Community Media Partnership for Mental Health Professionals: Calming Coronavirus Fears with Counselors on Radio and Television

Join us for this informative webinar using your computer, tablet, or phone!

Description: COVID has impacted our culture like no other national crisis, leaving Americans of all ages terrified. The latest KFF Health Tracking poll reports disturbing trends.

• 72% saying their lives have been disrupted “a lot” by the coronavirus outbreak.
• 74% believe “the worst is yet to come” when it comes to the outbreak.
• 59% fear they will be laid off or lose their job
• 45% are worried they will lose income due to a workplace closure or unemployment
• 53% are worried they or a family will get sick from coronavirus.
• 39% of adults say they have already either lost their job, lost income, or had their hours reduced without pay because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Pandemic... is a word most therapists were not trained to deal with yet are trying to manage as millions of people are facing complex mental health issues like panic, anxiety, complicated grief, substance abuse relapse, domestic violence and suicide.

The headlines about the coronavirus crisis are continual, yet often media accounts are inaccurate or exploitive, creating more anxiety. National experts have predicted a second wave of COVID-19 cases over the next few months, so it is imperative counselors utilize every opportunity to educate the general public to emotionally stabilize and keep their communities safe.

This training session will equip you with what you need to do, as well as not to do, in dealing with the media, (including radio, television, print, podcast, webinar or Internet). Communities are terrified and need a calm voice in order to build mental stability in the many who are deeply affected by the COVID-19 crisis.  You will learn how to partner with the media before, during and after a critical incident with a powerful communication model that has been successfully used to empower large groups of people with resiliency and mental health recovery. A guidebook will be given to each participant to enhance this training experience.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-775528

This is an event sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

Learning Objectives:

Participants will:

1. Identify The most effective communication style to use during a crisis event

2. Develop A personalized assessment tool to use in their own media work

3. Discover The connection between media exposure & PTSD

4. Use Real-Life Situations from the coronavirus crisis

5. Learn A communication model to use with media as you manage critical events in your community as a mental health expert

 About the Presenter: Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC

Dwight Bain is a Nationally Certified Counselor in practice since 1984. He is founder of the LifeWorks Group in Winter Park and a trainer for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation in Baltimore. His primary focus is on solving crisis events with creative solutions. Bain is a trusted media resource who has been interviewed on over 500 radio and television stations; as well as quoted in over 100 newspapers/websites including: New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal, Orlando Sentinel, Miami Herald, Newsday, FoxBusiness.com & MSNBC.com