ReVive 5 Diabetes Training Program: A Person-Centered Approach to Diabetes Distress & Glucose Management

Unlock Hidden Barriers to Diabetes Management

Live Virtual Sessions Air July 15th & 22nd, 2025

Join us for our ReVive 5 Training Program!

The ADA Standards of Care now recommends annual screening for diabetes distress. If you are wondering how to screen for distress and tailor education based on the results, we encourage you to join this unique training program.

This two-session training provides the essential steps to address diabetes distress combined with an innovative approach to helping people make sense of their glucose data. 

“ReVive 5” breathes new life into our relationship with diabetes, bringing a fresh perspective to both the person with diabetes and the provider.

ReVive 5 Training Program for Health Care Professionals:

2 sessions – Each 4 hours (15-minute Q&A included)

Session 1 Topics 

What is Diabetes Distress, and what do we know about it? 

• How does diabetes distress affect self-care?
• How is diabetes distress different from depression?
• How can diabetes distress be assessed practically in clinical care?

 Using the ReVive 5-step approach to address distress and support behavior change

• Specific tools to enhance effective communication strategies to address diabetes distress.
• Four practical steps to address diabetes distress as a barrier to self-care.

Session 2 Topics  

Finding the Expert Within – four steps to help individuals discover their expertise to improve glucose and feelings of self-efficacy 

• Reviewing the diabetes knowledge
• Establishing a diabetes toolkit
• How to determine if basal insulin is right
• Discovering the impact of diet, exercise, stress, insulin, etc. on glucose levels.
• How to evaluate insulin-to-carb ratios and correction factors without fancy formulas.

Using ReVive 5-Step Approach to Integrate the Whole Person Intensive Case Study

• Exploring glucose patterns and identifying problems
• Using an integrated log sheet as a powerful tool to identify what needs fixing: pattern recognition.
• Case reviews that exemplify common glucose problems and enhance problem-solving skills.
• Utilizes the person’s distress profile to better anticipate and respond to barriers and setbacks.

ReVIVE 5 is a one-of-a-kind, practical 5-step program that provides effective intervention strategies that address the whole person and the interconnected components linked with living healthfully with diabetes.

You don’t need to be a mental health expert or diabetes technology wiz to join this training or to integrate these new strategies into your daily practice. 

The ReVive 5 program is built on sound research from the Embark Trial and will revolutionize your approach to diabetes self-management education.

ReVive 5 uses an integrated, evidence-based approach that provides healthcare professionals a realistic 5-step approach to addressing the whole person. It starts with emotional distress and incorporates a unique but integrated approach to problem-solving glucose management difficulties. 

Team of Experts:
ReVive 5 is taught by a team of 3 Interdisciplinary Experts:

• Lawrence Fisher, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor Emeritus, UCSF – Do you have to be a Mental Health Expert to Tackle Diabetes Distress?
• Susan Guzman, PhD – What is the Biggest Takeaway when Addressing Diabetes Distress?
• Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM – Why I Transformed my Approach to Diabetes Self-Management Education

Fee: $139.00 – Click here to enroll in the program.

Can’t join us live? That’s okay.  Your registration guarantees you access to the recorded version of the series, along with podcasts and resources for one full year.