Addiction & Substance Abuse On-Demand CEU Courses
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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)
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)
Fentanyl Surge: Etiology, Screening, & Ethical Considerations
Instructor: Jodi Ann Geis-Crowder, MS, LPC, ACS
The fentanyl crisis is surging, the drug causing unprecedented overdoses up and down social classes. Fentanyl is laced into more common drugs, which means we see it in more SUD cases. Learn the etiology of fentanyl, screening procedures, and how to ethically manage risks associated with treatment.
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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)
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