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Trendy to Be Depressed: The Hidden Reasons Our Teens Aren’t Getting Better and How to Help - 1 CE hour
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:10am - 11:05am CDT
303 AB
Objectives:
  1. The audience will be able to define and identify hidden rewards, which are the subconscious reasons people hold onto mental suffering rather than getting better. The audience will learn how teens are particularly vulnerable to mental health hidden rewards and that addressing them in treatment brings successful outcomes.
  2. The audience will learn how the increase of audiovisual-based, algorithmic social media platforms (like TikTok) and AI programs have perpetuated teen’s hidden rewards. The audience will learn the connection between social media’s mental health trends and teens' limited motivation to get better.  
  3. The audience will learn, and practice in session, interventions to help teens impacted by hidden rewards. The interventions practiced will support the concept that hidden agendas are a sign a teen is suffering, not that they are manipulative or lazy.  
Statement of Need:
Adults are starting to feel just as stuck as the teens they work with due to misunderstanding what it's like to be a teen in the 2020's, and due to a lack of training on how our unique current socio-cultural environment intersects with teen mental health. Cue in burnout!

Abstract:
This workshop reviews the hidden rewards or benefits a teen may get from suffering or being mentally unwell. Audiences will learn how a multitude of factors like development, the unique setting of the 2020's, AI programs, and social media perpetuates these hidden rewards in teens. This makes mental health issues like ADHD and depression “trendy.” This will be accomplished through video examples, exploring research, case study exploration, and unique activities that give the audience the opportunity to put themselves in a teen's shoes. Audience members will walk away with an increased understanding of a teen's unique experience, skills to identify hidden rewards, and tools and interventions that help teens combat their suffering and embrace a mentally healthy life.

CBMT Approved
Speakers
avatar for Leanne Foell, LCSW

Leanne Foell, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Leanne is a licensed clinical social worker who practices mental health therapy with teens in Dallas Texas. Leanne has worked with teens in almost every place you can find them, this includes high schools, juvenile detention centers, inpatient behavioral hospitals, pediatric centers... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:10am - 11:05am CDT
303 AB
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