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Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Mark F. Schwartz, Sc.D. earned his doctorate in Psychology and Mental Health from Johns Hopkins University. He is a licensed psychologist, an adjunct professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at St. Louis University School of Medicine, and formerly the Executive Director of the Masters and Johnson Institute and Inpatient treatment programs, nationally recognized for their innovative treatment with trauma survivors. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Schwartz has achieved national recognition for his contributions in a variety of clinical areas, including the treatment of intimacy disorders, marital and sexual dysfunction, sexual compulsivity, sexual trauma and eating disorders. He lectures nationally on these topics and has authored numerous articles and book chapters, including the books, Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders and Gender and Sexuality. Dr. Schwartz is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Eating Disorders. Currently, Dr. Schwartz is Director of Castlewood Treatment Center for Eating Disorders and Trauma and the Relational and Sexual Therapy Program of Missouri. Th-2
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Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist and is certified by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). He is based in Davis, CA and is involved in full-time training and consulting both nationally and internationally. Dr. Mee-Lee is Chief Editor of the Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Criteria, ASAM PPC-2R, which includes criteria for co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders. He is a Senior Fellow for the Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Th-3
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Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Counseling Denise R. Hall is employed by the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center (Mid- ATTC) located at Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine. She serves as a project coordinator and as the NIDA liaison. Denise is licensed as a Professional Counselor (LPC), certified as a National Counselor (NCC) and holds the Adolescent Specialty Endorsement (ASE) from NAAADC. Ms. Hall received her MS degree in Rehabilitation Counseling in 1992 from Virginia Commonwealth University. Throughout her career, Denise has worked with adolescent and adult populations along the continuum of care, to include residential, inpatient, partial, IOP and outpatient. She is a member of the Motivation Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and has provided training in MI from beginner to supervisory levels. Ms. Hall is a member of the National Partnership for Juvenile Services (NPJS) and the NAADAC Adolescent Specialty Leadership Committee where she serves as the endorsement and ethics liaison. This workshop is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center. Th-4
This workshop will examine such core issues as fears of inadequacy, toxic forms of masculinity, past trauma, and undiagnosed depression. Clinical strategies and interventions are described that address these issues. Special attention is given to methods to enhance clinical engagement and motivation for recovery which increases client retention and improves treatment outcomes. Group exercises will be used to demonstrate the power of experiential learning for men. Learning Objectives:
Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Bob has worked in the social services field for 33 years, covering such areas as addictions treatment, mental health counseling, criminal justice, and child welfare. His professional background includes ten years as a therapist, another ten years as a trainer at Grant Hospital of Chicago, and five years as a Deputy Director of Illinois-TASC. Th-5
Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Maya is a national consultant, trainer and author of articles and training manuals on engaging and retaining women in treatment and recovery. Maya is featured in the Bill Moyer’s series on addiction titled Close To Home, demonstrating the power of collaboration to rebuild the lives of addicted families in the child welfare system through the award winning Project SAFE that she managed. In the Counselor Magazine, renowned researcher and author Bill White, named Maya among the list of women making a difference in the field of addictions. Maya was co-developer of a Gender Responsiveness Curriculum and companion video for correction’s officers and co-trained the officers. Maya conducts training of trainers, and trains addiction counselors, probation/parole, child welfare, domestic violence, federal, state and county governments, and teaches addictions courses at Governors State University. Maya has presented thousands of workshops on “Excellence in Communication” techniques, and is author of If Only I’d Had This Caregiving Book, a model to empower stressed out family caregivers. Th-6
Come with an eagerness to learn more about Hip Hop (Rap) and how it’s influencing society today. Be prepared for discovery through exploration as this workshop incorporates music from the 1970’s through today and its lyrical content. You may want to dance, sing, or listen. Some may be disgusted, others surprised… it may be your favorite song. All will definitely be enlightened. Learning Objectives:
Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Marc Fomby is a professional trainer and motivational speaker who provides workshops, education, information, seminars, and conducts presentations on numerous topics. Marc has been conducting trainings for over 18 years. Marc brings ten years of law enforcement experience and program development as well as seven years as a Prevention Services Coordinator for a private Non-Profit Organization in Mississippi. He specializes in youth development and trainings that directly affect issues concerning youth today. Th-7
