These workshops are three hours long each and focus on substance use and behavioral addictions in adolescents and young adults.
Offerings include:
- No Reason to Stop: Understanding Substance Use in Teens
- Putting the Pieces Together: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders
- Behavioral Addictions in Teens
Descriptions can be found below. These trainings provide 3 general CEUs each and are typically scheduled to include one 15-minute break. They can be presented in-person or online. For more details or to schedule a workshop, contact me today.
NO REASON TO STOP: UNDERSTANDING SUBSTANCE USE IN TEENS
Most mental health counselors have limited training regarding substance use, especially when it comes understanding or addressing these issues among teens. However, teens with these concerns show up in our offices all the time! In fact, statistics show that up to 40% of teens in mental health counseling have a co-occurring substance use disorder.
When teens don’t get effective treatment for substance related problems, they can become stuck in endless cycles of maladaptive behaviors, experiencing multiple treatment failures and frustrating even the most dedicated professional helpers. This highly interactive presentation will help change these outcomes by deepening our understanding of substance use, exploring the connections between mental health concerns and using, and identify practical skills for helping teens recognize problems, resolve ambivalence, and identify their own reasons to make different choices.
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER: TEENS, TRAUMA, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Studies show a strong connection between substance-related problems and trauma exposure. Unfortunately, in many treatment settings this connection goes unnoticed and unaddressed — resulting in endless cycles of maladaptive behaviors, multiple treatment failures, and ever-increasing stuckness.
In this highly interactive workshop, we’ll explore ways trauma exposure and substance use disorders exacerbate each other, increase our understanding of the stuckness this can lead to, and identify practical strategies for helping trauma-exposed teens get unstuck.
BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS IN TEENS
Description coming soon.