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Addiction and Family Systems-Science and Philosophy

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1.5 CE Hour
Clinical
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Description

This is an intermediate level training that builds on the basic skills and science of recovery for patients and family members. The training is designed to assist clinicians in understanding the science behind recovery as well as incorporating the 12-Step Philosophy and principles into the process of change that both patients and family members go through. This training will assist clinicians in educating family members and building tasks for the families while the patient is working their own program of recovery. Everyone has some change to do in recovery, and this presentation helps clinicians help family members understand this process. 

Target Audience
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Psychologist
  • • Social Worker
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to assist clinicians in understanding the science behind recovery as well as incorporating the 12-Step Philosophy and principles into the process of change that both patients and family members go through. 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Summarize the impact of substance use disorders on family systems and dynamics.

  • Define tasks for family members through each Stage of Recovery.

  • Develop a family relapse plan and protocol.

References

  • Alcoholics Anonymous. (n.d). The 12 spiritual principles (virtues) of AA and the meaning behind them. Retrieved from https://www.aacle.org/twelve-spiritual-principles/

  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association.

  • American Society of Addiction Medicine. (2015). Public policy statement: Definition of addiction. Retrieved from https://www.asam.org/quality-practice/definition-of-addiction

  • Brown, S., & Lewis, V. (n.d.). The alcoholic family in recovery. The Guilford Press.

  • Gorski, T. T. (2000). Staying sober: A guide for relapse prevention. Independence Press.

  • Koelzer, J. (2023). Addiction and family systems: The real story. Retrieved from https://recovery.org/pro/articles/addiction-and-family-systems-the-real-story/

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2011). Drugs, brains, and behavior: The science of addiction. Retrieved from https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/drug-misuse-addiction

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (n.d.). Session eight: Families and recovery. Retrieved from https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sma13-4153-session-eight-families-recovery.pt

Intermediate
Clinical
Counselor

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

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Social Worker

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group:

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Lakeview Health. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Dennis Cain, M.A., LMFT

Dennis Cain is a native of Georgia with long roots and history in Jacksonville. After serving our country for 24 years with the United States Navy, he returned to Jacksonville to continue serving those in need of treatment and recovery services. He earned his B.A in Psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawaii in 2004 and his M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Diego, California.

 

Dennis has been a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist since 2006 in both Georgia and Florida and has worked full-time at Lakeview Health Systems in the Family Programs and Licensed Professionals Programs since 2021. 

 

His background and experience in addictive diseases includes nearly 30 years of his own personal recovery; 10 years serving as a Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor and Awareness Facilitator in the Navy; over 15 years working with Addiction and Dually Diagnosed populations in a community mental health setting, group private practice, and DUI-Drug Court and Veterans Court programs. Dennis has served as a Clinical Evaluator and Treatment Provider for the State of Georgia’s “DUI Intervention Programs” and has been formally trained in Prime Solutions, Motivational Interviewing (MI), CBI-SA, CPT-C, and is a Certified Train the Trainer in Seeking Safety Models for Trauma and Recovery.

 

Dennis’s credentials include being Level I and Level II trained in EMDR; Certified DOD Family Advocacy Program Facilitator; Certified STOP Domestic Violence Program Facilitator; and anAmerican Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Fellow since 2009. Besides his formal training and education, Dennis has accrued over 5000 hours of group therapy and interventions working with family members and the person struggling with substance use disorders. 

 

Dennis’ passions include fishing, boating, music, and sunrise on Saturdays at the beach with his spouse of over 35 years. He has 2 adult children and 5 grandchildren, 3 of whom are dual citizens of the United States and Ireland.

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