Live Webinar
Description
This is a two-part clinical training workshop that reviews Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy theory and interventions for the treatment of substance use disorders. The thought-feeling-action model of cognitive therapy will be discussed in the context of substance use. The training builds on foundational CBT knowledge and incorporates clinical considerations and specific interventions in treatment of Substance Use Disorders. The training also focuses on core cognitive and behavioral interventions while adding elective therapeutic components to customize treatment for clients.
Clinicians who provide substance use treatment will highly benefit from this series. The training experience will be highly interactive with ample opportunity for learning and refining skills through roleplay, demonstration, and a mock case-conceptualization exercise
About the Instructor
Dr. Bernard Showers, DSW, LCSW, earned his MSW at Shippensburg University in 2010, where he is a former Adjunct Professor. Mr. Showers has also worked as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore, MD, Simmons University School of Social Work in Boston, MA, and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. In the fall of 2018, he was awarded the Dean’s Teaching Award at the University of Maryland due to instructional excellence. He joined the Fairleigh Dickinson University MSW program as a Lecturer in December 2024.
Dr. Bernard earned his DSW as part of the inaugural class of The University of Kentucky’s Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) program. In July 2021, Bernard Showers was the lead author on the manuscript Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural America: A Review of the Literature, published in the APA’s Journal of Rural Mental Health.”
As of September 2016, Dr. Shower is a Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers Train-the-Trainer (MINT) member. Dr. Showers has trained aspiring and active independent practitioners at many colleges, universities, governmental agencies, and companies around the United States. In addition to Motivational Interviewing, Dr. Showers has developed, presented, and published several continuing education workshops on family involvement in substance use treatment, ASAM criteria, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and group therapy.
Objectives
- Learners will describe about how core concepts of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy can be adapted for use in treatment of Substance Use Disorders.
- Learners will demonstrate an understanding of new skills through small-group work and Socratic discussion.
- Learners will learn to use specific core and elective skills in the individualized treatment of clients.”
Course Outline
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Course Policies
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