Date: Friday, February 12, 2027

Time: 12–1:00 P.M. EST

CE Credits: 1.0

Where: Online, via Zoom 

Program Summary

The William James College Train Vets to Treat Vets Program and Department of Continuing Education are pleased to present When Strength Becomes a Stereotype: Examining Superwoman Internalization in Female Veterans as part of our ongoing CE series to provide essential training in veteran-specific issues. The series is designed to equip mental health providers with the knowledge and competence needed to serve this population effectively. 

This one-hour continuing education program will discuss how to deliver evidence-based treatments from a recovery-oriented framework. Effective care is more than the reduction of symptoms; effective care should support a Veteran's sense of autonomy, purpose, and community connection.

Participants will learn about the recovery-model of mental illness and what it has in common, and how it differs from more traditional medical-model interventions. Participants will learn how to integrate non-traditional therapy targets (e.g., finding a partner, engaging in meaningful community activities) into evidence-based practice and examine how the focus on real-world functioning can improve motivation for treatment.

Key themes will include collaborative decision-making, respecting Veterans' goals and values, and how utilization of peer-support can improve treatment outcomes.

Instructor

Amy Wilson PhD, ABPP

Amy Wilson, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified psychologist in serious mental illness (SMI) psychology. She holds a half-time appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester, where she works on the adult inpatient unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, and she maintains a private practice in the remaining half of her time. Before joining the university, Dr. Wilson spent 13 years with the Department of Veterans Affairs, where she served as the Local Recovery Coordinator at the Bedford VA and as a staff psychologist at a Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC) within the Finger Lakes VA Healthcare System. Her career reflects a sustained commitment to recovery-oriented care for people living with serious mental illness across inpatient, outpatient, and community-based settings.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this program, attendees will be able to:

• Identify three differences between the recovery and medical models of mental illness;
• Identify two ways to incorporate non-traditional treatment targets into evidence-based practice; and
• Identify two strategies for integrating non-traditional treatment targets into evidence-based practice.