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PCB 2008 SPRING TRAININGSHarrisburg | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG
ATTITUDE, OPTIMISM & LAUGHTER: NEW HOPE FOR TREATMENT SUCCESS Are you sick? Are you tired? Or just sick and tired? Are
you feeling a little crispy? If you said yes to any of these questions, this
training is for you. If you said no, you’re in denial and this training is for
you!! The goal is to help you smile, even laugh, and to help you encourage your
clients to do the same. This workshop will assist counselors in understanding
the role that attitude plays in one’s prognosis in treatment. Assessment of the
client’s attitude is necessary in order for the counselor to change to best
serve the client. Humor is crucial for the client and the counselor in order to
become well and stay well. Friday, May 2, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. COORDINATION OF CARE FOR BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENTThis workshop will highlight the successes and challenges
of working with clients in buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence. The
importance of coordinating services to ensure recovery within the office based
setting will be discussed. On completion of the training, the participants will
have a better understanding of the pharmacology of buprenorphine in relation to
opioid addiction. They will also be able to recognize the misconceptions seen
from both physicians and office staff on addicts. Friday, May 9, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ETHICAL BOUNDARIESThe goal of this workshop is the exploration of appropriate
professional boundaries. What are they? What do they look like? To whom are they
applicable? How do we establish and adhere to these boundaries with our clients
and co-workers? Establishing ethical decision making processes will be
emphasized in place of seeking specific answers to dilemmas. Participants will
learn a process for making decisions that they can use when on ethical terrain,
as well as how to recognize boundary problems early.
This 3-hour workshop will meet the ethics requirement for recertification for
all PCB credentials. Tuesday, May 20, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00-noon USING PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES CONSTRUCTIVELY IN THERAPYThis workshop will help participants to conceptually use
and practically apply the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. They will be able to
identify and appreciate client differences in their counseling practice.
Particpants will learn the MBTI model and language and will practice using the
MBTI. Tuesday, June 10, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA
SPIRITUAL NATURE OF ADDICTION TREATMENTThis workshop will employ the tools of experiential recall,
group discussion, brainstorming, and the didactic process to present the concept
of spirituality and its relationship to addiction treatment. The introductory
exercises are intended to have the participants explore the various definitions
of spirituality that each hold. A working definition of spirituality will be
presented. Through a brainstorming exercise, a need to separate spirituality
from the context of religion will be established and demonstrated. Group
discussion and brainstorming will assist in distinguishing the different
elements of both spirituality and religion. The didactic process will establish
the domains of spirituality and their relationship to the treatment/recovery
process. The nature of addiction and how it can be called “failed spirituality”
will be explored. Throughout the workshop, participants will be presented with
awareness that most of the therapeutic work that is accomplished is of a
spiritual nature and that there is a need to be comfortable with the label of
“spirituality” since it is a reality of the treatment process. Friday, May 2, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. OLDER WOMEN MISUSING ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS: SPECIAL ISSUESOlder women are at high risk of substance abuse problems
and of experiencing concurrent social, physical, and mental health difficulties.
This workshop will explore some approaches suitable for prevention and early
intervention of substance abuse, methodologies and instruments for detection and
diagnosis, and treatment protocols appropriate to the special needs of this
population. Building on the theoretical framework, the training will offer
specific strategies, protocols, and instruments for meeting the needs of older
women who are at risk, misusing, or chemically dependent. Wednesday, May 14, 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. ETHICS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALSThis workshop encompasses the many complex elements that
determine “right action” for substance abuse treatment professionals. As such,
it provides the definitive formulae for the determination of behaviors that
maintain a vision of maximum benefit for client outcome within the context of
legal and ethical guidelines. Participants are encouraged to bring ethical
problems associated with workplace issues to the workshop for discussion and
theoretical resolution. Thursday, May 29, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. BRIEF TREATMENT FOR PROBLEM GAMBLINGThis workshop introduces participants to clinical concepts
associated with Brief, Solution-Oriented therapeutic techniques and their
utilization with problem gambling. As a theoretical model, brief therapy
approaches continue to evolve and make headway into an integrated method for
dealing with a variety of compulsive disorders. It is also a favored methodology
by insurance companies for all of the obvious reasons. As a clinical model, it
often requires a shift in the way we traditionally think about our client’s
presenting problems toward a method that demands immediacy - immediacy in
problem-identification (even if only as a means of moving away from the problem
as soon as possible); immediacy in developing readily accomplishable tasks for
the client that set him/her up for immediate success. This workshop will provide
some practical, usable tools for immediate use with problem gamblers. Thursday, June 19, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
PITTSBURGH
COORDINATION OF CARE FOR BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENTSee preceding description. Wednesday, May 14, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. BASICS OF CLINICAL SUPERVISIONClinical supervision is both an art and a science based
upon numerous philosophies. A review of these philosophical frameworks will
serve as a foundation for the examination of clinical supervision with the
emphasis on supervisory skills, counseling, evaluation, personnel management and
hazards. Friday, May 30, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. GUILT AND SHAME – THE BALL AND CHAINFeel like a hamster in a wheel that won’t stop? Having
difficulty looking at yourself in the mirror? Trouble with something that seems
to keep weighing you down? Shame and guilt are the toxins that hold many
prisoners. Getting rid of these toxins improves chances for treatment success.
Participants will learn the purpose of guilt and shame and how to help their
clients get rid of it. Monday, June 2, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ETHICAL BOUNDARIESSee preceding description. Wednesday, June 11, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
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