Stress Mindsets - Richmont Graduate University

Stress Mindsets: Promoting Adaptive Relationships with Stress

Friday, July 28, 2023

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (2 CE hours)

Richmont’s Atlanta Campus

Presentation Description

This workshop will introduce the biopsychosocial model of stress mindsets (e.g., challenge and threat; scarcity and abundance) and will describe the cognitive, physiological, and behavioral underpinnings of each mindset. Participants will distinguish how beliefs and appraisals of stress can be leveraged to optimize the stress response (i.e., promote adaptive, approach-oriented responses). We will discuss clinical applications of mindset interventions aimed at addressing social anxiety, performance anxiety, and depression.

Presenter: Mary Plisco, Ph.D.

Dr. Mary Plisco has been a practicing clinical psychologist for 14 years and a counselor educator at Richmont Graduate University for 12 years. She is also Director of Research at Richmont. She earned her B.A. degree in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are from the University of Florida’s APA approved Clinical and Health Psychology Graduate Program. She completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University’s School of Medicine and Training Program in Professional Psychology. In her private practice, she primarily focuses on the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders. She lectures regularly on the topics of cognitive-behavioral therapy, anxiety, and stress.

Learning Objectives: As a result of attending, participants will be able to:

Discuss distinctions between challenge and threat mindsets pertaining to stress appraisal
Describe mindset and reappraisal interventions to help clients optimize stress responses
Apply mindset and reappraisal interventions to facilitate psychological flexibility and growth

Continuing Education: 2 CE Hours Available

Target Audience: Psychotherapists from all disciplines: Psychologists, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, graduate students

Instruction Level: Appropriate for all levels

Refund policy: In order to receive a refund, requests must be submitted prior to July 21, 2023.

For questions, please contact Amy Estes at aestes@richmont.edu.

There is no known commercial support for this program.

Richmont Graduate University has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4534. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Richmont Graduate University is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Richmont Graduate University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Richmont Graduate University maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Presentation References:

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