Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Recognizing the demanding nature of the legal profession, this session provides proven techniques for eliminating toxic stress, balancing personal and professional priorities, and encouraging peak performance. This program educates legal professionals on the impact toxic stress has on the body and brain - resulting in detrimental consequences to health, wellness and job performance. It then provides participants with evidence-based strategies to lower stress, build resilience and thrive in their personal and professional lives.

For years, the presenter doubted whether meaningful change was possible given the alarming attorney health statistics reported by the ARDC. However, exploring holistic and consciousness-based approaches revealed that improving attorney well-being is more within our control than she once believed. This presentation is designed to educate and empower attorneys to take charge of their health, enhance their careers, and create lasting, positive change for not only themselves but their clients.

In this presentation Paige Fox discusses the wellness crisis in the legal profession, the broader health crisis, physical fitness / exercise, mindfulness / meditation, frequencies / sound science, and nutrition / diet.

ABA studies have shown a high percentage of alcohol dependency among lawyers, relative to other professions, which means all practitioners should have strategies for identifying dependency and addressing its impacts.

Frequent exposure to client trauma takes an emotional toll on practitioners. Being able to identify the impacts of secondary trauma and how to address them safeguards emotional well-being and helps support productive practices.

This course examines the importance of self-care and wellness, not only from the perspective of your health, but also, the health of the profession.

Following a values-driven approach to legal careers helps individual attorneys build longstanding success and assists firm managers with hiring and retaining productive professionals.

This program explores best practices to curb the negative effects of trauma within the legal profession. Examine how unresolved primary trauma, as well as vicarious trauma, can hinder an attorney’s ability to effectively manage and cope with stress, which can have dire impacts on professional responsibilities and health. Learn to detect trauma so that you can strengthen connections with your clients, while also creating environments that support your mental health and overall well-being.

Jonathan Wier, of the ARDC, summarizes some of their latest reports and statistics, then discusses mental health and attorney wellness issues.

Learn how to address the mental health challenges of the legal profession that drain lawyers’ energy, lead to harmful coping strategies, and stand in the way of their own success and happiness as professionals, community participants, and family members.