Therapists and Medical Issues: What You Need to Know and Why

Learning Objectives

In successfully completing and attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. List at least 4 misdiagnosed medical issues that often impact psychological well-being.
2. Explain 3 emotional/relational aspects of addressing medical conditions with clients.
3. Identify and Compare 3 sound sensitivity disorders.
4. Discuss at least 2 useful CBT/DBT strategies for these disorders.

Presenter:

Jaelline Jaffe, PhD, LMFT has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1976, with a doctoral degree from USC in 1985. She sees individuals and couples in her private practice in Sherman Oaks, and also sees clients online. She has worked with hundreds of patients locally and across the country with sound sensitivity disorders, including tinnitus, misophonia, and hyperacusis. She is a founding member of the Misophonia Association, which holds an annual convention for patients and their families. Dr. Jaffe is one of the only therapists anywhere specializing in treatment of misophonia and has presented at every US conference on this topic. She also presented at the 4th International Conference on Hyperacusis in London. She was interviewed for a piece on misophonia on NPR Morning Edition in March 2019, as well as other TV, radio, and print media. Dr. Jaffe is the co-author of The Language of Emotional Intelligence (2008, McGraw Hill) and The Heroic Journey: An Adolescent Rite of Passage Program (1996, rev 2001) in use in Montessori and other middle schools across the country. She was formerly a writer and editor of the award-winning website, Helpguide.org, and was an author and instructor for Gerry Grossman Seminars.