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Resiliency and Radical Acceptance | February 4th 2025

Date of Presentation: February 4, 2025

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  Community  

Program: Harm Reduction  

Keywords: #emotional regulation  #radical acceptance  #Recovery  #resilience  

In this presentation, Debra Buffalo Boy speaks on Resiliency and Radical Acceptance and how resiliency provides balance across mental, physical, social, and spiritual life. She reviews 8 key components of resiliency including self belief, optimism, purpose of direction, adaptability, ingenuity, emotional regulation, and support seeking and how to develop these skills.

Recording:

Presented by:

Debra Buffalo Boy
Debra Buffalo Boy
Faculty

Debra is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Lakota Nation where she was born and raised. She is a woman in long term recovery and has worked in the addiction recovery field for over 40 years as a counselor, peer mentor, clinical supervisor, trainer, educator, and advocate for Indigenous, incarcerated, youth and women throughout Oregon. Currently, Debra is the Administrator and Owner of Multicultural Consultants, Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon Executive Board Vice President, Ethics Committee Member and Coordinator for MetroPlus Association of Addiction Peer Professionals, NPAIHB Expert Faculty for Peer ECHO, and Spiritual Advisor & Board Member for Painted Horse Recovery Center.

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Date added: February 5, 2025