Emotional CPR (eCPR): An Introduction to Assisting Others through Emotional Crisis
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern (10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific)
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Please register by February 15, 2012.
What is Emotional CPR?
Emotional CPR (eCPR) is a public health education program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps:
C = Connecting, P = emPowering, and R = Revitalizing.
Emotional crisis is a universal experience. It can happen to anyone, at any time. When we are exposed to an extraordinary situation, we develop amazing and creative ways to protect ourselves. Through using eCPR, we can better understand and overcome our fear of seemingly unusual behavior brought on by an emotional crisis. eCPR gives us the skills to form supportive connections that empower a person in emotional crisis to heal trauma, feel revitalized, and resume meaningful roles in the community. Emotional CPR is a way to reduce harmful and coercive practices such as unnecessary institutionalization or incarceration, as it helps direct individuals in crisis to voluntary, peer-run community resources supporting recovery.
This webinar is geared towards peers, peer-run organizations, mental health service providers, family members, policymakers, administrators, and all other stakeholders.
Presenters:
Sandra (Sam) Ahrens is a Wisconsin-certified peer specialist, and has worked as a peer specialist trainer since 2009. She also provides training and technical assistance to peer-run mental health recovery centers in Wisconsin. Her training and experience includes teaching, social work, and advocacy in the areas of mental health, poverty and homelessness.
Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD: Dan’s life’s purpose comes from his lived experience of recovery from schizophrenia, which inspired him to dedicate himself to helping others find their voice and recover. He earned an MD, and completed his residency in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has practiced as a board-certified, community psychiatrist for 30 years. In 1992, he co-founded the federally-funded National Empowerment Center and serves as its executive director. He was a commissioner on the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2002-03.
Ann Rider, MSW, CPRP: Ann is a social worker and mediator by training, and a writer and gardener by avocation. Using her own experience recovering from psychiatric disability and addiction, Ann developed and implemented Peer Specialist training for two agencies and for the state of Arizona. She worked as the mental health advocate for Arizona’s Protection and Advocacy system, and has taught peer support and recovery classes in Arizona, Canada, and New Zealand. Ann is the CEO of Recovery Empowerment Network in Arizona, an advocate, and a faculty associate at Arizona State University.
Lauren Spiro, MA: Lauren has devoted her life’s work to transforming mental health care. Labeled with chronic schizophrenia as a teenager, her journey to wellness informs all her work. She co-founded two non-profit corporations and as the director of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, she advances the values, vision, policies and legislative priorities of mental health consumers in Washington, D.C. and across the country. She is an artist and holds a M.A. in Clinical/Community Psychology.
Questions?
A Q&A period will follow the webinar. You will be invited to submit your questions any time during the webinar.
Sponsor:
This webinar is sponsored by the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery – www.ncmhr.org. For more information about eCPR, see www.emotional-cpr.org
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National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
1101 15th Street, NW #1212, Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 877-246-9058 Email: info@ncmhr.org
www.ncmhr.org