Course Category: Treatment Knowledge - Addiction Counselor CE

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Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD - Part 1 7 credits

A Comprehensive Therapist Manual

This updated manual on Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) includes a newly added chapter on conceptualizing treatment. Written by the developers of CPT, it provides detailed...

Sexual Trauma, LGBTQ, Veteran, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Application to Practice

Treatment Knowledge

Material Cost $52

Book

Four Tasks of Motivational Interviewing 3 credits

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client-centered approach to helping people change behaviors to meet their goals. Because MI works where the client “is,” it isn’t curriculum-driven. Yet, the four tasks...

Treatment, Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Material Cost $30 – free with Unlimited CE Membership Learn More

Recorded Webinar

Addiction and the Brain 1.25 credits

Development Not Disease

This article critically examines the brain disease model of addiction and proposes an alternative developmental-learning framework. The author argues that addiction results from neuroplastic changes similar to those seen in...

Neuroscience, Treatment, Public Health

Pharmacology

Understanding Addiction

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Complementary Approaches 3 credits

Motivational interviewing is most effective in treating issues related to behavioral health diagnoses, as well as chronic care management in healthcare settings when integrated with other evidence-based interventions. Research supporting...

Treatment, Evidence Based Interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Evidence Based Theory

Treatment Knowledge

Material Cost $30 – free with Unlimited CE Membership Learn More

Recorded Webinar

Working With Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners: Ch 5-10 7 credits

Working with Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners (Part 2: Ch 5-10) is an intermediate-to-advanced-level course designed for counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and social workers seeking to deepen their...

Adolescents, Evidence Based Interventions, LGBTQ, Transgender, Evidence Based Theory, Gender Identity

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Professional Readiness

Material Cost $51

Book

Working With Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners: Ch 1-4 3.5 credits

Working with Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners (Part 1: Ch 1-4) is an intermediate-to-advanced-level course designed for counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and social workers seeking to deepen their...

Adolescents, Evidence Based Interventions, LGBTQ, Transgender, Evidence Based Theory, Gender Identity

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Professional Readiness

Material Cost $51

Book

Overeaters Anonymous 1 credit

An Overlooked Intervention for Binge Eating Disorder

This article explores the potential of Overeaters Anonymous (OA), a 12-step mutual-support program, as an intervention for binge eating disorder (BED). The study highlights BED as a chronic condition with...

Treatment, Eating Disorder, Social Network, Stigma

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Relentless Stigma: A Qualitative Analysis of a Substance Use Recovery Needs Assessment 1 credit

This study examines the barriers and supports to substance use disorder (SUD) recovery in Minnesota, using data collected from individuals with lived recovery experience. By employing a qualitative needs assessment,...

Recovery Oriented, Relapse Prevention, Social Policy, Public Health

Understanding Addiction

Treatment Knowledge

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Conducting Exposure-Based Groups Via Telehealth for Adolescents and Young Adults With Social Anxiety Disorder 1 credit

This commentary explores the adaptation of exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) groups to telehealth platforms for adolescents and young adults with social anxiety disorder (SAD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Anxiety, Adolescents, Telehealth, Evidence Based Interventions, Groups, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Young Adult

Application to Practice

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Maybe It's Not the Meth 1.25 credits

Considering Biopsychosocial Contributors to Cognitive Impairment in Methamphetamine Polydrug Use

This study investigates the biopsychosocial and neuropsychological factors contributing to cognitive impairment in individuals with heavy methamphetamine (MA) use as part of a polydrug history, compared to those using only...

Neuroscience, Alcohol, Polysubstance, Methamphetamines

Pharmacology

Application to Practice

Understanding Addiction

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

"Better Family Lives" 1 credit

Experiences of a whole family case management approach for parental alcohol misuse

The study titled investigates the effectiveness of a family-centered therapeutic intervention for families dealing with parental alcohol misuse. The research focuses on understanding how addressing both the parent's addiction and...

Marriage and Family, Alcohol, Parents, Family Therapy

Family/Couple

Application to Practice

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Problematic Opioid Use Among Older Adults 1 credit

Epidemiology, Adverse Outcomes and Treatment Considerations

This article summarizes research on older adults affected by problematic opioid use, with both illicit and prescription opioids. It outlines adverse effects, risk factors, as well as available treatment options....

Treatment, Older Adults, Opioids

Treatment Knowledge

Understanding Addiction

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Moral Reconation Therapy to Reduce Risk for Criminal Recidivism Among Justice-involved Adults in Mental Health Residential Treatment 1.25 credits

This study is a randomized controlled trial that examines the effectiveness of Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) in reducing criminal recidivism risk among justice-involved adults receiving mental health residential treatment. The...

Treatment, Criminal Justice, Older Adults

Application to Practice

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Randomized Controlled Trial of Harm Reduction Treatment for Alcohol (HaRT-A) for People Experiencing Homelessness and Alcohol Use Disorder 1 credit

The article presents the findings of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that tested the efficacy of harm reduction treatment for alcohol (HaRT-A) among people experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorder...

Treatment, Alcohol, Homelessness

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Risky Gambling Behaviors: Associations With Mental Health and a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 1 credit

This study examines the connection between problem gambling and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), emphasizing their strong correlation and the resulting negative health impacts. While prior research suggests that enhanced well-being...

Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), Gamble

Treatment Knowledge

Gambling

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Examination of Referral Source and Retention Among Women in Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment: 1 credit

a prospective follow-up study

This study examines the retention rates among women in residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment based on their referral source—whether mandated by child protective services (CPS), the criminal justice system...

Criminal Justice, Relapse Prevention, Counseling Services, Women

Relapse and Recovery Strategies

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Community Engaged Approach in Adapting Motivational Interviewing and Skills Training for Native Americans With Experiences of Substance Misuse 1 credit

The article discusses the process of culturally adapting Motivational Interviewing and Skills Training (MIST) for substance use treatment within a rural Native American community. The authors worked in collaboration with...

Cultural Adaptation, Treatment Planning, Social Network, Native Americans

Treatment Knowledge

Cultural Diversity

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Childhood Trauma Personality and Substance Use Disorder: 1.75 credits

The Development of a Neuropsychoanalytic Addiction Model

The article explores the neuropsychoanalytic approach to understanding substance use disorder (SUD) by examining the role of childhood trauma, personality structure, and primary emotional systems in addiction development. By integrating...

Trauma, Neuroscience, Youth, Emotional Disregulation

Understanding Addiction

Application to Practice

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Flash Technique in a Scalable Low-intensity Group Intervention for COVID-19 Related Stress in Healthcare Providers 1 credit

This article examines an emerging brief intervention for trauma processing that is showing surprising effectiveness in view of its simplicity, tolerability, safety, and avoidance of focus on traumatic material. The...

Trauma, Neuroscience, Treatment, EMDR, Evidence Based Interventions, Groups

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

Pharmacology

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Psychotherapeutic Techniques for Distressing Memories 1 credit

A Comparative Study between EMDR, Brainspotting, and Body Scan Meditation

This study compares the effectiveness of three psychotherapeutic techniques—Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Brainspotting (BSP), and Body Scan Meditation (BSM)—in reducing distress associated with negative memories. Conducted on a...

Mindfulness, EMDR, Evidence Based Interventions

Treatment Knowledge

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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