Clinical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy Series: Solution-Focused Substance Misuse Treatment

June 15, 2023
  • Learn how to engage some of the most challenging clients
  • Discover ways of interacting to avoid power struggles and find the heart of clients
  • Understand how our mindset impacts our questions and therefore our outcomes with clients
  • Help clients move beyond “white knuckling it” to a life they never before imagined 
  • Learn a model that prevents burnout and secondary trauma while working with some of the most difficult clientele

So much has changed over the last several decades in the treatment of substance misuse.  We have gone from the one-size-fits-all model of the 12-step recovery program to the kinder, gentler Motivational Interviewing (MI).  We know that the disease model can be highly effective for some, and yet others fail to succeed when this is the only way of thinking available.  Motivational Interviewing is a wonderful tool for engaging unmotivated clients, yet not every client responds well to that model either.  Add to that the complexity of chronic mental illness, legal involvement, social issues, trauma, etc. and those struggling with substance misuse can be an incredibly challenging client group to address.  

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is an evidenced based model that is commonly taught mixed with other models (MI, CBT, Strength Based, Positive Psychology).  However, whenever two evidenced-based models are combined, it destroys the evidence base of both models.  In this workshop, we will separate out SFBT from these other models and explore what it truly is and why it is so incredibly effective with this population.  This workshop is designed to target those times when nothing else works, and we will explore a different way of thinking and working with those who are struggling with substance misuse.  Hands on, practical tools and questions will be the focus.  Plan to bring cases and scenarios for live demonstrations.

This conference is being held virtually.

Target Audience

This course is intended for mental health practitioners, including physicians, marriage and family therapists, social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, and other health care professionals.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to think from a system’s perspective and use this perspective to identify a common goal.
  2. Assess how SFBT is different from the commonly used approaches for treating substance misuse and why SFBT is effective with this population.
  3. Discover how SFBT views the concepts of “denial” and “resistance” and why this different view is effective with this population.
  4. Recognize the concept of the “not knowing stance” and the role it plays when working with substance involved clients.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 6.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
04/04/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
06/15/2023 - 9:00am CDT
Event ends: 
06/15/2023 - 4:00pm CDT
Cost:
$150.00
Part of: 
Clinical Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy Series 2023
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Faculty

Teri Pichot, LCSW, MAC, LAC; Denver Center for Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Russell Temme, MD; Advocate Aurora Health
Robert Marrs, MS, LMFT; Advocate Aurora Health
Dawn Shelton-Williams, LCSW; Advocate Aurora Health

 

Disclosure

Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Aurora Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

COAMFTE
FTTI is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) to provide continuing education credits to LMFT’s, LPCs, and LCSWs. 

FTTI is an approved continuing education entity per Wisconsin Statute MPSW 19.03 1(b).

Available Credit

  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 6.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Price

Cost:
$150.00
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This conference is being held virtually.  A link to the meeting will be provided prior to the event.

Registration Fees

Non-Advocate Aurora Health provider$150.00
Student$25.00
Advocate Aurora Health employee or independent providerFree

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