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Friday, December 13, 2019
“When the Titanic Meets the Iceberg: Addressing the Trauma Beneath Addiction: Mental Illness, Criminality and Self-Harming Behavior”
Presented by: Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
When: Friday, December 13, 2019 from 8:30 – 4:00 p.m. (with lunch break, lunch not included)
Where: Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center, 8324 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, IL 60077
Fee: $150 for 6.0 CEU’s
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Seminar Description:
Many persons with substance use disorders are difficult to engage in counseling because they often view their substance use as "the solution to their problems." Particularly, the solution for the pain of the trauma which lies beneath the addiction. If unaddressed the addiction can lead to criminality, self-harming behavior, multiple addictions and co-occurring disorders. In this presentation you will learn: an historical link between trauma and substance use disorders; reasons clients with substance use disorders "cling to their drugs"; engagement strategies; how traditional approaches to substance use disorders can re-traumatize clients; how to address 4 types of traumatic stress disorders which often co-occur with addictions, including PTSD, Complex Trauma, historical trauma and 24-7-365 terror; evidence based approaches to trauma informed addictions treatment; how to create a safe sanctuary for recovery to occur; how to create a trauma informed system of care for clients with substance use disorders.
OBJECTIVES: By the end of this workshop you will learn:
The IAODAPCA Categories for this seminar are: Counselor I or II, Preventionist I or II, CARS I or II, CODP I, II, or III, PCGC II, CCJP I or II, CAAP I, CRSS I or II, CPRS I or II, MAATP I or II, RDDP, NCRS II, CFPP II, NCRS II, CVSS II.
About Mark Sanders:
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Caribbean and British Islands. Mark is the author of five books, which focus on behavioral health. Recent writings include Slipping through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies for Clients Multiple Addictions and Disorders, Recovery Management: and Relationship Detox: Helping Clients Develop Healthy Relationships in Recovery. He has had two stories published in the New York Times best-selling books series, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Mark has been a certified addictions counselor for 34 years. He has received numerous awards including a Life Time Achievement Award from the Illinois Addiction Counselor Certification Board and the Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the Social Work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago Alumni. Mark is co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery high school in Illinois. He is past president of the board of the Illinois Chapter of NAADAC. He has had a 30 year career as a university educator having taught at the University of Chicago, Illinois State University, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work.
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Friday, November 15, 2019
“Vicarious Trauma: Building a Working Dialogue for Managers & Staff”
Presented by: Jennifer Cutilletta, LCSW
When: Friday, November 15, 2019 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Where: Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center, 8324 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, IL 60077
Fee: $75 for 3.0 CEU’s
Click here to register for November 15th!
Seminar Description:
Working with people around their struggles and successes leaves an impact on our personal and professional selves that travels with us when we leave work each day. Being the manager or supervisor of staff in the field brings special concerns. How do we give voice to that experience while keeping our work as the focus? How do we manage the differing styles and needs of staff? In this workshop, we will discuss identifying and responding to the signals of vicarious trauma in ourselves and on our team. We will discuss ways to build daily awareness, to invite everyone on staff to customize response strategies that work for each individual, and how to humanize the trauma load in an accessible way that reduces isolation and builds community.
About Jennifer Cutilletta:
Jennifer Cutilletta, LCSW, has been working with children and families in Chicago for over 15 years, largely centered in the Woodlawn, N Lawndale, and Humboldt Park communities. Jennifer works with kids and adults, individuals, couples, families and groups. She also works with therapists and direct service staff one on one and in workshops to reflect on their work in ways that invites their growth as clinicians and to respond to the people they serve. Jennifer believes strongly in the positive, lasting change which comes from a collaborative relationship.
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Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers (LSW/LCSW), clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors (LPC/LCPC). License #’s 159.000226, 168.000209, and 268.000028.
IAODAPCA CEU’s are also available for the November and December 2019 Academy sessions.
For further information about the Turning Point Academy, please call (847)933-0051 x 455.
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Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
Jennifer Cutilletta, LCSW
