30th Annual Institute for Alcohol and Drug Studies Presents:
Walking the Tightrope of
Pain Management & Addiction
And
Identifying & Managing The Saboteur:
Working with Resistance & Denial
Sponsor: Univ. of Southern Indiana College of Nursing & Health Professions
Please see training descriptions above.
Training Location: Evansville, Indiana
To Register: Please visit the College of Nursing Website.
May 20-24, 2013
Relapse Prevention Therapy
Certification Training (44 CE Hours)
Sponsor: Grinstead Treatment & Training Services
This Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT) training was developed by Terence T. Gorski and Dr. Stephen F. Grinstead and is based upon the revised Relapse Prevention Therapy Workbook which will also be the main training manual for this training. The RPT Training will rank among the most comprehensive and effective that you have ever experienced. It is an advanced clinical skills training designed for professional therapists who are good and want to get better. You will be challenged to take your current clinical skills and integrate them with new and powerful approaches for teaching clients to identify and manage high risk situations and core personality and life-style warning sign patterns that lead to relapse in the critical early stages of the recovery process.
The training is not easy, but most of our past students describe it as a major turning point in their professional and personal lives. You will work hard. You will go home tired, but it will be a good tired. You will leave this training better prepared to make a difference in the lives of your patients and their families. Relapse Prevention is a trend that is crucial for the chemical dependency and behavioral health field. RPT helps clients who have failed to recover with other methods. It provides effective approaches to meeting many of the challenges posed by the new era of cost containment.
After the training you can complete the optional Competency Certification at an additional charge by submitting an RPT Certification Portfolio Package within 120 days of the training.
Training Location: 4200 N Freeway Blvd., Suite 3, Sacramento, CA 95834
Registration: $725. Space is limited so call to reserve your seat, then send a check or money order to Dr. Grinstead, at P.O. Box 340626, Sacramento, CA 95834-0626 with name, address, phone and email address. Pay with credit card on PayPal.
For more information call Ellen at 916-575-9961.
June 16-22, 2013
Relapse Prevention Counseling Certification Training
Sponsor: Utah School of Alcohol & Drug Studies
Training Overview
The RPC Training teaches advanced clinical skills for the identification and management of high-risk situations that can cause relapse in early recovery before a stable recovery program has been fully established. The training uses a strategic RPC Treatment Plan for managing high-risk situations that is based on proven research-based cognitive-behavioral therapy procedures. This is the most effective clinical skill training of its kind as each step is explained, demonstrated, and practiced either in-group or individual therapy formats with ample opportunity for personalized discussion and feedback. The RPC Training is fully compatible with medical or sobriety-based (social model) treatment programs and Twelve Step Principles.
After completion of the 20 Hour RPC Certification Training (held over 5 days) you will be eligible to submit the optional RPC Competency Certification Portfolio to the CENAPS® Corporation which must be applied for and completed in addition to the training. There is a separate Portfolio Review fee of $95.
Objectives
Upon completion of this training the participants will be able to:
Develop an individualized strategic treatment plan including target problem, goal, treatment objectives and time frames.
Motivate clients to make an initial abstinence contract and develop a plan to stop alcohol and drug use quickly should it occur.
Assist their clients to identify and personalize the immediate high risk situations.
Aid clients to describe (map) and manage past high risk situations and identify the thoughts, feelings, urges, actions, and relationship patterns (TFUAR's)
Develop a recovery plan that supports the identification and management of future high risk situations.
Identifying & Managing Resistance & Denial
A Strength Based Motivational Approach — 8 CE Hours
Sponsor: Grinstead Treatment & Training Services
Resistance and denial are serious problems for clients who exhibit self-defeating patterns of behaviors. This training will present an overview of a comprehensive clinical system for managing resistance and denial that assists clients to develop intrinsic motivation for treatment and a better quality of life. By participating in this training you will be able to deal more effectively with clients exhibiting severe denial and treatment resistance. For participants who have clients with addictive disorders, this training is the first step for developing a strategic relapse prevention plan. Please remember; a return to denial is always the first stage of any relapse process.
