Course curriculum

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    1. Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness - Part 1 Free Preview

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    1. Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness - Part 2

    2. Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness - Part 3

    3. Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness - Part 4

    1. Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness - Post-Test

    1. Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness - Course Eval

About this course

  • $40.00
  • 6 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Workshop Description

Diabetes is a highly common health condition with higher occurrences in individuals with mental health conditions. While it is so common, therapists may have a limited understanding of how diabetes impacts mental health, unique challenges their clients may be going through, and areas of concern to potentially explore. This training will begin with discussing unique experiences of stigma that individuals with diabetes encounter which impacts their mental health. There will then be an overview on the Eight Dimension of Wellness, with discussion on how each dimension is impacted by a diabetes diagnosis. Participants will then learn examples of specific questions to ask, topics to explore, and interventions to utilize when working with clients living with diabetes.

This training is applicable to therapists of any level who are interested in enhancing their knowledge around the Eight Dimensions of Wellness, and addressing specific concerns with diabetic clients.

Educational Goals

Learners will gain an understanding of what diabetes is, types of diabetes, and the day-to-day physical and emotional experiences related to hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Learners will better understand how diabetic individuals are impacted by unique stigmas/myths, and how diabetic visibility challenges those stigmas. This training focuses on the Wellness Model, and the bidirectional impacts between diabetes and each of the Eight Dimensions of wellness, including interventions to utilize for each dimension. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

  • Describe unique experiences of stigma that individuals with diabetes experience impacting their overall mental health.

  • Define the term Wellness, including differences from the definition of Health.

  • Define each of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness.

  • Explain the bidirectional impact between diabetes and each dimension of wellness.

  • Assess each dimension of wellness for unique barriers that impact diabetes, including SES status, cultural/spiritual differences, and access to medical care.

  • Apply specific interventions to utilize when working with clients with diabetes.

Presenter


Presenter Dawn Davis, LMFT

Dawn Davis, LMFT Dawn Davis, LMFT is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and Certified Geek Therapist currently working as a full-time private practice clinician for her practice, Therapy That Gets Me, LLC. She has a background of six years in a community mental health setting as a clinician, clinical supervisor, and assistant director, during which she provided supervision and in-house trainings to clinicians, certified peer specialists, nurse navigators, and behavioral health nurses. Dawn’s experience utilizing the Eight Dimensions of Wellness includes facilitating a weekly Outpatient Health and Wellness group from 2020 through 2023, focused on supporting clients with a combination of chronic health conditions and severe and persistent mental illness through use of the Wellness Model. This group primarily consisted of diabetic individuals. Her oversight of nurse navigator programs also consisted primarily of utilizing wellness with diabetic individuals. Dawn has been providing continuing education trainings for various entities on a variety of topics since 2024.