ABI Info Series # 2 – Anger Management
SPEAKER: Stacey Levine; Behaviour Therapist, Journey Rehabiliation
Emotional dysregulation after brain injury can lead to a range of strong emotions from anger to sadness. These can lead to many challenges, from avoiding triggering situations to damaging important relationships. In this workshop, learn strategies to help understand potential triggers and ways to prepare how best to manage the various challenges that one must face day-to-day. This will also incorporate strategies for self-care to increase overall coping tolerance and ways to stay motivated and focused on the positives.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Stacey Levine is a behaviour therapist who believes effective therapy starts with an open mind and an approach that sets no limits on what people can accomplish.
As co-founder and co-owner of Journey Rehabilitation and Behaviour Therapy, Stacey uses her clinical expertise and adeptness to find creative solutions and methods for adults and children with brain injuries and neurological and developmental disorders. Her compassion, empathy, and dedication to her work help her understand her clients’ needs and the challenges they face. She is committed to providing ongoing, professional, and well-resourced support to improve the quality of life for her clients and their families and caregivers.
A graduate of the University of Carleton in 1999 with a B.A. in Psychology, Stacey was formally trained in applied behaviour analysis, an approach based on modifying behaviour. She has extensive experience in the field of cognitive behaviour therapy, and over the last 23 years has worked with a diverse group of people through the inpatient brain injury unit at UHN (Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital) and in the community. She is involved in many relevant conferences and training seminars to ensure her approaches and methods are current. She has also mentored and provided behaviour training workshops to many therapists, family members and care providers in her field.
Stacey specializes in treating individuals with acquired brain injuries, mental health disorders, neurological and developmental disorders, and psychiatric disorders. She has expertise with a number of behaviour approaches including applied behaviour analysis, verbal behaviour, play therapy, natural environmental teaching (NET), mindfulness, and cognitive behaviour therapy.