This event is an advanced skills-training that integrates 12-step principles of recovery using non-linear physics, various spiritual teachings (Buddhism, Christianity, etc.), neuroscience and psychology. The result is a personal and professional experience that allows those in attendance to enhance their personal “healing” art. The goal is always…to be of service to others in their personal time of need. Learning Objectives:
Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Dr. Cardwell C. Nuckols is described as “one of the most influential clinical trainers in North America.” Dr. Nuckols’ passion and mission is to assist in the integration of emerging scientific research with traditional spiritual and self-help knowledge. From this integration comes information and technique helpful to those whose wisdom helps alcoholics, addicts and those suffering from co-occurring disorders find healing and their personal road to recovery. Th-8
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Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Missy Rand Barker, LPC, CSAC has 20 years of clinical experience and 17 years of training experience in the substance abuse and mental health fields. As Faith-Based Coordinator and Trainer for the Mid-Atlantic ATTC, she currently trains in the areas of: evidence based practices for adults and adolescents, motivational interviewing, MET/CBT, contingency management, ethics, group counseling techniques, case management, treating the addicted Christian client, and differential diagnosis. She has served as a board member and regional ethics chair for NAADAC and VAADAC and has written journal articles focusing on ethical issues and leadership. Out of her long-term interest in treating Christian clients, Missy spearheads the Mid-Atlantic ATTC faith-based consortium. Missy has been adjunct faculty with Virginia Commonwealth University and Old Dominion University and is currently an instructor with Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. This workshop is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center. Th-9
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Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Peter Hayden is the principal and president of Turning Point, Inc., a Minneapolis –based nonprofit agency devoted to integrated holistic health services programs. He has strongly influenced the design of effective long-term community health programming. Hayden feels that education is very important and prides himself on his ability to share his knowledge with the local and national communities. His educational background consists of a Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis on Co-Occurring Disorders from Richardson University, a Master of Science degree in Human Services Administration from Capella University and a Bachelor degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota Th-10
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Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is a member of the faculty of the Addictions Studies Program of Governors State University. He is CEO of On The Mark Consulting, an international training and consulting organization. He is author of four books and numerous workbooks. A recent writing includes “Relationship Detox: How To Have Healthy Relationships in Recovery.” He has had two stories published in the best selling book, Chicken Soup for The Recovering Soul. Th-11
Primary Function Hours: 4.5 Hours, Elective Dr. Norton is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University Of Georgia College Of Pharmacy with his specialty areas to include psychopharmacology and addiction pharmacy. His former position was program director for the Atlanta Recovering Professionals Program at the Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia, a nationally recognized treatment facility for health care professionals. Dr. Norton has worked with impaired pharmacists and other health care professionals for over 24 years and is the former Director of the Recovering Pharmacists Program at the Talbott Recovery Campus. He is Past President of the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association and member of both the Georgia Pharmacy Association and the American Pharmacy Association. |
The tenaciousness of the beliefs of eating disorder clients often seems irrational, impenetrable, and powerful. Utilizing attachment theory, such beliefs begin to make sense as distorted survival strategies in clients with a history of disturbed early attachments. Main hypothesizes that the rules we internalize in the course of our first relationships, initially arise in infancy from our experience of what “works” in relation to a particular attachment figure. These “rules of attachment” are literally rules to live by - given that they emerge out of interactions between biologically channeled survival-based attachment systems. Infants, with disorganized attachment anticipate mother’s rejection and hence develop the strategy of inhibiting or minimizing internal experiences. Preoccupied infants are so over-involved in watching and caring for mother, they do not learn to separate and develop self agency and a core sense of self. The avoidant becomes activated with ways to inhibit the attachment system and distracts attention to denial of unmet needs – with the eating disorder client; they turn to a natural function to distract and not be disappointed and also the caring for others. The clinical implication is that an eating disorder is an unconscious way to deploy their attention to justify pre-existing expectations of unresponsive, unpredictable relationships with intimates. To change this cemented pattern, the primary focus with eating disorder clients needs to be on facilitating the development of secure attachment. This begins with an attuned relationship with the therapist and facilitating a secure attachment with self, in a Winnicottian sense. Than as Kohut delineates there are mirrors from other humans that are actively distorted or reflected back in a structural way. Changing such patterns requires affect-based psychotherapies. The conceptual, theoretical and practical clinical aspects of this process will be discussed in depth.
