The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training 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 training will address the issues surrounding the anxiety and stress of people returning to work and or school after over a year of isolation and social distancing. Dr. Siquilla Liebetrau will examine the effects of social isolation and how people can better cope with face-to-face interactions.
1. Normalize level of distress
2. Implement self-care
3. Become self-advocates
4. Make value-based decisions
5. Lean into discomfort/fear and let go of the need for control
6. Strengthen resilience
7. Learn when to ask for help
Dr. Siquilla Liebetrau is Clinical Director and a licensed Clinical Psychologist at Bowen Center, the largest Community Mental Health Center in Indiana. Dr. Liebetrau completed her undergraduate studies in psychology at DePaul University in Chicago and her graduate studies at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. She has dedicated her training and career to serving in community mental health and is passionate about serving those in greatest need of care and support. She enjoys the variety of doing therapy with children, teenagers and adults across a broad spectrum of diagnoses. Areas of special interest include trauma, integrating behavioral health into primary care, and suicide prevention. She also enjoys doing psychological testing including autism evaluations, bonding and attachment assessments, and child hearsay evaluations.
