Monday, May 20, 2024; 4:00 – 6:00 PM

St. John’s University, D’Angelo Center

Room 416 A & B, Queens Campus

Program Description: 

This presentation will educate attendees on how symptoms and behaviors of mental illness exist, function, and are maintained in family systems through family histories and present-day dynamics. Our lives, in one way or another, are influenced and governed by both the micro and macro systems that we exist within. The presentation will provide an understanding of how mental health manifests in families and teach you how to effectively use an individual's system to enhance the effects of their care.

Presenter Information: Dr. Christopher Fisher ('14GEd) is trained and licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in the state of New York. He is currently the Director of the Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Department, which consists of the Adult Outpatient Clinic, The Behavioral Health Crisis Center, and the Clozapine Clinic at The Zucker Hillside Hospital of Northwell Health. He holds a faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University. Dr. Fisher treats, supervises, and consults out of his own private practice in Rockville Centre. He is a proud SJU alumnus of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.

This training is approved for 2 contact hours - Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, and Psychologists.

This is a free event. To register for training, visit: https://forms.office.com/r/vAffJhFzxr