Addressing Social Isolation: Identifying High-Risk Individuals and Effective Interventions for Mental Health Professionals
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Addressing Social Isolation: Identifying High-Risk Individuals and Effective Interventions for Mental Health Professionals

Sat, Oct 4th, 2025
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

Social isolation and loneliness have been recognized challenges in recent decades. However, the COVID-19 pandemic augmented these challenges and provided a stark wakeup call for professionals, families, and individuals at risk for isolation and marginalization in mainstream society. There is a need to provide innovative opportunities to promote a sense of belonging and community across all age cohorts, from children to older adults. Using an empirical framework, this course will provide a look at who is at risk for loneliness, the signs of loneliness, and effective ways to reduce social isolation and loneliness while promoting overall mental and physical health outcomes for clients and consumers.

Live Event
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

Christina Marsack-Topolewski

Christina Marsack-Topolewski

Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski is an associate professor of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Marsack-Topolewski received her PhD in Social Work with a dual title in Gerontology from Wayne State University. She has worked with individuals with various intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) for 20 years. Her research focuses on individuals with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, their caregivers, advance care planning, the service delivery model, and service utilization. She has over 90 publications in national and international journals and encyclopedias, mainly focusing on individuals with IDDs, caregiving, as well as services and supports. In addition, she has presented her work locally, nationally, and internationally.

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 Differentiate between social isolation and loneliness.
  2. 2 Identify the signs and assess for loneliness.
  3. 3 Recognize populations at risk for social isolation, exclusion, and loneliness.
  4. 4 Summarize effective and creative ways to support clients and consumers to combat loneliness.

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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.

11:00am - 11:15am Welcome and introduction to the topic

11:15am - 11:45am Key concepts related to social isolation and loneliness

11:45am - 12:00pm Connecting to everyday life - video, recap /discussion

12:00pm - 12:30pm Populations at risk for loneliness

12:30pm - 12:45pm Break

12:45pm - 1:00pm Signs of loneliness 

1:00pm - 1:30pm Creative solutions to combat loneliness

1:30pm - 2:00pm Examples of programs used to combat loneliness

2:00pm - 2:15pm Recap and Q & A

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