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MVTC 10th Anniversary Symposium on Anxiety and OCD

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In celebration of ten years of excellent service in residential treatment of anxiety and OCD, Mountain Valley is offering a free, one-day, remote event:

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MVTC 10th Anniversary Symposium on Anxiety and OCD
Friday, October 1, 2021
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Due to concerns around COVID, we are excited to offer the Symposium to everyone through Zoom.

Link here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItduCqqjsvGtDH2DBUXUdmRni7rX94ugLF

 

Symposium Schedule

8:45 a.m. – Welcoming Remarks: Carl Lovejoy – Executive Director, MVTC

9:00 a.m. – Traumatic Invalidation as a Common Mechanism Across Emotion Disorders: Dr. Ryan Madrigan – Founder & Director, Boston Child Study Center

10:15 a.m. – Why Use an Evidence Based Treatment for OCD – The Case for Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy: Dr. Patrick McGrath – Director, Center for Anxiety and OCD & Co-Director, School Anxiety and School Refusal Program at AMITA Health, Illinois

11:30 a.m. – Sitting With It: Real Stories of Adolescent Anxiety and Treatment: Panel of MVTC students

12:30 p.m. – How We Talk About Anxiety in School Settings: Kayte Knower – Executive Director and Co-Founder, Knower Academics; Peter Durnan – Dean of Academics, Holderness School

1:45 p.m. – Where Are We Now With Youth Anxiety? An Update on Research and Treatment in the COVID Era: Dr. Sandy Pimental – Associate Director of Psychology Training & Associate Professor, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Director, Anxiety and Mood Program Child Outpatient Psychiatry Division

3:00 p.m. – Understanding the Role of Parenting in the Presentation of Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children: Dr. Timothy DiGiacomo – Clinical Director, MVTC; Dr. Lisa Rosen – Director of Parent Programming, MVTC

4:00 p.m. – Closing & Housekeeping: Carrie Weatherhead – Director of External Affairs, MVTC

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Mountain Valley Nominated for Red Sox Foundation IMPACT Award

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Mountain Valley Treatment Center is excited to announce that we have have been chosen as a finalist for the Red Sox Foundation’s IMPACT Award. As a New Hampshire non-profit organization, we have been recognized for excellence as an organization whose mission includes raising awareness and improving the mental health outcomes of young adults in their community.

7th Annual “IMPACT” Awards (Inspiring More Philanthropy Across Charities Together) presented by the Ruderman Family Foundation. The IMPACT Awards provide Red Sox fans in the six New England states with the opportunity to nominate their favorite local non-profit organization for their chance to win a grant from the Red Sox Foundation. In 2021, the IMPACT Awards will continue to focus on organizations that have demonstrated deep impact in raising awareness and improving the mental health outcomes of the young adults in their community. The organization with the most votes in each state will win a grant; $10,000 for first place, $3,000 for second place and $2,000 for third place.

Please vote for Mountain Valley and vote often. You can vote daily at the following link: https://www.mlb.com/redsox/community/impact-awards/form

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Helping Parents Navigate Their Child’s Treatment Process

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Thursday, May 13, 2021 @ 12:00 – 1:00est

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When young people need help, the parents’ immediate goal is to focus on their child. Yet, it is equally important to support the parents’ role in participating in the therapeutic treatment process. Join Mountain Valley Treatment Center and Sunrise RTC in an informative workshop on ways to assist parents as they navigate their child’s treatment process.

Meet The Panel:

Kelly McAdams, LICSW is an educational counselor from McMillan Education and has decades of experience working with students and families in schools and private behavioral health programs. A highly skilled clinician, school counselor and admissions expert, Kelly enjoys working with children, adolescents and young adults whose learning, emotional, or behavioral challenges have become obstacles to their healthy development and educational progress.

 

 

Lisa Rosen, PsyD is a parent of young adults and a clinical professional who has worked with adolescents for more than 20 years. In her role as MVTC’s Parent Support Program Director, she works closely with families to support them through their child’s treatment. She received her Psy.D. in Clinical/Rehabilitation Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Dr. Rosen is a certified SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) Clinician.

 

Sue Barnes, BA is the Director of Family Communication at Sunrise Residential Treatment Center with experience in marketing and public relations, representing Fortune 100 companies, innovative start-ups, and non-profits. Sue spent five years leading a team providing crisis response, medical, and legal advocacy to sexual assault survivors. Her love of Sunrise — the program and the team — started over a decade ago when her daughter was a Sunrise resident.

