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Digital Seminar

Disordered Drinking

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Do you work with clients whose drinking has become problematic but who don’t identify as “alcoholics”? 

Perhaps they don’t meet criteria for an alcohol use disorder. Perhaps they have zero interest in traditional abstinence-based treatment methods that involve going to rehab or attending 12-step groups. And, above all, you’re not a “substance use counselor.” 

You’re not alone. Many clients struggle with excessive alcohol use, or disordered drinking, but are unwilling to question their relationship with alcohol without feeling pressured to admit they are an alcoholic. This type of problematic alcohol use is rampant, underreported, and showing up in clinician offices everywhere.    

Watch Amanda E. White, LPC, clinician, author, and a sober person herself, for this 3-hour recording, as she teaches you how to help clients pivot away from the question “Am I an alcoholic?” and consider instead “Would my life be better without alcohol?”  

Using a harm-reduction approach that meets clients wherever they are on the journey to sobriety, Amanda will show you how to help clients: 

  • Explore their alcohol use in a non-stigmatizing way 

  • Build the motivation to cut back or abstain from alcohol altogether 

  • Work through barriers to recovery and relapse prevention 

  • Optimize the three essential tools for recovery from disordered drinking—whether they choose to stop drinking or not 

  • And so much more! 

Here's What You'll Learn


Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) v. Disordered Drinking 

When does drinking become a disorder? 

Changes from DSM IV to V criteria for AUDs (and what they mean for clients) 

Who are we leaving out? 

Countertransference: Exploring our own biases around alcohol 

Unpacking cultural expectations and dispelling myths about alcohol 

 
3 Essential Tools for Recovery: Emotion Regulation, Boundaries, and Self-Care 

The Iceberg Theory 

Strategies to help clients identify and process their emotions  

Six types of boundaries 

Why alcohol isn’t self-care (and exploring what is) 

 

Barriers to Recovery and Relapse Prevention:  

When clients’ jobs, families, and social lives revolve around alcohol 

Sober dating, socializing, and sex 

Supporting your client when their partner still drinks 

Types of triggers and how to realistically plan for them 

Coping with cravings and urge surfing 

 

Harm Reduction: Mindful Drinking and Moderation 

What is harm reduction?  

Evidence supporting harm reduction 

How to help clients identify when moderation isn’t working 

Mindful drinking practices 

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 3 hours of video content
  • Up to 3.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Amanda E. White, LPC, LMHC

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Amanda E. White, LPC, LMHC, is a therapist, author of the acclaimed Not Drinking Tonight and companion workbook, and host of the podcast, Nuance Needed. As a founder and owner of the Therapy for Women Center in Philadelphia she has developed innovative approaches to treating the full spectrum of problematic alcohol use. Her clinical expertise comes from diverse experience including years working in traditional abstinence-based treatment settings, developing harm reduction protocols in private practice, and treating clients who fall into the “disordered drinking” category. She brings both professional expertise and lived experience with over 10 years of sobriety, giving her unique insight into the resistance and ambivalence clients face. She has trained clinicians nationwide on moving beyond binary thinking in addiction treatment and is known for her practical, immediately applicable clinical strategies. Amanda’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan, and Shape.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Amanda White has an employment relationship with Therapy for Women and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Amanda White has no relevant non-financial relationships.

 

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS059218
Duration:
3 hours, 1 minute
Copyright:
Jan 10, 2023
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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