Addiction & Substance Abuse On-Demand CEU Courses
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“Felt Sense” Polyvagal Model: Re-envisioning Trauma & Addiction Treatment
Instructor: Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT
Our current brain disease model of trauma/addiction desperately needs a fresh approach, one that honors the wisdom of the body. The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™ (FSPM) shifts the current pathologizing paradigm to a strength-based approach. A mixture of didactic information, experiential practices, demonstrations, and case examples will guide the clinician in applying the model.
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CEs: 2.5 CE Credit(s)
Addiction in the Brain
Instructor: Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA
This short course describes the "addiction hub" of the brain, the nucleus accumbens. An explanation of this brain region, and how it contributes to the development and maintenance of addiction, is provided.
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CEs: 1 CE Credit(s)
Addiction, Trauma, & the Family: Treatment Tools for Change
Instructor: Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA
We'll journey into family systems and dynamics to examine how we best support individuals struggling with addiction in a way that will promote long term recovery and family healing.
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CEs: 5.25 CE Credit(s)
Addictions and Attachment: Connection as a Path To Healing
Instructor: Robert Cox, LPC
We'll explore the link between trauma, attachment, and addictions including how trauma and damage to attachment patterns play out. We'll discuss how to move to recovery and examine the role shame plays . Treatment modalities, methods for addiction assessment, and comorbidities are also covered.
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CEs: 4.25 CE Credit(s)
Addressing Addiction in a Disconnected World: Practical Tools & Techniques
Instructor: Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC
Addiction is now part of the daily conversation. Some, already predisposed to addiction, now find themselves isolated more frequently for various reasons. Whether it be the "work from home" economy, our social word being more virtual than real, or the fallout from our recent global pandemic. Learn techniques to move clients through the stages of change, prevent relapse, and engage the most difficult-to-reach addicted clients.
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CEs: 4.75 CE Credit(s)
Cognitive Therapy Techniques for Trauma, PTSD, & Co-Occurring Addiction
Instructor: Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D.
People with unresolved trauma and emotional wounds often turn to substances as a way to self-medicate; And, people with addictions may drive while impaired, gravitate towards toxic relationships, or generally engage in behaviors that increase their risk of being traumatized. Learn straightforward and effective cognitive strategies you can use in practice tomorrow to help these clients reclaim adaptive life control.
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CEs: 2.75 CE Credit(s)
EMDR for Addictive Disorders: Urge Reduction & Trigger Desensitization
Instructor: Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC
At the core of most addictive disorders is trauma. So, how do we use more targeted EMDR techniques to address addictive tendencies? There is an answer! It's called the DeTUR model which is used to reduce urges and target and desensitize those pesky triggers of addictive behavior. Get targeted skills you can integrate with classic EMDR immediately.
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CEs: 5.25 CE Credit(s)
Empowered Recovery: Motivational Interviewing Skills for Substance Abuse
Instructor: Kimberly Duris, EdD, LCPC
Substance use and addiction are among the hardest to treat. Why? It's all about readiness and motivation to change behavior. This is the part addicts really struggle with - MI is your answer! Learn all the classic MI skills and how to effectively apply them in your substance abuse treatment with clients at all various stages of change.
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CEs: 2 CE Credit(s)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Review for Mental Health Clinicians
Instructor: Jerrod Brown, PhD, MA, MS, MS, MS
Learn about FASD toward improving intake, screening, communication, goal and treatment planning, and discharge planning processes. We'll cover memory, ACE's, vulnerability and victimization, attachment issues, executive function, Theory of Mind, and language development.
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CEs: 1.5 CE Credit(s)
Motivational Interviewing – Tools to Engage Clients & Evoke Change
Instructor: Crystal Rozelle–Bennett, LMSW
Motivational Interviewing is an "style" of therapy that is evidence-based and effective at moving clients toward change. This workshop offers concrete MI tools through experiential learning and engaging case studies. Walk away ready to use MI with clients tomorrow!
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CEs: 2.5 CE Credit(s)
Neuroscience of Addiction
Instructor: Jennifer Sweeton, PsyD, MS, MA
This course discusses the main areas of the brain involved in addiction, the reward circuit, and neurochemicals involved in reward, motivation, and addiction. Brain-informed clinical implications and practical techniques will also be introduced.
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CEs: 3 CE Credit(s)
Sexual Addictive Disorders: Treatment Tools to Build Emotional Sobriety
Instructor: Megan Salar, MSW, ACADC
It is estimated that 12-30 million Americans suffer with a sexual addictive disorder - an extremely taboo and overlooked negative coping behavior that can destroy mental health and relationships. Learn to clinically address this growing concern by deploying evidence-informed techniques to provide stabilization, enduring behavior change, and transformative emotional sobriety.
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CEs: 5 CE Credit(s)
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