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2-Day Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional

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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.

This Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional Training Course 2-day recording 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.

Best of all, this training meets the educational requirements when applying to become a Certified Addictions-Informed Professional (CAIMHP) through Evergreen Certifications. Certification lets colleagues, employers, and clients know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the complexities of treating addictions in clients. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/caimhp for to get started!

*We partner with Evergreen Certifications to include certification with some of our products. When you purchase such a product we may disclose your information to Evergreen Certifications for purposes of providing services directly to you or to contact you regarding relevant offers.

Here's What You'll Learn


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​

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 12 hours of video content
  • CE information to come
  • Handouts and resources

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Meet Your Experts


J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS, CCTP

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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 International, Inc., the Co-director of Community Crisis Support Team, and the CEO of Compassion Unlimited. Dr. Gentry has employment relationships with the AZ Trauma Institute, the Florida Center for Theological Studies, the Argosy University, the Webster University, and the University of South Florida State. 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.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS055770
Duration:
12 hours, 17 minutes
Copyright:
Apr 27, 2020
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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