Addressing Addiction in a Disconnected World: Practical Tools & Techniques

Date course created: July 2024

Addiction continues to be one of the most rampant epidemics we face in the world today. As providers we continue to struggle with finding effective solutions to combat addictive disorders. Due to the isolative nature of addiction, many individuals are desperate for connection and solutions to assist them in grasping for recovery but are unsure and unsuccessful in their attempts. In this online webinar, you will learn practical ways to reach individuals who are struggling with the battle of addiction. You will learn ways to address and improve treatment outcomes ,techniques and approaches to reach and stay connected with clients who are suffering from addictive or impulsive behaviors and effective interventions to make head way in recovery.

**This is a 4.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform**

Agenda:

00:00 – 01:00: Addiction Statistics

01:00 – 02:00: Contributing Factors

02:00 – 03:00: Attachment Styles and Addiction

03:00 – 04:00: Codependency

04:00 – 04:45: The Addictive Cycle

Objectives:

This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:

a). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and understand both how and why the epidemic of addiction has continued to grow.

b). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify and describe tools to engage the most difficult-to-reach clients suffering from addictive disorders.

c). After completing this training, participants will be able to analyze and discuss different methods that can be utilized to engage and move clients through the stages of change both individually and in group settings.

d). After completing this training, participants will be able to develop and understand the different client resources that are available for supporting clients in recovery.

e). After completing this training, participants will be able to identify and learn appropriate ways to address relapse.

f). After completing this training, participants will be able to learn and understand crisis management tools and skills to useful in combating the epidemic of addiction.

g). After completing this training, participants will be able to develop skills to increase self compassion and self motivation for change in clients struggling with addiction.

Target Audience:

Mental Health Clinicians & Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Counselors, School Personnel,  and Healthcare Workers.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Instructor(s): Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC

Material Author(s): Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC

Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC, is an EMDR Clinician, Trainer and Author who earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from Northwest Nazarene University in 2011. She has been extensively trained on the use of EMDR and other trauma-based interventions, and she specializes in the areas of trauma, abuse, attachment and substance abuse. Megan has trained thousands of clinicians across the U.S. and internationally to help them get the most out of EMDR, trauma and addiction treatment skills and evidence-informed best practices. Megan is the author of “EMDR Workbook for Trauma and PTSD: Skills to Manage Triggers, Move Beyond Traumatic Memories, and Take Back Your Life”, released by New Harbinger Publications in May of 2023. She is set to release “EMDR for Dummies” with Wiley Publishing in May of 2024. Megan previously owned/operated an intensive outpatient treatment center that was voted best in practice in 2019. She currently owns and operates her own Counseling, Consulting, and Training Business and is passionate about genuinely changing the landscape of mental health and trauma treatment through an authentic hands-on perspective that is uniquely her own.

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