The Loneliness Epidemic: How to Support Clients Who Feel Unseen Unheard and Devalued
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The Loneliness Epidemic: How to Support Clients Who Feel Unseen Unheard and Devalued

Sat, Jul 13th, 2024
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

The United States Surgeon General has referred to loneliness as a silent epidemic, affecting close to 50% of the US population and negatively impacting people’s mental and physical health. In fact, in the US, more than 25% of emergency room visits are said to be related to loneliness. Loneliness does not refer to being physically alone in a particular environment. Rather, loneliness is related to feeling alone in our hearts – it is the feeling of being emotionally disconnected from others. As human beings, we all know how devastating effects of loneliness on mental health can be. And as mental health professionals, we’ve seen clients in the throes of this painful emotion. We’ve all had a client who enters sessions closed-off and unreachable no matter how hard we try to break through. When clients are combating feelings of loneliness (and often, shame), sharing intimate details about these painful experiences with a stranger can feel impossible. Many clients have simply never learned the vocabulary to describe their emotions and explain what they're going through. This course will focus on breaking down loneliness into its subcomponents – feeling unseen, unheard, and devalued, as well as offer practical steps clinicians can implement to help their clients to identify feelings of loneliness, reduce stigma they may be carrying about experiencing this universal emotion, and learn ways to cultivate their feelings of belonging.

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This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Janina Scarlet

Janina Scarlet

Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Janina Scarlet is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, author, and a full-time geek. A Ukrainian-born refugee, she survived Chernobyl radiation and persecution. She immigrated to the United States at the age of 12 with her family and later, inspired by the X-Men, developed Superhero Therapy to help patients with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Dr. Scarlet is the recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award by the United Nations Association for her work on Superhero Therapy. Her work has been featured on Yahoo, BBC, NPR, Sunday Times, CNN, CW, ABC, Huffington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, the Nerdist, BuzzFeed, and many other outlets. She currently works at the Center for Stress and Anxiety Management in San Diego. She authored Superhero Therapy, Harry Potter Therapy, Therapy Quest, Dark Agents, Super-Women, Supernatural Therapy, as well as numerous contributions to Star Wars Psychology, Star Trek Psychology, Wonder Woman Psychology, Supernatural Psychology and many other books.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe what loneliness is and its subcomponents.
  2. 2 Describe the detrimental impacts of loneliness on people’s mental and physical health.
  3. 3 Describe three strategies to help clients to decrease the feelings of loneliness and increase feelings of belonging.

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Cacioppo, J. T., Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2009). Alone in the crowd: the structure and spread of loneliness in a large social network. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(6), 977.

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

11:00-11:05 am – Introduction

11:05-11:30 am – Defining loneliness and its impacts on mental and physical health

11:30-12:00pm – Elements of loneliness – feeling unseen, unheard, or devalued

12:00-12:30 pm – Case studies and experiential exercises

12:30-12:45 pm – Break

12:45-1:15 pm – Managing loneliness: cultivating feelings of self-compassion and a sense of belonging

1:15-1:45 pm – Healing clients to see, hear and value themselves: Boundary setting, self-advocacy, and self-empowerment practices

1:45-2:05 pm – Case studies and experiential practices

2:05-2:15 – Q&A

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