This presentation will explain how the concepts and constructs of the ASAM Criteria can help assess and plan better integrated care for Co-Occurring Disorders for both adolescents and adults.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is one of the most widely studied counseling styles over the last 16 years. With over 100 published research studies, MI ranks as one of the prevailing approaches to assist healthcare professionals in collaboration with clients on the process of change. While many clinicians have attended overview sessions, few have had the follow-up training to connect with REAL world relevance. This workshop will provide an advanced application opportunity to enhance previously practiced MI skills. The content will be primarily experiential with several opportunities to practice skills and receive feedback based on a client profile determined by participants. Please note that previous training in MI (e.g. – MT-4, Motivational Interviewing) is required.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, male clients tend to disengage from the treatment process more frequently and more quickly than female clients. While some may view this as resistance to treatment, it may be more helpful to view this as evidence that we are not addressing the core issues that create conflict for men. 
Surprisingly everyone reveals everything that charges them up, turns them on, and inspires them. In this lively interactive skill building workshop, participants will learn simple, yet powerful, techniques used by communicators of neurolinguistic programming and other change agent techniques to quickly gain rapport, and discover and ignite a person’s motivators. We will practice proven effective methods for impelling the quiet, guarded, and resistant clients. If your case load is too big, and your clients too resistant, this workshop is for you.
This informative, fun, interactive, and educational course will introduce you to the world of Hip Hop and explore the lyrical content of music played over the radio today. We explore current trends by examining the messages that are openly displayed and sometimes hidden in rap. This training is ideal for creative intervention strategies to facilitate groups, trainings, interventions, etc. by actively involving youth in the process of deciphering and dissecting the “Message in the Music”. 
In order to understand addictive disorders those who suffer from addictions and professionals working in prevention and intervention need to understand not only the science but the spiritual nature of addiction and recovery. Without this knowledge, attempts to prevent and treat these disorders will not be successful.
Motivational Incentives for Enhanced Recovery with Substance Use Disorders, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Research supports that the majority of individuals entering into the criminal justice system present with multiple challenges (e.g. family dysfunction, psychiatric challenges, school failure, poor role modeling, limited opportunities to succeed, and substance use disorders). In NIDA’s 2000 NIDA Reports Newsletter it is clear that many are in jail or prison because of substance use. Several organizations and institutions support substance abuse treatment in jail as efficacious and cost-effective and as an excellent way to address the addiction but also the behaviors which accompany the addiction. This workshop will enable the participants to see the importance of substance abuse treatment in the criminal justice system and learn the skill sets as well.
A Participants will leave this interactive workshop with tools that will enable them to work more effectively with chemically dependent clients from a family-focused perspective. Topics covered include: 7 Strategies for Engaging Reluctant Families in Therapy; Improving Recovery Rates by Involving the Family in Chemical Dependence Treatment; The Impact of Sibling Order on Client Behavior; How To Decide When To Work with the Current Family vs. the Family of Origin; How To Prepare Families To Receive Clients Who Return Home from Residential Treatment and Prison; Preparing Clients in Early Recovery to Reenter their Families; and How To Do Family Therapy Even If Only One Family Member is Present.
Medications have become an integrated component in the treatment of addictive disease, so much so, that there is a new specialty in healthcare- addiction pharmacy. Addition Pharmacy is the “know how” of the use of antidepressants, anti-craving, antipsychotic, anti-anxiety, anti-manic, ADHD, and many others in the recovering patient. This workshop’s instructor has been involved with the development of addiction pharmacy for the last 2 decades and will bring to the participants a down to earth explanation of the how and why of these medications.
