Addiction:
Understanding how to
stop
addictive
behaviour
A one-day course with tutor: Joe Griffin
Course outline:
Discover how to be more effective when working with all sorts of addictions, including alcoholism, drug abuse, eating disorders, gambling, sexual obsessions and other compulsions.
Addictions blight millions of lives and are a massive drain on health and social services. For a long time uninformed dogma has held back progress in the way addiction was understood and treated. Joe Griffin's lively training day presents an essential overview of a wide variety of addictive behaviours, and what they have in common, and describes in detail the most successful ways of rapidly breaking addictive patterns using psychotherapy informed by the latest neuroscientific findings.
It also includes new discoveries about how to disengage the brain from addictive behaviour which are proving highly beneficial for helping addicts recover, sometimes even quite quickly, and prevent relapses.
| What you will gain from attending: | |
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New research-based information on the facts about which forms of treatment work and which don’t |
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A whole new understanding of the effective strategies you need for dealing with the full range of addictive behaviours – and how to put them into practice |
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New insights into the addictive process, the destructive dissociative elements that fuel it, and why withdrawal symptoms are the key to understanding why people become addicted |
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Specific information about how to break addictive patterns and prevent relapses |
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, support workers and anyone wishing to understand more about effective treatment for addictive behaviour (for professional or private reasons).
Course programme:
Registration: 8.30 am to 9.30 am (Tea or coffee served until 9.25 am)
9.30am – Why addictive behaviour and substance abuse are on the increase
The facts about the rise in addictive behaviours including: cocaine, heroin, alcohol, cigarettes, eating disorders, shopping, gambling etc. Changes in society that feed the rate of increase in addictive behaviours. Why the human givens approach gives us a more comprehensive model for understanding various aspects of addictive behaviour. Why young people take drugs. The best predictors of drug abuse. Ten warning signs that children are abusing drugs. The disease model versus the social learning model of addictive behaviour.
11.00am — Tea/coffee
11.30am – The most effective strategies
What we can learn from the biggest, most comprehensive research study ever undertaken on addictive behaviour. The good news about addictive behaviour – why many addicts can, and do, recover quickly. Typical addictive beliefs and how to change them. The importance of motivational interviewing and how to do it. The addictive trance model and how to separate a person’s core identity from the addictive state. How to combat abstinence anxiety. How to prevent relapses.
1.00pm — Lunch break
2.00pm – How change happens: practical demonstration
How to use our natural human abilities and the power of imagination to break free from addictive states. A group demonstration, applicable to a wide range of behaviours, followed by an analysis of the skills used. Dealing with withdrawal symptoms.
3.00pm — Tea/coffee
3.30pm – Making a difference straight away
Specific focus on the addictive elements within eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating) and how to effectively combat them. The five most effective techniques for changing all types of addictive behaviours. Pulling the day together.
| MANCHESTER: | Date: Thursday 21st June 2012 Venue: Old Dining Hall, Hulme Hall Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm Course Code: RT07 |
| DUBLIN:* | Date: Wednesday 12th September 2012 Venue: Marino Institute of Education Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm Course Code: RT08 |
| BRISTOL: | Date: Wednesday 17th October 2012 Venue: Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm Course Code: RT09 |
| LONDON: | Date: Thursday 22nd November 2012 Venue: Friends House Quaker Meeting Centre Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm Course Code: RT10 |
| PRICE: | £160 plus vat (£192) per person. Fee includes tuition, course notes, attendance certificate, lunch
and refreshments. *Dublin price: £175 per person. Fee includes tuition, course notes, attendance certificate, lunch and refreshments. ______________________________________________ Thinking of booking 5 or more courses?
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To book by phone, call: 01323 811690
Alternatively, you can download an application form and post or fax it to:
Human Givens College,
Chalvington,
East Sussex,
BN27 3TD
fax: 00 44 (0)1323 811486
Also see, How to Book.