Developing Resiliency Skills in Clients
Increasing resiliency skills is valuable for every client and provider. The ability to “bounce back” from challenges allows for personal growth and change to occur. Everyone has challenges and strengths; the key is to identify both. The holidays often pose certain risks to clients and counselors due to increased time with family, pressure to meet expectations, and economic tensions.
Participants will be able to:
- Identify core resiliency skills.
- “Mine” resiliency skills with specific questions.
- Help clients identify their unique holiday stressors and use resiliency methods to lessen them.
Mary E. Jones, Ed.D., NCC, LPC, LMFT
Mary E. Jones has over 30 years of experience in both counselor education and clinical practice. She has worked in private practice, public agency, hospital and college settings. Her areas of expertise are in resiliency, relationships, anxiety and depression, grief, and women’s health. She is licensed as both a professional counselor and a marriage and family therapist in the state of South Dakota.
Dr. Jones has bachelor’s degrees in public relations and human geography and a master’s degree in counseling and human resource development from South Dakota State University. She has a doctorate in counseling and psychology in education from the University of South Dakota.
Dr. Jones currently resides in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and is a consultant as well as an adjunct faculty member for Capella University in the Master’s in Mental Health Counseling program. Her interest and experience in resiliency has led her to present at both national and international venues.
NBCC Foundation has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 805. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NBCC Foundation is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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