ON-DEMAND| 6 NBCC CREDIT HOURS | $175
Addiction and mental health are deeply intertwined, showing up together in real-world clinical situations — when clients are struggling with cravings, compulsive behaviors, trauma responses, co-occurring disorders, or the daily obstacles that make recovery challenging. To support clients effectively, we move beyond theory and provide practical, grounded frameworks for understanding the factors that drive addiction, including neurobiology, trauma, environmental stressors, and patterns of learned behavior. This approach lets you engage these conversations with confidence, apply insights in meaningful ways, and support clients with care that is holistic, evidence-informed, and attuned to their unique journey toward recovery.
Training Objectives:
- Identify and explain the interplay between genetic predisposition, neurobiology, trauma (ACEs), and environmental stressors in the development of addictive disorders.
- Utilize the “4 Cs” of addiction (Craving, Compulsion, Control, and Consequence) to conduct holistic clinical assessments across diverse client presentations.
- Demonstrate how to adaptively apply interventions from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (AFIT), Applied Positive Psychology (APP), Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to identify, assess, and address underlying causes of addiction.
- Develop comprehensive relapse prevention and safety plans that incorporate “scaffolding” through community resources, interpersonal neurobiology, and family systems.
- Resolve ethical challenges unique to addiction treatment, including 42 CFR Part 2 confidentiality standards including recent 2024 updates align Part 2 more closely with HIPAA, allowing a single consent for treatment, payment, and operations (TPO) while increasing penalties for breaches., documentation of co-occurring disorders, and the mitigation of provider bias.
- Apply reflective practice and therapist attunement techniques to foster client autonomy and transition from “learned hopelessness” to resilience.
Infinite Learning Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7977. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Infinite Learning Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
