Module 1 : What is Addiction?
Understanding the historical impact of the war on drugs helps highlight the depth of the stigma faced in addiction. A review of the prevailing models of addiction help you conceptualize addiction in a more realistic way, as well as seeing how various models and beliefs have contributed to both internal and external stigmas surrounding addiction.
Module 2 : Deepening Our View of Addiction
In this module, Kim will introduce addiction as a human problem rather than a drug problem. Understanding the research behind drug, set, and setting and how drug use may be considered adaptive from a biopsychosocial perspective.
Module 3 : Integrating Harm Reduction into the Clinical Setting
Kim introduces you to harm reduction and the foundations of applying it in the clinical setting. Learn the therapeutic stance in harm reduction and non-binary approaches to change so you can implement a range of tools to serve clients wherever they are on the continuum of use.
Module 4 : Deepening Harm Reduction Therapy
Helpful modalities and tools to bolster your work in addiction, as well as tools to assist clients in sustaining change.
Module 5 : Maintaining Connection
In order to meaningfully be able to work with addiction, this module shares common traps to avoid so you can ensure you are using best practices. You’ll learn how to work with dual diagnosis, how to understand the nuance in substance use, and to work meaningfully to reduce stigmas. Additionally, key concepts like compassion fatigue, burnout, and helplessness are addressed.