 

Lara Kallander, PhD, MAPP is passionate about helping people improve their well-being, with experience in coaching, positive psychology, and drug discovery. As the founder of Thriving Through Adversity Coaching, she helps families flourish by supporting the parents’ well-being. Lara is a dynamic speaker on positive psychology topics with a proven track record of success, having both a PhD in chemistry and a master’s degree in applied positive psychology.

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Clinical and Educational Considerations to Prepare For the Fall

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Mountain Valley Treatment Center is excited to partner with Academics West to offer a workshop (1.5 CEs) on the key concerns we are facing as we return to our new normal this fall. This will be a zoom workshop, open to all, on Tuesday April 20, 2021 at 7:00pm.

After almost two years of interrupted and on-line schooling, our young people will be returning to in-person learning and a sense of normalcy this September. How do we, as professionals and parents, help support our children as they re-enter this new world? All data suggests that there has been a rise in anxiety, isolation, and other mental health issues throughout the pandemic, what are some skills and strategies we can start utilizing now to ameliorate these concerns.

Dr. Tim DiGiacomo, PsyD, Clinical Director of MVTC and Dr. Evan Flamenbaum, MA, DSW, Head of School at Academics West, will be sharing their thoughts on the educational and clinical concerns as we move towards the fall. They will share Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Executive Functioning techniques and strategies that might assist in this difficult transition.

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iIzUJ-s2QWi0VcKqwOeKkQ

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New York Times Magazine Article Featuring MVTC Still Resonating with Readers

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Despite it being almost two years since publication, the October 2017 New York Times Magazine article featuring Mountain Valley with its cover story still resonates with readers and, thanks to online searches by distraught parents looking for help for their anxious, avoidant adolescents, still prompts weekly phone calls to the MVTC admissions office.

The article, Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety?, was written by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, a best-selling author, and a tenured professor of writing, literature and publishing at Emerson College. Over the course of the twelve months that Denizet-Lewis devoted to the writing of the article, he tracked two Mountain Valley residents, Jake and Jillian, from MVTC’s then campus in Pike, NH to the University of North-Carolina and a public high school in Florida, respectively, with the hope of finding out if parents, therapists and schools are helping  anxious teenagers by protecting them or pushing them to face their fears. Mountain Valley, a program that specializes in the latter, was the perfect place for Denizet-Lewis to test his hypothesis.

Denizet-Lewis’s masterfully crafted piece went on to become the most read New York Times Magazine article of 2017. In addition, it gave birth to a firestorm of other media coverage, including interviews on NPR and XM Radio. Benoit has also been generous with his time, and has represented MVTC at parent and alumni gatherings in New York.

To learn more about Denizet-Lewis, we encourage you to visit his website.

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Referencing the New York Times Magazine Article Featuring MVTC, a UCONN Grad Student Writes About Anxiety

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Taylor Hudak, 22, of Guilford, CT, a master’s student in the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program at University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education, recently wrote an Op-Ed piece in the Hartford Courant – and made reference to the October 2017 New York Times Magazine article featuring Mountain Valley. 

It is not a question if overachievers will burn out or break down, but when. A recent New York Times article showcased students who required intensive therapy and medication to cope with the college application process or the fear of failure. Students are making themselves physically sick over fear of a B+. They exist in a constant fight-or-flight state over their academic performance, resulting in stomach issues, headaches, anxiety, depression and even suicide.

 

 

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MVTC Featured on Channel One News

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Mountain Valley was recently featured on the Peabody and Telly Award-winning Channel One News program.  Highlighting the experiences of two of our residents – and the great work of Senior Therapist, Sarah Hazelton – the segment focused on Fear of Failure/Peace Without Perfection – and was viewed by more that 6,000,000 elementary, middle and high school students.

Click here to view the video.  The MVTC segment begins at 1:47.

 

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MVTC’s Dr. Szu-Hui Lee Featured in USA Today Article on Keeping Students Happy and Safe

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Mountain Valley recently participated in Mediaplanet USA’s College Health and Safety campaign, where we united with industry leaders for college safety awareness to educate students, parents and teachers on how we can better serve our students in areas such as drug addiction, sexual violence, mental health issues and more.

One of MVTC’s consulting psychologists – an expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure and Response Prevention – Dr. Szu-Hui Lee, was asked to participate in the campaign.  For Dr. Lee’s article, visit: https://www.futureofpersonalhealth.com/education-and-research/industry-experts-weigh-in-on-keeping-college-students-happy-and-safe

This campaign will serve as a much-needed guide to arm students, parents and school administrators with the latest tools, programs and resources to tackle the most pressing health and safety issues prevalent on campuses across the United States. The campaign was distributed through USA TODAY on March 23rd 2018 and is published online. For the full campaign, visit: http://bit.ly/2pB6acC.

 

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