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(September 2021) Understanding and Managing Your Anxiety
The combination of stress and isolation during the past year-and-a-half create the perfect storm for experiencing anxiety and worry. This webinar will provide an overview of recent neuroscience advances that inform about the anxious brain and the resilient brain. The presentation will discuss brain-based strategies for coping with anxious rumination and calming the body.
Dr. Tami DeCoteau obtained a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology in 2003 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with specialization in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders for adults, adolescents, and children.
Dr. DeCoteau is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner. TBRI is a therapeutic model that trains caregivers to provide effective support for at-risk children. She is also trained in various other trauma treatment modalities including EMDR, somatic processing, attachment intervention, NMT (neurosequential model of therapeutics), and TF-CBT. Dr. De Coteau has extensive experience working with patients who suffer from complex trauma, neurodevelopmental disorders, grief, anxiety, depression, and suicidal thinking.
Dr. DeCoteau has worked in a variety of outpatient settings and with a diverse patient population, including Veterans and Native Americans. Dr. DeCoteau was appointed by a member of the U.S. congress to serve on the Commission on Native Children to help address the challenges faced by Native children.
Aside from clinical work, Dr. DeCoteau has given numerous lectures on how trauma impacts attachment and brain development, in-school strategies for working with traumatized children, and historical trauma. She is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation and a descendant of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
Watch time: 79 minutes
Eligible Certificate of Completion time: 75 minutes