PCB is a private, non-profit corporation which offers voluntary credentialing to the substance abuse and other behavioral health professional. PCB implements standards and testing for certification of addiction counselors, prevention specialists, clinical supervisors, case managers, criminal justice addictions professionals, co-occurring disorders professionals, auxiliary professionals, recovery specialists and intervention professionals.
Conference registration and invitation is now posted on our website! Please join us at our 15th Annual Conference! April 28-29, 2014, Harrisburg, PA.
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Recent estimates of clients with alcohol and drug addiction indicate that approximately 12-15% will develop gambling disorder. These rates are known to be higher near casinos. However, many clinicians do not assess for gambling disorder to develop strategies and interventions to treat this problem. This workshop will review basic characteristics of gambling disorder as well as implications for treatment across a range of treatment approaches.
Ethical Codes of conduct have been developed and outlined in mental health associations and professional boards in order to set professional standards for behavior, define professional expectations, and prevent harm to consumers. Additionally, ethics and the concept of "risk management" are developed to protect the clinician from litigation or professional sanction.
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 our need for meaning and helps us see the connection to source as strength. Connecting recovering 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.
Preventing relapse is the primary goal of all recovery plans. The long term ability to remain substance free is dependent on the ability to change the behaviors and heal the wounds that contributed to use in the first place. Recovery systems of care shift the focus from successful treatment to long term, sustained wellness. Dr. H.
A flip comment between two coworkers about that one client, you know the one, the one who drives everyone bonkers and is back yet AGAIN! Does that mean we blithely label these folks as resistant to treatment? Could the problem have deeper origins failing to be treated that interrupt their success in recovery? Personality pathology often disrupts treatment for the group, recovery for the individual and creates increased ethical risks for the helping professional.
This training will approach family related addiction issues from the recovery advocacy perspective. We will explore the foundations of addiction, gender differences in addiction patterns, and paths to recovery through the lens of the disease concept of addiction and family as both barrier and benefit to achieving long term recovery. The training will focus specifically on techniques and insight involved with family members who are utilizing different pathways of recovery.
Recent estimates of clients with alcohol and drug addiction indicate that approximately 12-15% will develop gambling disorder. These rates are known to be higher near casinos. However, many clinicians do not assess for gambling disorder to develop strategies and interventions to treat this problem. This workshop will review basic characteristics of gambling disorder as well as implications for treatment across a range of treatment approaches.
Working with and without medications in therapy has pros and cons. For years now there has been continuing debate between those that tell newbies they don’t need to take their medications and those who focus largely on the medical model of addiction and its treatment. Some professionals try to distinguish between psychotropic and “addictive” drugs because they are designed to help not hurt. How do we know if any of this is correct?
PCB is a proud member of IC&RC, the global leader in the credentialing of prevention, addiction treatment, and recovery professionals. Organized in 1981, it provides standards and examinations to certification and licensing boards in 24 countries, 47 states and territories, five Native American regions, and all branches of the U.S. military.
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Earn CEs and get credentialed with this online training for treating co-occurring disorders from IC&RC, Hazelden and the Dartmouth PRC.
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