Leading your Clients from Anxiety & Depression to Healing & Empowerment

This workshop will define and discuss various aspects of anxiety and depression and how they may present in your clients.

Anxiety: Anxiety presents itself in different ways in all of us; no two individuals experience anxiety the same. Much like fingerprints, the way an individual experiences and responds to anxiety is unique to them. However, common physiological and neuro responses to stress and anxiety do occur in all of us. We will look at aspects of anxiety that are common across the wide spectrum of anxiety diagnoses. We will focus on these traits and offer actionable approaches in which to navigate acute and chronic anxiety.

Depression: Recognizing the signs of a depressive episode or period can be critical in taking the necessary steps in preventing its onset. This portion of the workshop will discuss traits commonly associated with a depressive episode. It will offer possible techniques and actions that can be taken to begin the journey out of a depressive episode as well as actionable steps to maintain awareness of signs that an episode may be approaching.

Actionable Takeaways

• tools to navigate acute and chronic anxiety
• techniques to initiate the journey out of a depressive episode
• signs that a depressive episode may be approaching

PRESENTER: Charles Floyd (he/him/his) retired from the United States Army after twenty years of honorable service as an Airborne Infantryman. He earned a Master of Arts in International Disaster Psychology from the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor candidate working on his licensure requirements. Charles is currently a Community Engagement Coordinator focusing on the Veteran population and Jefferson Center’s Gun Shop Project.