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Andrew Tatarsky – A Harm-Reduction Approach to Addictions
Description
More than one-third of Americans struggle with problematic substance use and other risky or addictive behaviors, but they often have a great deal of ambivalence about changing them.
Even with clients whose issues are mild on the severity spectrum, it’s difficult getting to the heart of the complex reasons, unique to each person, for this roadblock to change.
This workshop offers a comprehensive psychobiosocial model for understanding and working with these behaviors through Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP), which can be immediately incorporated into your practice.
Handouts
Manual – A Harm-Reduction Approach to Addictions (2.1 MB) | 28 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Introduction
- Addiction as a Dilemma
- Valerie Case Study
Compassionate Pragmatism
- Compassion
- Pragmatism
Harm Reduction Principles
- Curiosity, Respect, Acceptance
- