Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training in partnership with ASPIN for behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.

This webinar will discuss techniques for clinical therapists and others who work with those involved with involuntary and incarcerated populations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Goal 1: Understand what brought the individual into treatment

• Learn how to establish effective treatment goals

Goal 2: Identify desired outcomes of treatment

• Teach the client the difference between external and internal locus of control.
• Teach client to identify motivation for change (internal vs external)
• Understand the difference between a SFT approach vs a drama approach
• Know the importance of clear boundaries and limits for you and for the individual.
• Identify solutions to combat drama

Goal 4: Learn to accept you are not perfect

Presenters: Tess Ottenweller and Wayne Peterson-Stephan

Tess Ottenweller is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Vice President of Intensive Services at the Bowen Center.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Michigan State University and her master’s degree in Counseling Education at Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne.  She has spent her career focused on outpatient and inpatient behavioral health treatment, including both mental health and addiction recovery services.  Over the last 15 years, she has worked collaboratively with criminal justice and child welfare partners to ensure quality services are available and accessible to those in need.  She is passionate about treating the whole person, incorporating family supports, and breaking down stigma associated with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. 

Wayne Peterson-Stephan is the Director of Addiction Recovery Services at the Bowen Center. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology and his master’s degree in Counseling from Huntington University as well as a  master of divinity degree from Liberty University.  Wayne has worked in the social services field for nearly a decade and has a wide range of experience in mental health, addictions, and child welfare.  Wayne is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Consultant. Wayne hopes to be able to make a positive impact in the communities served by the Bowen Center by creating and facilitating, effective pathways to quality addiction recovery services that are community based and collaborative in their approach to addiction treatment.  He believes that addiction treatment is not the work of any individual organization, but the task of each community coming together to reduce stigma and create integrated systems of wellness and recovery.