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Supporting Clients Impacted by Loved One’s Addiction: Developing Clinical Skills, Strategies, and Compassionate Care

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Speaker(s): 

Theison, Marissa

Description: 

This presentation will be reviewing an introduction, addiction and family dynamics, diving deeper into the impact on clients/consumers, and provide information re: skills and strategies to use.  Dr. Theison will use a published workbook as a guide while also incorporating additional skills and therapeutic approaches, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), as treatment options.

Objectives

1. Describe the unique challenges clients face when they have loved ones or family members who are addicted to substances
2. Identify the broad impact of addiction and addiction-related losses clients/consumers experience
3. Explore practical strategies for support and compassionate care

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Strategies for Optimizing Client Relationships and Self-Management

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Speaker(s): 

Scarpace, Jim

Description: 

This presentation focuses on helping staff working with individuals struggling with mental health and substance use disorders. It identifies strategies for successful verbal de-escalation of patients who may have difficulty managing their behavior and emotions as a result of struggling with these disorders. It also introduces staff to a different “Lens” to look at both the patients we work with as well as themselves in order to meet the diverse emotional and treatment needs of this population. This training has a primary focus to “inspire change” in both our patients and our approach to supporting recovery from mental health and substance use disorders.

Objectives

1. Discuss signs and triggers of escalation
2. Develop verbal and non-verbal tactics to deescalate clients in crisis
3. Review self-management and staff resources for support

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Balancing Person-Centered Treatment and Effective Addiction Treatment Interventions

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Keeton, Zhanna

Arshadi, John

Plisco, Irwin

 

Description: 

This presentation will explore how to balance person-centered treatment with effective addiction interventions, offering a comprehensive approach to recovery. Topics will include:
• Understanding the Addiction Mindset
• Exploring how addiction impacts behavior, thought patterns, and motivation
• Best Practices for Individuals in Recovery
• Strategies to support sustainable recovery through individualized treatment plans
• Recognizing Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms
• Identifying the physiological and psychological signs of withdrawal to provide timely interventions
• Criteria for Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
• Defining eligibility and treatment goals for individuals using MAT
• Medications and Their Applications, Overview of the medications available (e.g., Methadone, Buprenorphine, Naltrexone) and which medications address specific symptoms
• Creating a Person-Centered Healing System, Integrating medical care and counseling to build a customized treatment plan that promotes healing
• Counseling Techniques, Utilizing evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to address trauma and improve mental health outcomes
• Understanding Trauma in Addiction, Recognizing the role trauma plays in addiction and using trauma-informed care approaches
• Building a Collaborative Support System, Emphasizing the importance of teamwork among medical, counseling, and peer support professionals to ensure patient-centered care

Objectives

1. Explore how addiction impacts behavior, thought patterns, and motivation
2. Discuss strategies to support sustainable recovery through individualized treatment plans
3. Utilize evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to address trauma and improve mental health outcomes

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Fighting Fentanyl: Lessons Learned from Implementing Naloxone Education & Distribution Program in Boone County

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Zellner, Dave

Mundle, Alec

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Fentanyl and opioids have taken many lives and touched many more in the past decades. In middle Missouri, the problem has been no different. Reducing the burden of overdoses in our communities takes collaboration from multiple sectors along with focused educational interventions, harm reduction, and primary prevention. In this presentation, Health Program Coordinators from Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services will discuss their strategies and lessons learned from years of addressing substance use, overdose prevention, and community outreach.

Objectives

1. List two strategies for increasing attendance at educational events
2. Describe successes and common pitfalls associated with overdose education and outreach
3. Discuss the importance of collaboration between community partners

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Charbonnier, Michelle, CRADC, CGDC, CPS

Michelle Charbonnier is executive director of MoNetwork, a recovery community center rooted in the practices and principles of harm reduction. She is a therapist and interventionist with Plan Your Recovery at Clayton Behavioral. Michelle is dedicated to giving a voice to people who use drugs and actively opposes the war on drugs. She finds fulfillment in facilitating self-inquiry processes to foster deeper understanding of oneself, relationships, and behaviors.

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Cobb, Melanie, CPS and CPS Supervisor

Melanie Cobb serves as the Director of Landmark Recovery Center located in Jefferson City, Missouri. The center operates as a Recovery Community Center, aiming to provide resources and support for individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions. Being in long-term recovery, Melanie brings a personal perspective to her role, blending her passion with her professional duties. She possesses a Certified Peer Support Specialist Credential and has finished the Certified Peer Support Specialist Supervisor Training.

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Stoecker, David, LCSW, CPS, HRS

David Stoecker, LCSW, CPS, HRS is a person in long-term recovery. He is the Executive Director/Founder of Better Life in Recovery and co-founder of the Springfield Recovery Community Center. He was a founding member of the Southwest Missouri Drug Poisoning Coalition. Previously, David was a therapist for 8 ½ years, working with people involved with treatment courts as well as residential and outpatient clients. He co-created the Certified Peer Specialist training for Missouri and Missouri and ICRC’s Harm Reduction Specialist training and co-facilitates both trainings.

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Anderson-Harper, Rosie, MA

Rosie Anderson-Harper serves as Director of Recovery Services for the Department of Mental Health, Division of Behavioral Health (DBH). The position of Director of Recovery Services was created in 2012 to raise the level of importance of the recovery philosophy in all aspects of DBH operations, enhance recovery services and supports, and integrate them with traditional behavioral health services. As Director of Recovery Services, she supervises housing, employment services, Recovery Support Services, Consumer Operated Service Programs, peer specialist and family support services and the DBH State Advisory Council. Ms. Anderson-Harper has a Master’s degree in Educational and Counseling Psychology. She has 34 years of experience in the field of behavioral health. She passionately believes in the power of human connection that moves us together to heal the world.

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