LAWYER WELL-BEING & MINDFULNESS PRACTICES FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT
An Online CLE with Oregon Attorney Assistance Program
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ACC Oregon invites you to a special online CLE presented by
the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program:
April 24, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Many members of the legal community have found the last three years incredibly challenging, stressful, and bordering on unmanageable some days. In a vocation already replete with stress, current circumstances are increasing the level of stress, burnout, and symptoms of mental health conditions for practitioners as well as affecting the functioning of clients.
The rates of burnout and mental health conditions have increased exponentially since 2019. Before the pandemic, lawyers already experienced mental health conditions much more frequently than non-lawyers. It is more important than ever to increase our engagement in healthy coping strategies such as mindfulness as critical interventions to help relieve stressors of our profession.
This online* session is a part of 2023 ACC Oregon Wellness Month and will be facilitated by OAAP Attorney Counselor, Kyra Hazilla, JD/LCSW and Adrian (Addie) Smith, JD, MSW, RYT200 (please see their bios below).
Lawyers who attend this 60-minute presentation will:
- Learn about recent research that documents the need for greater support of lawyer well-being;
- Consider factors that prevent lawyers from seeking help for mental health conditions and substance use challenges;
- Explore their own role in helping to reduce the stigma associated with mental health and substance abuse, in fostering acceptance, and in encouraging help-seeking behavior;
- Learn coping skills, protective factors, and self-care strategies to support our own well-being especially when working in a fast-paced, high intensity environment;
- Learn the basics of mindfulness, including specific practices for busy professionals, and its benefits to our health and well-being.
All in-house counsel may participate in this online CLE regardless of membership in the ACC.
OAAP has applied for one Mental Health & Substance Abuse credit hour through the Oregon State Bar.
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*An online link will be sent out closer to event date to the email you use at registration. |
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Oregon Attorney Assistance Program |
The Oregon Attorney Assistance Program (OAAP) provides CONFIDENTIAL and free counseling assistance to lawyers, judges, and law students. OAAP can help with your concerns about your well-being, or the well-being of someone you care about. OAAP offers short-term individual counseling, referral to other resources when appropriate, support groups, workshops, CLEs, and educational programs. To learn more about OAAP, please click here.
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Kyra M. Hazilla, JD, LCSW, is an attorney counselor with the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program (OAAP). Kyra is a 2006 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (JD) and School of Social Work (MSW), and studied psychology and music at Vassar College (BA, 2002). She was a public defender practicing juvenile law for most of her legal career, advocating for children and families struggling with myriad challenges. She is a trained counselor having completed more than 3,500 postgraduate social service hours, whose experience includes crisis intervention, working with survivors of sexual assault, drug and alcohol dependency, and many years helping domestic violence survivors and
their children.
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Adrian (Addie) Smith, JD, MSW, RYT200 |
Adrian (Addie) Smith, JD, MSW, RYT200, is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (JD) and School of Social Work (MSW). She has worked in the fields of child welfare, juvenile justice, and juvenile court systems for the majority of her career. She currently owns her own consulting firm where she works with tribes nationwide on their court and child welfare systems as well as states committed to improving the way they work with tribes, Native youth, and Native families. She is also a certified yoga instructor (RYT200) who teaches at YoYoYogi in downtown Portland. Her classes focus on connecting mind, body, and breath in small and accessible ways as a means to accessing mindfulness and self-compassion both on and off the mat.
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2023
ACC Oregon Wellness Month
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Be sure to check out all of the programs and events available for the third annual ACC Oregon Wellness Month!
All ACC Oregon members who participate in any Wellness Month program will be entered into a drawing for some great prizes including gift certificates to The Yoga Space and Steven Smith Teas.
All non members who participate in eligible Wellness Month programs
will be entered into a drawing for
a one year membership in the ACC
(a $399 value)!
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