Part 5: Building Girls' Digital Resilience: Evidence-Based Interventions for Navigating Social Media, Addressing Cyberbullying and Promoting Digital Wellness

Presenter: Lisa Hinkelman, PhD, LPC

Learning Objectives

Learners will integrate social media literacy competencies into clinical assessment practices to evaluate how social media use impacts adolescent female clients’ mental health and to identify risk factors and areas of concern.
Learners will implement evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions adapted for digital contexts to address cyberbullying, social comparison anxiety, and unhealthy digital behaviors.
Learners will design individualized digital wellness plans that promote healthy social media engagement, strengthen online boundary-setting skills, and cultivate digital resilience through enhanced media literacy and positive peer support networks.

CE Credit: 1 NBCC Hours; 0 CRCC Hours; 1 WA Hours; 0 APT Hours; 0 NAADAC Hours; 1 NY Hours; 1 Ethics Hours

Lisa Hinkelman

PhD, LPC

Lisa Hinkelman, Ph.D., LPC is a nationally recognized researcher, speaker, and author who has spent nearly two decades as a foremost authority on girls' education and empowerment. As  former professor of Counselor Education at The Ohio State University and current Founder and CEO of the national non-profit Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX), she delivers evidence-based programming and research focused on fostering girls' confidence, self-esteem, and successful decision-making. Author of the groundbreaking Girls' Index™ research, a survey with more than 17,000 girls, Dr. Hinkelman's insights have shaped national conversations about girls' development. She was invited to speak on teen girls’ mental health at the United Nations General Assembly and is the best-selling author of 'Girls Without Limits: Helping Girls Succeed in Relationships, Academics, Careers and Life' (Corwin Press, 2021). Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Parents Magazine, Newsweek, NBC News and Forbes. Dr. Hinkelman holds a bachelor's degree in Education and Psychology from Chatham College, master's and doctorate degrees in Counselor Education from The Ohio State University, and completed Harvard Business School's Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program.