Upon completing this day long training you will be able to understand the philosophy of resistance and denial as well as the general steps of the Denial Management Interactional Process. You will learn how to manage denial in here-and-now interactions with clients and how to directly deal with the twelve most common denial patterns used by people with self-defeating patterns of behavior. Finally you will learn to develop and implement a treatment plan for teaching clients denial self-management skills.
Registration: $145.00 or $160 at the door. Space is limited so call soon to reserve your seat, then send a check or money order to Dr. Grinstead, at P.O. Box 340626, Sacramento, CA 95834-0626 with name, address, phone and email address. Pay with credit card on PayPal.
For more information call Ellen at 916-575-9961.
June 29, 2013
Freedom From Suffering LIVE
A One Day Intensive Workshop for People with Chronic Pain
Sponsor: Grinstead Treatment & Training Services
Dr. Stephen Grinstead presents a daylong pain psychotherapy intensive for people suffering with chronic pain who see no way out and are desperately seeking a better way. This event is set up as an experiential process and is limited to 8-10 participants to ensure personal attention and support throughout the day.
In this eight hour workshop Dr. Grinstead will set the foundation and give you the tools that, if carried out, are guaranteed to stop the cycle of suffering. This will be accomplished by taking you through a seven step process using the steps detailed in Dr. Grinstead's book "Freedom from Suffering - A Journey of Hope," to help you achieve more effective chronic pain management.
You will explore the roles that depression and denial play in way you currently manage your pain condition. We will examine how thoughts, feelings and behaviors can be negatively impacted on bad pain days. We will review the pain system and you will learn how to address your chronic pain condition at these three essential levels: biological, psychological, and social.
One of the most important components of this workshop is learning that you have the power to change your perception of pain and how to cope with anticipatory pain. You will learn about the three core components of an effective pain management plan: (1) medication management; (2) cognitive-behavioral treatment; and (3) nonpharmacological interventions. You will also learn about the five obstacles that could sabotage your journey and how to successfully move through them: (1) Hopeless to Hopeful; (2) Demoralized to Revitalized; (3) Victim to Victorious; (4) Powerless to Empowered; and (5) Surviving to Thriving.
Finally, you will understand and learn how to incorporate the five Balance Points as you continue your journey after the workshop: (1) Positive Self-Talk; (2) Appropriate Emotional Expression; (3) Healthy Support Network; (4) Spirituality/Humility; and (5) Effective Pain Management.
Freedom from Suffering is everyone's right; but it is also a responsibility. We guarantee that participants will never have to suffer with their pain again, if and only if they internalize and follow through with what they learn. Please join us in Sacramento for some of the hardest—but probably most rewarding—work you will ever do.
Workshop Location: 4200 N Freeway Blvd., Suite 3, Sacramento, CA 95834
Registration: $498. Space is limited so call to reserve your seat, then send a check or money order to Dr. Grinstead, at P.O. Box 340626, Sacramento, CA 95834-0626 with name, address, phone and email address. Pay with credit card on PayPal.
For more information call Ellen at 916-575-9961.
July 21-25, 2013
Kentucky School of Alcohol & Other Drug Studies Presents:
Relapse Prevention and
Walking the Tightrope of Pain Management & Addiction
Please see training descriptions above.
Training Location: Frankfort, Kentucky
To Register: Please visit the Kentucky Health & Family Services Website.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 15544 for 20 Contact Hours. Provider also approved for NAADAC #000154; CAADAC #OS-95-329-1209; CAADE Approved provider #CP20-838-C0511; and Board of Behavioral Sciences #PCE-1412 through the CENAPS Corporation. CENAPS is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer Continuing Education for National Certified Counselors and adheres to NBCC #5925 guidelines.
