Date and Time
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Fees/Admission
$5.00
Description
OVERVIEW
In a crazy world where front line workers are laser-focused on their clients and patients, it is more important than ever to find time to perform self-care. Rodger Hicks, a well known expert in mental health, joins us in exploring techniques to care of yourself during these times of professional and personal stress.
To Register and For More Information: https://www.unitedway-nny.org/
ABOUT RODGER HICKS
Rodger Hicks, MA, LMHC has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. He currently works as a clinical therapist for TLS of NNY. He provides agency and community trainings in a wide range of topics including anger expression, DSM 5 diagnoses and treatments, co-dependency, engagement skills, motivational interviewing, substance use and treatment, creative expressions, and provider self-care among them. He has 16 years of experience teaching psychology on the college level and over 32 years of experience as a therapist, mentor, clinical supervisor, and director of a variety of community mental health programs including both inpatient and outpatient mental health centers, day treatment programs, case management programs, and two partial hospital centers. He is a CPR and First Aid instructor, Mental Health First Aid Instructor for children and adults, and is working towards certification as a tobacco cessation specialist. He has a passion for assisting people in discovering their strengths, loves to play sax in a variety of bands in the area, and being a father of two wonderful world traveling children, Jake and Sierra.
