Education Day 2023: Dr Belinda Seagram and Joanna Lockhart - Managing Stress for Long Term Resiliency
Dr. Belinda Seagram (L) and Joanna Lockhart (R)
The Tema Foundation is pleased to welcome Dr Belinda Seagram and Joanna Lockhart to present at Education Day 2023: Community, Connection and Caring: Strategies for Building Resilience and Wellness.
Meet Dr. Belinda Segram
Dr. Seagram is a registered clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. from York University and more than 20 years of combined experience in clinical practice, research, teaching and supervision.
Belinda has extensive experience working with high-risk teenagers in residential, hospital and community-based settings. She has served as the Executive Director of a shelter and resource centre for abused women and children in Northumberland County, Ontario. Between 2000 and 2006, Belinda was employed by the Correctional Service of Canada where she served as Acting Chief Psychologist in a medium-security penitentiary for federal offenders. She then spent four years with the Pine River Institute, a residential treatment program for adolescents struggling with serious substance abuse, in the capacity of Wilderness Therapist, Clinical Director and consultant.
Belinda has delivered training programs for the Crisis Negotiation Team of the Ontario Provincial Police and was involved in forensic investigations in Ontario and Nunavut. In 2008, a family move brought Belinda to Nova Scotia where she has worked with youth in custody, and served as a consultant in coordinating the trauma response for the survivors of the shipwrecked Concordia, based out of Lunenburg.
Meet JoannA Lockhart
After 20 years as a Nova Scotia paramedic and now a Registered Counselling Therapist, Joanna brings a unique understanding and shared experiences with emergency services, first responders and health care professionals. She is particularly interested in the impact of trauma and PTSD, building resiliency and social support to help foster overall mental health and wellness.
Learn from Dr Belinda Seagram and Joanna Lockhart at Education Day 2023
The call to serve comes from deep within. Working as a first responder/military member can be an incredibly rewarding profession that comes with inherent risks. The strategies we employ to manage stress, although effective in the short term can serve as risk factors to subsequent injury; the ability to compartmentalize emotions is both adaptive and essential in high-risk work. Repeated exposure to trauma can create a backlog of unprocessed experiences, evidenced through the emergence of unwelcomed symptoms. Having tools to gauge the cumulative effects of stress is essential for developing long-term resiliency. Whether at work or in recovery, knowing how to assess our level of central nervous system activation is integral to maintaining long-term health.
JOIN US FOR EDUCATION DAY 2023:
COMMUNITY, CONNECTION AND CARING - STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING RESILIENCE AND WELLNESS
MAY 17, 2023
CANADIAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION At PieR 21 - HALIFAX, NS
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The Tema Foundation is proud to present a full day of education, networking, and skill-building that focuses on making mental health healthier. This in-person event features keynote speakers who have dedicated their time and energy to helping those who keep us healthy & safe.