PCB: Spring 2010 Training

True recovery is about strengthening the mind/body/spirit connection. Strengthening this connection is demonstrated by having an awareness of the awesome potential within us. Deepening spirituality awakens us to our divine essence. It helps us see the connection to source as strength. Connecting recovery folks to their spirituality helps them surrender fear, guilt and other barriers that may hold them back. This workshop will discuss the barriers that limit and separate the addict from their source. It will also offer methods for connecting to our greatest potential so that all can live their best lives physically, spiritually and mentally.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Friday, June 18, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Harrisburg - Directions
Presenter: Marilyn Stein, CAAP

SEXUAL ADDICTION & COMPULSIVITY: DIAGNOSIS, OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT & EARLY TREATMENT GOALS

Clients experiencing problems with sexual addiction and compulsivity are presenting more frequently in both general practice & addiction specific programs. Clinicians need to become familiar with the various presentations of sexual addiction and compulsivity as well as the nuances of treating this process addiction. This training will help clinicians in the diagnosis of sexual addiction and compulsivity by first identifying the ten types of sexual addiction (Carnes, 2001) as well as the Levels of Sexual Addiction (Carnes, 2001). This training will help participants understand the ten types of sexual addiction and the levels of addiction. It will offer resources for objective screening and assessment for sexual addiction and compulsivity issues. Participants will have an understanding of the tasks of recovery based on the Recovery Task Model (Carnes, 2008).
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Friday, June 25, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Harrisburg - Directions
Presenter: Jennifer Weeks, CAC Diplomate

PHILADELPHIA

CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS: TREATMENT OF ADDICTION & EATING DISORDERS

Participants in this training will be presented with information regarding the complex patient suffering from an addiction and eating disorder. They will have a working knowledge of assessment of symptom use within eating disorder diagnoses, criteria for treatment with managed care companies, and importance of forming a proper treatment team. The topics explored will include a definition of eating disorder diagnosis and how a patient actually presents. It will also explore the concept of Anorexia and Bulimia Anonymous support groups with their incorporation of a new perspective on their 12 Steps. This training is designed to acknowledge that treatment of a patient with co-occurring diagnoses is frankly at times very challenging and give an introduction to the work of patients who have both an eating disorder and a drug/alcohol addiction.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Wednesday, June 2, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Eagleville Hospital, Eagleville - Directions
Presenter: Kathryn Chacosky, CAC

HEALING SHOCK IN THE TREATMENT OF SEXUAL ABUSE: HELP FOR COUNSELOR, CLIENT, FAMILIES & COMMUNITY

The DSM notes that victims of sexual assault and child molestation qualify as events that can result in PTSD. It also states that hearing accounts of violence to close associates can result in PTSD. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) can play a crucial healing role as abuse experiences are brought to the therapy relationship. The sympathetic and the para-sympathetic branches of the ANS and how they relate to trauma work will be reviewed. Participants will learn to track the symptoms of hyper-arousal and hypo-arousal in the ANS that prevent the client from engaging healthy influences. Social and family traditions that encourage and perpetuate shock in victims and perpetrators as well as in the population at large will be contemplated.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Friday, June 25, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Eagleville Hospital, Eagleville - Directions
Presenter: Kate Lampe, CAC Diplomate

PITTSBURGH

MOTIVATIONAL PRINCIPLES/APPROACHES IN WORKING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSING JUVENILE JUSTICE CLIENTS

Motivational Interviewing (MI) has been demonstrated to be an effective counseling approach. Its utility is evident in a variety of settings ranging from drug and alcohol counseling to adherence/follow through with diabetes treatment. This training will focus on the effectiveness of MI principles as applied to substance abusing juvenile justice clients. The training will provide application on the clinical level as well as on the direct service/client supervision level; explore the basic principles and spirit of MI and some of the foundational techniques and strategies associated with MI; how these principles can be used by both clinicians and others working with the juvenile justice client; and how MI principles are utilized while maintaining accountability and addressing anti-social behaviors.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Friday, June 4, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh
Presenter: Richard Jones, CAC/CCS/CCDP

ETHICS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS - DATE CHANGE

This 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.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

New Date - Monday, June 28, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh
Presenter: Frank Jans