Clinical Practice Institute: "Navigating Social Media Use with Adolescents and Families: Evidence-Based Strategies for Clinicians in an Ever-Changing Digital World" by Sophia Choukas-Bradley

As adolescent social media use evolves, how can clinicians keep up? The goal of this webinar is to provide knowledge and evidence-based strategies for addressing adolescents’ social media use.

The first part of the webinar focuses on building knowledge, beginning with an overview of recent psychology research on adolescent social media use. We will briefly discuss the design features used by tech companies to “hook” adolescent users. Taking these ideas together, we will discuss social media as a “double-edged sword” for adolescents, with positive and negative mental health implications tha...Read moret may differ based on developmental context, gender, LGBTQ+ and other marginalized identities.

The second part focuses on learning evidence-based strategies. Applying the guidelines from two resources released this year – the APA’s health advisory and a digital wellbeing resources collection from Common Sense Education and the Center for Digital Thriving – we will learn how to work with adolescents and their families to: (1) identify values-aligned and values-misaligned social media habits; (2) identify and challenge cognitive distortions related to social media use; and (3) develop better social media habits. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Identify key benefits and drawbacks of social media use for adolescents.
  • Describe how social media use and its effects may differ based on adolescents’ identities and context.
  • Apply evidence-based principles to help adolescent clients to develop better social media habits.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Friday, October 06, 2023

Live Interactive Webinar

12:00 PM EDT - 03:00 PM EDT

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EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Sophia Choukas-Bradley, PhD

Sophia Choukas-Bradley, PhD

Sophia Choukas-Bradley, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, director of the Teen and Young Adult Lab, and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds an A.B. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the Clinical Psychology Lead at the Center for Digital Thriving (Harvard Graduate School of Education) and recently served on the APA’s expert advisory panel on adolescent social media use. She has published over 80 academic papers and chapters and has received awards for both her research and teaching. More information at www.sophiachoukasbradley.com.

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