Pre-Conference Workshop

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

9:00am – 2:15pm MST

Woman doing yoga

Workshop Highlight:

Trauma-informed Yoga Demonstration Class as a Strategy for Cultivating Resilience
1:00pm – 2:05pm

As part three of the workshop, participants can learn yoga techniques for building and cultivating emotional resilience in response to stress.

Pre-Conference Schedule

Time Topic
9:00am – 10:15am

Understanding Secondary Traumatic Stress and Cumulative Stress: Part 1
Janine M. D’Anniballe, PhD and Lindsey Breslin, LCSW

In part one of this session, participants will learn about secondary traumatic stress and the impact of cumulative stress and explore ways in which agency staff could be impacted by exposure to trauma through their work. Participants complete a Professional Quality of Life assessment to learn more about how they function with the positive and negative aspects of doing their work.

10:20am – 10:30am Live Q&A with Janine D’Anniballe, PhD and Lindsey Breslin, LCSW
11:00am – 12:15pm

Personal and Workplace Strategies to Build Emotional Resiliency: Part 2
Janine M. D’Anniballe, PhD and Lindsey Breslin, LCSW

In part two of the workshop, participants will learn various workplace and personal strategies to build emotional resiliency.

12:20pm – 12:30pm Live Q&A with Janine D’Anniballe, PhD and Lindsey Breslin, LCSW
1:00pm – 2:05pm Trauma-informed Yoga Demonstration Class as a Strategy for Cultivating Resilience
Demonstration and practice
2:10pm – 2:20pm Live Q&A with Janine D’Anniballe, PhD

Meet the Workshop Speakers

Janine D’Anniballe, PhD

Janine D’Anniballe, PhD is a licensed psychologist and a nationally recognized expert in sexual assault and traumatic stress, and treatment for survivors. A native of Ohio, she received her undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton and her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Dr. D’Anniballe currently serves as the Director of Trauma Services at Mental Health Partners in Lafayette, Colorado. She also has been the Director of Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA), the rape crisis center serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties in Colorado for the last 20 years.

Lindsey Breslin, LCSW

Lindsey Breslin is the Hotline Supervisor at Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA). She has over 20 years of experience in the social work field, providing direct service in the areas of gender-based violence, HIV/AIDS prevention, anti-human trafficking, suicide prevention and crisis work. Lindsey is passionate about providing the best services possible to survivors of sexual violence and working towards ending sexual assault in our community.

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We welcome anyone with interest in the behavioral health field to attend this annual experience.
September 30 – October 2, 2020

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