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2-Day Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional (CAIMHP)


Speaker:
J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS, CCTP
Duration:
8 Hours
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
LWC055770
Brochure Code:
IHW90157A
Media Type:
Live Webinar

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Description

For clinicians working with clients who also abuse substances or suffer from process addictions, treatment can be really hard. If you are like many clinicians, you don’t feel able or willing to work with addictions.

Yet it doesn’t need to be. And it shouldn’t keep you from engaging the client in their overall healing.

Studies now show the connection and interplay of addiction and trauma – plus anxiety, mood disorders, and insomnia.

You can evoke change in all your clients to promote healthier coping and self-soothing skills besides substance use or process addictions.

But first, you need to master the current evidence-based practices from the worlds of both Addictions treatment and Trauma/PTSD interventions.

In just two days, this Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional Training Course will transform your older practices when treating clients who use/abuse…clearing the path to true healing. Taught by an international trainer, clinician, AND recovery specialist Eric Gentry, PhD., you’ll receive all the following skills:

  • Skills for assessing and diagnosing trauma/posttraumatic stress and addiction/substance abuse and dependence.
  • Simplified treatment planning, monitoring, and measurement instruments.
  • Skills for developing, enhancing and maintaining therapeutic relationships—the most potent factor for positive outcomes with this challenging population.
  • A fresh perspective and utilization of the Polyvagal Theory (Porges) to both understand and treat both trauma and addiction simultaneously.
  • Cutting-edge skills for developing and maintaining safety and stability with addicted survivors of trauma using cognitive, behavioral, somatic and relational approaches.
  • Reframing “disease of addiction” as involuntary and unconscious posttraumatic patterns of self-defense where the survivor is chronically perceiving threat in contexts where there is little or no danger.

Sign up for this live webcast today!


Become Certified!

Completion of this course meets ALL the educational requirements, should you choose to apply to become a Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional (CAIMHP) through the Institute of Certified Addictions-Informed Professionals (ICAIP).

To learn more about how you can apply for ICAIP certification and distinguish yourself from other professionals, visit www.addictionspro.com.

Credit


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NOTE: Each purchase includes CE credit for one individual (participants in full attendance will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, Q&A, and others.

Continuing Education Information: Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live, interactive webinar only. This webinar is being broadcast live in real-time and must be attended live, in its entirety, in order to earn credit. You will be able to type questions to the speaker. The speaker will see the questions and address them during the presentation as time allows. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether web-based activities are an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
 



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Compassion Unlimited


J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS, CCTP, is an internationally recognized leader in the study and treatment of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. His PhD is from Florida State University where he studied with Professor Charles Figley – a pioneer of these two fields. In 1997, he co-developed the Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP) for compassion fatigue – the world’s only evidence-based treatment protocol for compassion fatigue. In 1998, he introduced the Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training and Compassion Fatigue Prevention & Resiliency Training. These two trainings have demonstrated treatment effectiveness for the symptoms of compassion fatigue, and he published these effects in several journals. He has trained over 100,000 health professionals over the past 20 years.

He has written numerous chapters, papers, and peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. Dr. Gentry is a Master Traumatologist with over 35 years of clinical experience with trauma, Complex PTSD, personality disorders, and dissociation.

He is the president and CEO of The Forward Facing® Institute and owner of Compassion Unlimited – a private psychotherapy, training, and consulting practice – in Phoenix, AZ.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry maintains a private practice. He is the owner and President of Forward-Facing Institute, LLC., the CEO of Compassion Unlimited, and the co-director of Community Crisis Support Team. Dr. Gentry has employment relationships with the University of South Florida State, the Florida State University, the Florida Center for Theological Studies, the Argosy University, and the Webster University. He is a consultant and receives compensation. Dr. Gentry is a published author and receives royalties. He receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com.


