PCB Annual Conference 2011
"Treatment, Community, & Recovery"

 

TRAININGS

 

Tuesday, April 12
 

Morning Trainings
9:00 a.m.-12:00-noon
Coffee Break and Viewing Exhibits at 10:15 a.m.

Gaming: The New Addiction? Exploring the World of Alternate Reality
Stephanie Roy, BS

Young people are spending increasing amounts of time on gaming and surfing the Internet.  Some studies have linked violent video games to various undesirable conduct and thought patterns including increased aggression and violent tendencies.  Additional behaviors include moodiness, withdrawal, school and academic problems, and disengagement from family and friends.  Becoming educated about this current trend will enable participants to learn ways to assist students struggling with the problem of gaming addiction.  Participants will also become acquainted with the world of alternate reality through the introduction of factors that define the culture of gaming, exploring excessive gaming implications that may affect an individual’s pro-social community engagement, create health concerns, and spawn negative social behaviors.  Lastly, participants will learn ways to assist students struggling with the problems that may be associated with compulsive video game playing.

Mixed Media: Creative Ways to Enhance Therapy
Martha Thompson, Psy.D., LPC, CAADC

This training will introduce creative ways to expand and enhance the everyday therapeutic experience through the use of popular media and activities.  Topics covered will be music, movies, the Internet and various other techniques to supplement the work of our field.  Individual, family and group therapeutic activities will be offered throughout this session.  Opportunities to discuss and practice some of these activities will be integrated into the training.  Participants will increase their familiarity with techniques to introduce popular media; develop an increased confidence with using supplemental techniques to enhance therapy; review specific activities that will provide participants with new tools to add to their existing therapeutic techniques.

Opiate Dependency, Its Treatment, and Controversial Issues
Christopher Davis, DO, CAADC

This training reviews current trends in opiate and opioid use including prescription drug use and illicit drug use.  The difference between physical dependency, addiction and abuse will be discussed.  How opiates affect the reward pathway, neurotransmitter levels and receptors is presented.  The medical complications from opiate and IV drug use will be discussed.  The process of detoxification from opiates and different techniques are presented.  Current controversies of opiate maintenance therapy, its pros and cons, will also be discussed.

The 12-Step Recovery Process
Fred Reihl, MA, LCADC and Patricia Reihl, MPA, LPN, LCADC

This training will present the 12 steps as a process of recovery.  The related activities are the steps which build one upon the other to produce a specific outcome.  The outcome is a spiritual awakening which can be defined as a change in perception of how an individual fits in the world.  A comparison of the relapse process to the recovery process will be made and conclusions as to similarities and differences will be drawn by participants.  A desired outcome objective will be established for each step.  Participants will be encouraged to join in establishing a range of goals to be achieved as well as evaluation criteria for each step.  Three innovative approaches to teaching staff and clients will be presented.

The Myths and Facts of Substance Dependence: An Overview
Walter Badeau, MA, NCC, CAC, LPC

This training will define trauma and its mind/body connections both during the traumatic experience and with the mind/body connection to the post trauma symptoms.  The discussion will highlight the autonomic nature of symptoms.  It will emphasize relaxation, guided imagery and EMDR as therapies that reintegrate traumatic experiences while greatly reducing or eliminating flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, memories, anxiety, hypervigilence, etc.  Two demonstrations of guided imagery will be presented, the last of which is a journey through a broken heart as crafted and presented by Belleruth Naparstek.

For more information, contact PCB at 717.540.4455 or info@pacertboard.org.