April 17, 2009

Ethical Dilemmas for the Chemical Dependency Counselor - This workshop is designed to address ethical behavior for the Chemical Dependency Counselor. We will review legal guidelines that are in place to protect the professional, the client, and society. This workshop will address ethical dilemmas that arise in the course of our work as chemical dependency counselors; we will examine ethical standards versus our own personal or religious standards and convictions. We will discuss ten ethical principles for counselors and discuss and review actual scenarios in a group setting.

6 CEUs & RCHs (C,S)

May 29, 2009

DBT for Substance Abusers – Participants will receive training on dialectical behavioral therapy and its practice with substance abusing and mental health clients. DBT includes four skill sets which enable clients to cope with his or her difficulties and symptoms more effectively. During this workshop we will cover each skill set of DBT. This workshop will be highly interactive with scenarios, role-plays, and group exercises.

6 CEUs & RCHs (C)

June 18 & 19, 2009 (2 day workshop)

Diagnosing Substance Abuse – This two-day workshop will provide an overview of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Diagnostic criteria will be covered and cases presented for all substance-related disorders. Each disorder will be reviewed at length including criterion for proper diagnosis, course specifiers, specific culture issues, age and gender features, coding associated laboratory findings and prevalence.

12 CEUs & 12 RCHs (C,D)

July 24, 2009

Pharmacology – This workshop will cover drugs of abuse including alcohol and medications used for detoxification. We will discuss the treatment of addiction and mental and emotional disorder including the action of pharmaceutical and the physiological response, the interaction of pharmaceutical, tolerance and the appropriate use of psychotropic medications with addicted persons. Each drug will be covered in its entirety including: signs and symptoms of use and abuse, withdrawal symptoms, personality changes, physical appearance, social activity changes and, specific cultural, age and gender features will also be covered for each substance.

6 CEUs & 6 RCHs (C)

August 28, 2009

Addiction 101 – (Basic Addiction Workshop) This workshop will cover diagnostic criteria for substance abuse and dependence, the stages of addiction, and commonly abused drugs. Each drug will be covered in its entirety including: sign and symptoms of use and abuse, withdrawal symptoms, personality changes, physical appearance, social activity changes, specific cultural, age and gender features will also be covered for each substance. Treatment and recovery methods will be explored. This workshop will be interactive including actual case studies.

6CEUs & RCHs (C,P)

September 18, 2009

Gestalt Therapy for Families of Substance Abusers – This workshop will teach the family systems model of gestalt therapy and how this approach can be very effective for families who are affected by substance use. Role-plays and actual case scenarios will be used.