Supporting People with Addictions
Learn how to support individuals who experience addictions to drugs and alcohol.
Length of Session: Full Day (6 hours)
Conceptualizing Addiction
- Substance use spectrum
- Diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder
- The role of trauma
- The physiology of addiction
- Helpful metaphors
- Dismantling stigma
- Harm reduction
Trauma-Informed Assessment
- Principles of motivational interviewing
- Conversational guide to assessment
- Stages of change
- Holistic signs of recovery
Empathetic Intervention
- The importance of empathy
- Trauma-informed principles
- Externalizing the problem
- Mapping triggers
- Relapse Management
- Boundaried empathy
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