judgmental communication, safety, and supportive intervention techniques like Motivational Interviewing (MI), Brief Interventions (BI), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It covers referral options, community support, and managing resistance.
OBJECTIVES

By the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to demonstrate at least two non-judgmental communication techniques to address alcohol use in role-playing scenarios.
By the end of the session, attendees will be able to describe and explain how to implement Motivational Interviewing (MI), Brief Interventions (BI), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies to address alcohol use in real-world situations.
By the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to identify and describe at least three referral options and community support resources for addressing alcohol use in their professional practice

PRESENTER

Erika Heatley, LCSW, CADC, is a clinical supervisor at Northern Illinois Recovery Center. She is a licensed Social Worker and a certified alcohol and drug counselor. She received her undergraduate degree from University Wisconsin- Whitewater with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Family and Health Studies. Erika also completed her Master’s of Social Work degree with a concentration in Mental Health and Addictions from Loyola University Chicago. Erika has experience working in outpatient services including partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment in the fields of mental health, addictions and co-occurring treatment. Erika utilizes a person-center and holistic approach. Erika has a variety of experiences including biopsychosocial assessment, admissions and intake, insurance support and clinical services for the adult population in co-occurring mental health and substance use.

Pharmacotherapy Facts for the Helping Professional: What You Really Need to Know | In-Person
2025-04-25 09:00 - 12:00
Pharmacotherapy Facts for the Helping Professional: What You Really Need to Know | In-Person | Friday, April 25, 2025 | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm | Presented by Elizabeth Young, PharmD, LPC, NCC.
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FREE: 3 IDFPR CEU for LSW/LCSW, LPC/LCPC, Psychologists and IAODAPCA (pending)
SUMMARY

Helping professionals are often aware of the psychiatric medications their clients are receiving. Psychiatric medication therapy can be complex. Knowledge and skills related to major drug classes, medication use assessment, and effective communication of concerns to prescribers are critical contributions helping professionals can make to achieve the best outcomes from mental health and medication therapy for their clients. This three-part workshop will empower participants to do all three.
The goals of this workshop are to provide participants with the following:

A current and updated review of major psychiatric medication classes is presented including antidepressants, antianxiety medications, medications for mood disorders, antipsychotics, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Participants receive clinical pearls for psychiatric medications to enable them to more easily identify and act on potential medication misadventures arising in practice.
Participants are provided a structure for how to assess the most critical psychiatric medication use issues. Participants actively role-play outreach to prescribers to learn how to effectively communicate their concerns related to medication use in their clients.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of this workshop participants will be able to

provide basic information for the major classes of psychiatric medications,
assess client medication use to identify common potential medication use issues, and
communicate with prescribers when concerned with medication-related problems experienced by their clients.

PRESENTER

Dr. Elizabeth Young, PharmD, LPC, NCC, has been a practicing clinical pharmacist for more than 20 years. She currently also practices as a clinical mental health counselor at Owens & Associates Counseling & Therapy Center in their Lake in the Hills and Schaumburg offices.
Direct patient care in psychiatric pharmacotherapy has been a focus of Dr. Young’s clinical pharmacy practice for many years in community, health systems (including VA health systems), and managed care environments. She also possesses extensive experience teaching pharmacotherapy-related topics to students, residents, and healthcare providers in most practice settings as well as serving as a clinician and faculty member at several universities, including the University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy and Medicine.
Additionally, Dr. Young is a certified Health and Wellness Coach and has worked with medical practices as a consultant to address medication-related goals for their patients.
