A dedicated clinician whose expertise covers individual and group counseling for women in early recovery, Melanie began her career with Crossroads as a clinician in our Children and Women’s Program and then moved to working with our clients in the Back Cove Women’s Residential Program. Melanie’s focus is helping clients with co-occurring disorders with a focus on treating and healing trauma. As the Outpatient Clinical Supervisor for our Greater Portland Counseling Center and Kennebunk Counseling Center, Melanie supervises and manages all outpatient clinical staff and programs and services provided.
Before coming to Maine, Melanie worked in Florida treatment centers while getting her degree co-facilitating women’s only IOP’s.
A licensed EMDR clinician with expertise in group and individual counseling for women in early recovery, Melanie treats clients in our outpatient treatment centers running IOP’s and aftercare groups with a focus in co-occurring disorders and trauma.
Curiosity and Connection: Clinical Applications for Self-regulation in Addiction Recovery
This presentation will explore the intersection of mind and body in trauma-responsive, addiction treatment. In order to move through the constrictive, reactive and habitual processes of addiction, the client must be supported in the expansive, exploratory yet grounding aspects of recovery. Particular focus will be on coping strategy of curiosity as it relates to connection and social engagement. This session will utilize experiential activities that can be immediately applied in clinical work. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify, track and address dysregulation within themselves and their clients
- Discuss the utility of curiosity in healing
- Practice at least one experiential activity that can be used in session with clients
Monday, August 17, 2020
Live Interactive Webinar
12:00 PM EDT - 01:00 PM EDT
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EARN 1 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Melanie Sosinski Brown, LCSW, LADC, CCS
Outpatient Clinical Supervisor, Crossroads
CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour
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