Brief therapy skills for Stopping Addictions
with Joe Griffin
WORKSHOP OUTLINE:
As the number of people affected by addiction continues to rise, its treatment is undergoing a revolution.
New ideas and techniques from various schools of brief, solution-focused therapy are showing that it is possible to help most addicts transform their lives in a small number of sessions.
At Joe Griffin's practical workshop – which complements his 'Understanding and stopping addictive behaviour' seminar – you will learn and practise the powerful skills derived from the human givens approach (which organically integrates the best brief therapy techniques) that are helping people overcome a wide range of addictions, including: alcoholism, heroin, smoking, gambling, sex and eating disorders.
These skills are essential if you wish to improve your effectiveness when working with any addiction.
What you gain from the day
- Demonstrations of the skills that help to quickly break the patterns of addictive behaviour
- Practise in using these yourself
- New insights into the addictive process
- Essential motivational interviewing techniques
- Up-to-date knowledge of the most useful ways to beat a wide variety of addictions
and prevent relapse
- A new confidence that comes from knowing how much can be done
– when you know how.
Who should attend
All members of the caring professions, including: drug workers, youth workers, doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, counsellors, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, cognitive behavioural therapists, teachers, social workers, physiotherapists, support workers and anyone wishing to improve their understanding of addictive behaviour and how to treat it.
SEMINAR PROGRAMME:
The Seminar Day:
Registration: 8.30am to 9.30am (Tea or coffee before 9.25am)
9.30am How people become addicted
How and why people develop addictions. The addictive trance and its false promises. Why the human givens approach makes treating addictions easier. The five basic skills of motivational interviewing. How to incorporate them within the stages of change. The traps to avoid. Demonstrations and exercises.
11.00am — Refreshment and discussion
11.30am Dealing with resistance
We explore a variety of ways clients may resist change and develop a range of strategies to help them move beyond resistance. How to develop a treatment plan. How to deepen the client’s commitment to change. Relapse prevention strategies. The use of narrative techniques to foster self-efficacy. The use of harm reduction techniques.
1.00pm — Lunch (included)
2.00pm How to use guided imagery
The skilled use of our imagination is one of the most powerful tools nature has given us for problem solving and beating addiction is demonsted. Live demonstration, with a volunteer workshop participant, on the use of guided imagery to increase motivation, reduce withdrawal symptoms and rehearse patterns of healthy behaviour. Group exercise in the use of guided imagery for treating addictions.
3.15pm — Refreshment and discussion
3.45pm Dealing with co-morbid conditions
Many addictions are triggered off and maintained by co-morbid conditions. Discussion of the effective brief therapy strategies for dealing with depression, post traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorders. How to apply the techniques taught on the workshop to eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia.
4.45pm — Day ends |
