Alternative Coping Strategies: Stress Prevention & Management

Join us for our hourlong lunchtime brownbag training on finding alternative coping strategies during tobacco recovery.
About this Event

We all have different ways of managing stressful situations in our lives. In this 1-hour training session we will provide a variety of techniques to both prevent and manage stressful circumstances. Participants will learn how to create a balance wheel for their lives to use as a tool to find a space of common footing and integrate the different aspects of their lives together to prevent stressful situations from becoming unmanageable. Other stress prevention strategies will also be taught, and participants will learn various ways to cope with challenges and manage stress.

Who Should Attend: This training is designed for administrative and/or clinical staff of Alameda County Public Health Department-contracted provider organizations and Alameda County Behavioral Health-contracted substance use treatment and mental health programs. However, any and all staff are welcome to attend.

Format: This training will be held virtually, and registration is required. After registering through Eventbrite, you will be sent the Zoom meeting details.

Trainer: Dr. Tara Geer-Leiker, PhD

Dr. Tara Leiker has a robust, over 20-year, background in behavioral and mental health services, which has included working in treatment facilities and providing motivational interviewing counseling services to dependent users. After switching gears into program and policy development and management later in her career, Dr. Leiker now has a PhD in Health Services and Public Health Policy. Dr. Leiker is passionate about tobacco treatment and especially ensuring that tobacco policies are put into practice through a health equity lens. She is focused on increasing access to tobacco treatment and awareness and implementation of tobacco policies throughout Alameda County.

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This training is sponsored by Alameda County Behavioral Health in contract with LifeLong Medical Care’s Tobacco Treatment Training Program, located within EBCRP.

If you have any questions or need to request accommodations for disabilities, please contact tobaccotreatment@lifelongmedical.org.

For grievance information, including filing a grievance or to receive a copy of the grievance policy, please contact tobaccotreatment@lifelongmedical.org.