Teresa L. Deshields - Behavioral Treatment Interventions for Clients Coping with Medical Illness

Faculty:: Teresa L. Deshields
Duration:: Full Day
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Nov 14, 2019

Description

Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes, Cancer, COPD, Arthritis and the list goes on…

Chronic illness has become rampant across the United States and no doubt it has made its way into your office. Many chronic conditions require people to undergo demanding, debilitating treatment and make incredible lifestyle changes.

Treating these clients comes with the challenge of addressing ongoing medical stressors and the accompanying depression, anxiety, and quality of life concerns.

Teresa Deshields, Ph.D., ABPP, knows first-hand how difficult it can be to navigate these challenges – she knows that treating these vulnerable individuals is serious work that demands a thoughtful, organized, and dedicated approach.

Watch her as she shares 20 years of experience treating clients with chronic illness in this compelling, practical recording.

You’ll learn specific strategies to:

Address the psychosocial needs of clients coping with physical illness
Assess for co-morbidity between mental health and physical conditions
Motivate clients to undergo lifestyle changes to benefit their health
Teach clients mindfulness techniques to cope with physical pain
Process ever-changing thoughts and feelings related to illness
Provide advocacy for your clients among their medical team

This cutting-edge training will take your practice to the next level!

Handouts

Outline

Establishing Whole Person Care

Formal assessments to identify physical and emotional stressors
How to ask “What do you think is wrong”
The client who considers their problem only medical and isn’t open to behavioral interventions
Setting a collaborative agenda
Addressing quality of life concerns

Psychological Distress in the Medically Ill

Distress
- Manifestations in medical populations
- Distress screening tools
- Balance efficiency with depth
- Identify changing feelings related to disease progression
Depression
- Is it really “expected” after diagnosis of an illness?
- What to do when symptoms of disease overlap with signs of depression
- Measuring depression
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy interventions
- Creating balance with ACT
- Establish an integrated approach
Anxiety
- Forms of anxiety that are particularly prevalent in medical illness
- Assessment measures
- Interventions when anxiety threatens tolerance for treatment
- Specific mindfulness and relaxation therapy exercises and scripts
- CBT tools to address worry and illness related anxiety
Grief
- Strategies to address: “I’m not the same physically and emotionally …”
- Tools for releasing negative and obsessive thinking
- Working with the emotions and turmoil of Anticipatory Grief

Behavioral Interventions for Physical Symptom Management

Addressing physical issues
- Motivational interviewing to help the client process lifestyle changes
- Self-management skill development
Strategies to minimize symptoms
- Help the client determine the what and how of symptom relief
- Addressing pain with ACT
- Exercise recommendations for fatigue
- Increase the likelihood of adherence
- CBT for insomnia
- Mindfulness techniques for nausea
The clinicians “tool box” for symptom management
- Ensure a wide array of options
- Determine the next step

End of Life Considerations

Quality vs. quantity of life
Assessing patient preferences
The difference between supportive, palliative, and hospice care
Managing family disagreements related to treatment options
What about family dysfunction
Decision to withhold or withdraw care

Communication Issues

With clients
- Client-centered communication
- Breaking bad news with the SPIKES protocol
With healthcare professionals
- Efficient but effective interprofessional communication with the SBAR method
- Sharing information without breaking confidentiality

Family Caregivers

Challenges
- Sociodemographic changes & changes in medical care that make caregiving even more challenging
- Impact of the family caregiving on the caregiver’s health
Caregiver psychological issues
- Prevalence of depression and anxiety in caregivers
- Relationship with client’s distress
Financial toxicity
Limitations of the research and potential risks

Faculty

Teresa L. Deshields, PH.D, ABPP Related seminars and products: 1

Teresa L. Deshields, Ph.D., ABPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist and clinical associate professor in the departments of medicine and psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She is a Fellow of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society and its past-president.

She was the manager of the Siteman Counseling Service for the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for 20 years. Her clinical practice is devoted to treating cancer patients and survivors and their family members, throughout the cancer continuum – diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, end of life, and grief. Her research is focused on issues related to psychological adjustment and quality of life in cancer patients and survivors.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Teresa Deshields is a clinical associate professor at Washington University School of Medicine. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Teresa Deshields is a member of the American Psychological Association.

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