Practical Techniques for Self-Care
We are frequently told that it is important to do self-care. But when we try to start a practice, we can feel added pressure when trying to figure out what self-care looks like and often put it to the side in frustration. This interactive and informative self-care discussion will guide you through a mindfulness meditation on self-love. You will leave the evening with real-life examples of feasible self-care techniques for busy individuals and simple tools to ease any discomfort during a stressful time.

Jessica Fisher, LSW, CDCA, is a Treatment Coordinator with the National Youth Advocacy Program. She coordinates treatment and provides therapeutic behavior services for foster care youth. Jessica specializes in mental health and trauma. She graduated from Cleveland State University with a B.A. in social work, and is working towards her Masters of Social Work at the University of Denver Advanced Standing Social Work Program. Jessica is an adoptee, and as part of her graduate studies, she is an intern with the Adoption Network, assisting with child care, youth, and adult programming. Jessica has obtained her Social Work License and Chemical Dependency Counselors Assistant License and is currently working on her Certified Clinical Trauma Professional License. Jessica served as a Chemical Dependency Counselor at the Centers for Families and Children, facilitating intensive outpatient and non-intensive outpatient group therapy, providing individual counseling, and helping train staff on treatment curriculum. She has volunteered at the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, Jewish Family Services Association, and as a dialectical behavioral therapy assistant in private practice, working with adolescents. When Jessica was a student at Cleveland State University, she was a peer educator with H.Y.P.E (Helping You Through Peer Education), an on-campus certified peer education group that helps develop leadership, communication, intervention, and referral skills to facilitate healthy decision- making and role-modeling. She was involved in programs that include alcohol, tobacco and drug education, general wellness, sexual violence prevention, sexual health, and suicide prevention education. Jessica is a Certified Reiki Two Practitioner. Jessica enjoys educating individuals on mindfulness techniques to help alleviate stress and anxiety.