Objectives

  1. Summarize the causes of substance use disorders & factors that reinforce drug use as related to case conceptualization.
  2. Explain the basic neurobiology of addictive chemicals and its treatment implications.
  3. Identify commonly misused drugs, including current “street names” of these substances, as related to assessment and treatment planning.
  4. Describe the signs and symptoms of substance intoxication and distinguish withdrawal syndromes for each drug class as related to case conceptualization.
  5. Perform a clinical assessment to distinguish substance use disorders from other mental health disorders and inform the clinician’s choice of treatment interventions.
  6. Analyze the various levels of substance use treatment, including medication-assisted therapies, to inform clinical treatment interventions.
  7. Describe the process of detoxification and its treatment implications.
  8. Utilize clinical strategies, such as motivational interviewing, to improve client engagement and foster behavioral change.
  9. Modify clinical interventions for use with clients in special populations, such as adolescents or pregnant women.
  10. Utilize clinical strategies to engage the client’s family in treatment to improve treatment outcomes.
  11. Demonstrate strategies used to improve the efficacy of group therapy, such as strategies for addressing disruptive members and building group cohesion.
  12. Describe ethical and legal issues related to substance use and substance use treatment, including circumstances when you should disclose client records.

Outline

Foundational Issues in Addictions-Informed Psychotherapy
  • Substance Abuse vs. dependency vs. addiction
  • Biopsychosocial issues
  • Neurobiology of addiction
  • Attachment issues
  • Causes of traumatic responses
  • Ethical & legal issues
Chemical Dependency Facts You Need to Know
  • Classes of commonly abused drugs
  • Street names of common drugs
  • Signs & symptoms of use & withdrawal
Behavioral/Process Addictions
  • Food
  • Compulsive sexual behaviors
  • Electronic addictions
  • Gambling
  • Compulsions

Trauma Addiction: Assessment of Comorbid Trauma & Addiction

  • What to ask—and how to ask it
  • What to look for: Pink flags & red flags
  • Recognize other co-occurring disorders
  • Evidence-based assessment scales

Levels of Care & Treatment Selection

  • Detoxification
  • Levels of treatment
  • Medication-assisted treatment
  • 12-step groups & alternatives
  • Harm reduction strategies & when to use them

Three-Stage Behavioral Treatment Model for Co-Occurring Traumatic Stress and Addiction

Stage I: Build the Therapeutic Relationship & Boost Client Engagement

  • Feedback Informed Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Co-regulation between you & your client

Stage II: Skills Development & Cognitive Restructuring Interventions

  • Relational Skills/Social Engagement System
    • Build & identify a support network
    • Access & utilize support
    • Service to others as therapeutic
  • Regulation/Relaxation Skills
    • Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR)
    • Trauma releasing exercises (TRE)
    • Tapping
    • Bilateral stimulation
    • Neurofeedback
    • Mindfulness for self-regulation
    • Self-soothing for intense emotions
  • Grounding Skills to Interrupt Dissociation
    • Sensory grounding
    • Mindful movement
    • Seated yoga
  • Containment Skills: Put away Intrusive Thoughts
    • Envelope method
    • Vault
    • Relational containment
  • Cognitive restructuring interventions
  • Foster post-traumatic growth & build resilience
  • Complementary & alternative treatments

Stage III: Integration & Desensitization

  • Imaginal Exposure Therapy
  • EMDR
  • Narrative-Driven Exposure Treatment
    • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
    • PE (prolonged exposure)
    • Trauma-focused CBT
  • Somatic-Based Treatments
    • Somatic Experiencing
    • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
    • Trauma-Focused Yoga
  • In-vivo Exposure
    • Direct Therapeutic Exposure (DTE)
    • Forward Facing Trauma Therapy (FFTT)

Interventions for Special Populations

  • Children & adolescents
  • LGBTQ clients
  • Incarcerated clients
  • Clients in court-ordered drug treatment​

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Case Managers
  • Physician Assistants
  • Physicians
  • Psychiatrists
  • Paramedics
  • Other First Responders
  • Probation/Parole Officers
  • Police Officers
  • Clergy

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