Event Registration

Presented by Sierra Tucson.
Get Informed - Be Informed

Schedule:

May 24, 2017

Arizona Biltmore
Sedona Room
Hosted valet parking, gratuity not included

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.- Presentation

Enabling, Rescuing & Codependency: Understanding how the media has impacted our boundaries, behaviors, and attitudes
Presenter: Mike Gaziano, MSW, LCSW

This workshop will use a multitude of media clips and excerpts from well-known books from our childhood years to illustrate the principle of enabling, rescuing, and codependency. The discussion will lead the attendee down a playful, yet psycho-educational, path of rediscovery and a better understanding of how we continue to struggle with self-care and healthy boundaries in our relationships. Participants will learn about the ways in which the media encourages addictive thinking and messages about supporting and enabling certain behaviors. Attendees will learn to challenge their values from past media blitz and open their eyes to the ongoing problem around recovery and family empathy.

This is an intermediate presentation. Attendees are behavioral healthcare professionals in private practice.

Objectives:
*Assess key messages permeating our culture around enabling/rescuing behaviors and antiquated beliefs
*Identify two core problems with multimedia and how it continues to struggle with presenting a healthy representation of gender and diversity
*Discuss the difficulty mass media has had with representation of trauma and PTSD

Mike Gaziano, MSW, LCSW was born and raised in the Midwest and chose Tucson for his undergraduate work in psychology. He is now a proud alumnus from the University of Arizona. He later received his master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois. Bringing over 25 years of clinical expertise to Sierra Tucson, Mike has worked in the Family Program since 2008 and was promoted to family program coordinator in April 2013. Soon thereafter, he was promoted to his current role as manager for the Family Program. He has worked in the private sector and public sector as a social worker and is trained as a mediator and conflict resolution specialist. Mike has also provided his clinical skills to Pima County as a group facilitator for domestic violence classes.

Sign up and save! $35 per person with pre-registration one week prior to the event (no refund after the due date).  (Late registration at the door, $40 cash or check only.)

For event questions, please contact: Ryan Young at: Ryan.Young@acadiahealthcare.com

1.5 Education Credits available:
*Psychologists - This program is sponsored by Sierra Tucson. Sierra Tucson is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists; Sierra Tucson maintains responsibility for this program and its content.