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Presented by Stonewater
Jeff Noles, LAC, LPC, CTT, CCS
Clinical Director
The workshop has two major parts. The first part will review Jonathan Haidt’s research on the profound impact of social media and screen time on the mental health of young people, highlighting the rise in anxiety and depression. We will explore how constant comparisons, cyberbullying, and the pressure to maintain an online persona contribute to mental health issues. Additionally, the correlation between excessive screen time and deteriorating mental health, including increased anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances, will be examined. Participants will be equipped with practical strategies to manage technology use, set boundaries, promote offline activities, and foster open communication to mitigate these negative effects.
In the second part, participants will examine traumatic messaging received in childhood and its impact on core identity. Through hypothetical and real case examples, participants will explore how these messages continue to affect us in adolescence and adulthood, often leading to internal conflicts between seeking love and living authentically. The presenter will discuss helping the client see the harms inflicted on them by others as self-serving rather than child-targeted, and introduce a process for reparenting the inner child with reparative messages. The session will conclude with an experiential exercise, singing a children’s song to briefly connect with participants’ inner children, fostering a sense of healing and reconnection.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Participants will be instructed on how to:
- Identify the specific ways in which social media contributes to anxiety and depression among
young people. - Understand the relationship between excessive screen time and mental health issues,
including anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. - Implement practical strategies to manage technology use, set boundaries, and promote
offline activities to support the mental well-being of young people. - Identify at least three examples of childhood trauma and understand the corresponding
messages that can impact adult behavior and psychological well-being. - Analyze and articulate how understanding others’ behaviors as self-serving can reshape
their perception of childhood experiences and aid in the healing process. - Learn and apply a reparenting technique designed to provide reparative messages to the
inner child.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
9:00 am – 11:00 am “Protecting the Spirit of Our Children and Our Own Inner Child”
LOCATION: Register to receive link information for this online training.
COST: FREE – There is no charge for this complimentary training.
REGISTRATION: Sign-up via Zoom.
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NCSAPPB CREDITS
We have applied to the NC Substance Abuse
Professional Practice Board (NCSAPPB) for
approval of 2 General Skill Building credits.
Completion of a short, post-workshop electronic survey will be required to receive your certificate.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Jeff Noles, LAC, LPC, CTT, CCS
Stonewater Clinical Director
Jeff Noles earned his Bachelor of Science in Education from Louisiana Tech University and his Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Jeff became a Licensed Addiction Counselor in 2011 and a Licensed Professional Counselor in 2018. He is also a Certified Trauma Therapist. Additionally, Jeff became a Certified Clinical Supervisor in 2022.
Jeff utilizes DBT skills groups and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide young men toward increased emotional resilience and a more stable core identity. Jeff believes his clients’ best chance of sustained healing results from systemic change. He works closely with families to help them see their roles in their loved ones’ recovery.
Jeff also has a passion for Inner Child work after having a transformative experience in his personal therapeutic journey. He believes that all people start out as amazing, talented, and beautiful individuals worthy of love and belonging. Through their interactions with the world, people may become convinced that these things are no longer true about themselves. Jeff works to remind them of how terrific they were as children and that they are still worthy of the best in life.
Having been sober since July 17, 2006, Jeff has worked with the addicted population in residential settings for the last 16 years, hoping to give to others what was given to him. Jeff is married to his wife, Kayt, and they have two boys, Anders and Arlo. He loves watching sports of all kinds and is a lifelong fan of the Minnesota Vikings.
