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The Pressure Paradox: From Anxiety to Well-Being

Name: The Pressure Paradox: From Anxiety to Well-Being
Start: 2025-09-10T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-12T11:00:00-04:00

2025 Annual Meeting and Conference

September 10, 2025 @ 5:30 pm – September 12, 2025 @ 11:00 am

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The Pressure Paradox: From Anxiety to Well-Being

2025 Annual Meeting and Conference

Join the Poe Center in its continued efforts to support the mental health and well-being of youth. The 2025 Annual Conference will focus on a holistic approach to addressing the epidemic of youth anxiety and stress.

The Annual Conference and Meeting is the Poe Center’s premier event intended for educators, health professionals, parents, other non-profit organizations, and any one who serves youth in their personal or professional lives. Each event will focus on the mental health and well-being of youth with the goal for participants to leave with applicable resources to share with their communities.

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

VIP Reception & Annual Meeting

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

UNC Health Rex – North Carolina Heart & Vascular Hospital Auditorium
Raleigh, NC

A night of networking and fun as we recognize community members’ contributions to children’s health and education in North Carolina.

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Black and white photo of four teenagers sitting on a couch together.

Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® Training

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Poe Center for Health Education
Raleigh, NC

This evidence-based training teaches attendees how to understand their stress responses, build resiliency skills to better support their communities.

Friday, September 12, 2025

Health Education Conference

7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Andrews Conference Center
Raleigh, NC

Learn how to support youth mental health and well-being. Featuring our keynote speaker and detailed panel discussion on supporting adolescents.

Featured Keynote Speaker

Dr. Danielle Roubinov, PhD

Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program (CHAAMP)
UNC School of Psychiatry

As the director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program (CHAAMP) in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Roubinov leads basic and translational research to develop and disseminate interventions that prevent and treat mental health problems in youth.

The Poe Center is pleased to partner with Dr. Roubinov to promote this holistic approach for supporting adolescents suffering from extreme anxiety and stress.

If you or someone you know is struggling or needs support now, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org

Expert Panel Moderator

Dr. Brian Klausner

Medical Director
WakeMed Community Population Health

Dr. Brian Klausner is an author, primary care physician, and Medical Director of WakeMed’s Community Population Health program. In this role he works to improve the lives of the uninsured and homeless populations in Wake County.

Dr. Klausner will be moderating the panel of experts on youth anxiety and well-being at the Poe Center’s Annual Conference.

Dr. Klausner’s book, In the Gaps, is a discussion of the growing homelessness crisis in America, and how it impacts youth outcomes and well-being.

In the Gaps will be on sale at the Annual Meeting and Conference, where all proceeds will be donated to the Poe Center.

Dr. Shannon DuPree

Director of Wellness
North Carolina State University

Laura K. Brimberry, MSW

Parenting Support Specialist
Birch Therapy

Susan Foster, CPS

Substance Use Prevention Assistant Director
Poe Center for Health Education

Dr. Nerissa Price, MD

Psychiatrist
Price Psychiatry

Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®

Poe Center for Health Education
Raleigh, NC

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Building skills to manage your nervous and threat response systems can help you navigate stress and increase resilience.

The evidence-based Community Resiliency Model^® trains adults and youth on how to support themselves and others within their community. The primary focus of this skills-based, stabilization program is to reset the natural balance of the nervous system.

The goal is to help create “trauma-informed” and “resilience-focused” communities that understand the impact trauma and chronic stress have on the nervous system. Participants will learn practical tools to enhance resilience through hands-on activities, discussions, and practice.

Lunch provided courtesy of UNC Health.

For questions and additional information, please email Jessica Fowler.