Drugs and the Brain CEU’s: 2 Hours Goal: The goal of this course is to show very specifically with how drugs reach and interact with the brain and other body parts. Objective: Differentiate between depressants and stimulants. Discuss the destructive power of nicotine, tobacco and smoking. Demonstrate the physical aspects of addiction and speak directly …
Professional Ethics – 4 Hr. CEU’s: 4 Hours Goal: This 4 hour version of the course addresses ethical guidelines for professionals to establish healthy relationships with their clients, agencies and community. Objective: The focus is on boundaries, the role of the helper, the right use of power, and client sensitivity. Review process to help professionals …
Professional Ethics – 3 Hr. CEU’s: 3 Hours Goal: This 3 hour course addresses ethics as a guide for health care professionals and massage therapist. Objective: This course addresses ethics as a guide for these professionals to establish healthy relationships with their clients, agencies and community. The focus is on boundaries, the role of the …
More Domestic Violence CEU’s: 3 Hours Goal: The goal of this course is to identify treatment strategies found helpful in dealing with this population. Objective: Explain 3 stages in recovery from this type of perpetration. Discuss the intoxication power of cursing and its impact on people who rage. Describe the value of having the violent …
Domestic Abuse – Victim Focus CEU’s: 3 Hours Goal: It is difficult to ascertain the exact incidence of domestic violence. One estimate based on the work of several investigators has placed the annual number of cases of domestic violence in the United States at 1.5 million; it has also been estimated to occur in up …
Gambling – Ethics & Treatment CEU’s – 7 Hours Goal: The goal of this course is to identify ethical concerns and treatment strategies for treating pathological gamblers. Objective: Differentiate treatment needs and ethical concerns between pathological gambling and other addictive disorders. Discuss the major ethical differences revolving around financial responsibility, debt repayment, and …
Gambling & Special Populations CEU’s – 3 Hours Goal: The goal of this course is to address the specific concerns of Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanic, Native Americans and Prison Populations who suffer from the effects of pathological gambling. Objective: Explain 2 communication styles that have worked in developing rapport with these populations. Differentiate …
Compulsive Spending CEU’s – 3 Hours Goal: Compulsive Spending is generally characterized by loss of control. Control over spending that is primary, progressive, potentially fatal and treatable. It is the inability to control the type, time, place and circumstances of spending behavior. Objective: The parallels with alcoholism, drug addition and compulsive spending will be …
Sexual Addiction 101 CEU’s: 3 Hours Goal: This 3 hour version of Sex Addiction 101 goal is to present the underlying causes of sexually addictive behaviors and discuss effective treatment strategies for recovery. Sex addicts are those who’ve have no control over their sexual fantasies and behavior. They are unable to stop their sexual acting …
Domestic – Verbal Abuse CEU’s: 3 Hours Goal: To identify how power works in relationships. To explore the concepts of Power Over vs. Personal Power. To identify family of origin setups for the development of these imbalances of power. To identify treatment strategies for the victim of this type of domestic violence. Objective: …
Grief, Loss & Recovery CEU’s: 3 Hours Goal: To assist counsellors in learning a step by step approach to help clients successfully release pain. The pain they have attached to past painful incomplete relationships. Relationships can include but are not limited to the onset of and recovery from addictive behaviors and lifestyles, going to and …
Compulsive Gambling CEU’s: 3 Hours Goal: To define compulsive gambling behaviors, assessment tools, family of origin issues & treatment strategies. Objective: The student will be able to describe the difference between compulsive gambling and problem gambling behaviors. The course student will be able to discuss the South Oaks Gambling Screen. To examine the influence of …
Gambling & Teens CEU’s: 3 Hours GOAL: To focus on statistical information and case studies of adolescents who demonstrate problems with pathological gambling. To address family of origin issues, abandonment, unresolved grief and abuse that may act as a catalyst for adolescents to succumb to peer pressure and use gambling as a way to deal …
