PCB Trainings

This workshop will provide information on how enabling behaviors develop as a way to cope with active addiction and fears of relapse in recovery. It will help participants understand the relationship between addiction, recovery and enabling behaviors. We will examine how healthy boundaries aid in family recovery, how to identify healthy/unhealthy boundaries and how to communicate boundaries to recovering family members.

Traditional medicine has relied heavily on medication to change brain chemistry in order to alleviate behavioral health symptoms. And certainly there is a place for psychopharmacology in the “wellness toolbox”. But as technology improves and we are able to view the living and changing brain, we are coming to understand and appreciate those strategies which can improve neural functioning and which do not necessarily involve pharmaceuticals.

This workshop will provide information on how Substance Use Disorder and recovery affect parenting behavior, children and family functioning – both in times of active addiction and in recovery. We will also examine strategies for providing safety to children in homes with parental addiction, as well as support for parents and caregivers of children while in treatment and early recovery. Changes in family functioning as a result of Substance Use Disorder will also be discussed.

This training will address navigating the complexities of treatment and recovery during the legalization of Marijuana in PA. We will explore current policies, implementation process and attitudes surrounding the legalization of medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania. Participants will explore the evidence surrounding the pros and cons of marijuana use to help distinguish between, bias, myth and misperception, based on current research.