Join us to start leveraging the essentials of well-being for a more resilient mind with our next installment of Webinars for Busy Lawyers — in 30 minutes or less.
Tuesday, October 27 | 12PM
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Join us to start leveraging the essentials of well-being for a more resilient mind with Dr. Shawn Healy in this installment of Webinars for Busy Lawyers!
Well-being and resilience are often described as destinations to which many roads lead. This webinar will cover how you can incorporate the pillars of well-being in your life to stay well mentally, cope with stress in healthful ways, be more productive and efficient at your job as a lawyer and be a more resilient person.
Participants will:
- Explore practical ways to strengthen well-being within the demands of a busy legal practice.
- Consider how small, sustainable changes in areas such as sleep, movement, nutrition, connection, and stress management can support both personal well-being and professional effectiveness.
- Learn strategies for building habits that can help you better manage everyday stress as well as unexpected challenges.
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Q&A will follow the program, giving you the opportunity to ask any questions you have.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Shawn Healy, PhD is the Director of Administrative Operations at LCLMA as well as a clinical psychologist on the clinical team. In his clinical role he provides individual clinical consultations and groups to law students, lawyers, judges, and legal professionals. He regularly presents and publishes on all manner of mental health topics germane to the legal community. Shawn is also a certified trainer in Mental Health First Aid and serves as a co-chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Lawyer Well-Being Committee.
Shawn joined LCLMA in March of 2014 following his work in a private group practice in Cambridge. Prior to private practice, Shawn worked at the May Institute, Inc. for 10 years where he initially completed his pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship. He later became the Clinical Director and finally the Director of Clinical Services and Operations for the Behavioral Health Division of the May Institute where he managed two outpatient clinics and four-day treatment programs. Shawn graduated from Suffolk University in Boston, MA in 2006 with his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. His dissertation and research interests are in the field of conflict resolution, and he has been involved in facilitating many conflict resolution workshops, discussion groups, and mediation and private conflict coaching sessions.
Shawn is a member of the American Psychological Association and of the Massachusetts Psychological Association and is licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a psychologist. Shawn coauthored the book The Full Weight of the Law: How Legal Professionals Can Recognize and Rebound from Depression (ABA publication, 2017 – available in our lending library) with another LCL Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Jeff Fortgang.
Shawn runs our ADHD Support Group Meetings & Workshops and co-facilitates Mental Health First Aid certification trainings for legal professionals.
Shawn can be reached at (617) 482-9600 or shawn@lclma.org.
Free & Confidential Consultations:
Lawyers, law students, and judges in Massachusetts can discuss concerns with a licensed therapist, law practice advisor, or both. Find more on scheduling here.
