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Addictive Behavior as the Problem


Average Rating:
   1145
Speaker:
Janina Fisher, PhD
Duration:
2 Hours 31 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 20, 2016
Product Code:
NOS049890
Media Type:
Digital Recording
Access:
Never expires.


Description

It’s no secret that many therapists consider the field of addictions treatment to be dangerous foreign territory with its own special language and methods. But increasingly, therapists and substance abuse professionals alike have begun to recognize the connection between addictive behavior and traumatic life experience. In this workshop we’ll present an approach to addictive behavior that:

  • Focuses on the interactive relationship between the underlying trauma symptoms and the impulse to “use” to regulate unbearable feelings and sensations
  • Provides a meaning-making component that lessens shame and offers inspiration to live a “life beyond trauma”
  • Integrates Sensorimotor Psychotherapy techniques that teach clients how to regulate their nervous systems, decrease anxiety, tolerate sadness and loneliness, and ground themselves both physically and emotionally
  • Engages the client’s right brain through drawing, diagramming, movement and gesture, as well as utilizing traditional cognitive interventions

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CPD

This online program is worth 2.5 hours CPD.



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Janina Fisher, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and former instructor at The Trauma Center, a research and treatment center founded by Bessel van der Kolk. Known as an expert on the treatment of trauma, Dr. Fisher has also been treating individuals, couples, and families since 1980.

She is the past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation, an EMDR International Association Credit Provider, Assistant Educational Director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, and a former Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of the neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities.

She is co-author with Pat Ogden of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Attachment and Trauma (2015) and author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation (2017) and the forthcoming book, Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma (in press).

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Janina Fisher has an employment relationship with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute. She is a consultant for Khiron House Clinics and the Massachusetts Department of MH Restraint and Seclusion Initiative. Dr. Fisher receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. Dr. Fisher has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Janina Fisher is on the advisory board for the Trauma Research Foundation. She is a patron of the Bowlby Center.


Objectives

  1. Utilize clinical strategies to alleviate symptoms of shame in clients.
  2. Integrate Sensorimotor Psychotherapy interventions that teach clients how to regulate their nervous systems and alleviate symptoms of anxiety.
  3. Analyze the efficacy of cognitive interventions to improve treatment outcomes.

Outline

Introduction to co-existence of substance abuse and mental health issues within clients

  • Introduction to trauma and addications in clients
  • Introduction to trauma' impact on children
Experiencing Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with trauma
  • Helping Clients Reduce Their Shame
  • In-depth overview of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Other Professions

Reviews

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Overall:      4.7

Total Reviews: 1145

Comments

Cheryl W

"very helpful and informative"

Heather K

"Amazing workshop! Great delivery and super helpful!"

Elise A

"speaker was great! It would've been great to have more visuals that just a recording of the speaker "

Susan H

"I enjoyed the seminar. The speaker was very knowledgeable."

Megan M

"great learning experience!"

Marcia J

"Excellent presentation. I will be looking for more of her research and educational opportunities. "

Vanessa C

"Dr. Fischer put into words what I have been trying to for years. Thank you! "

Jeanne M

"love this presenter. learned a lot"

Arlene W

"She re-frames exceptionally well"

Kathleen M

"Excellent presentation! The speaker was very easy to understand and engaging."

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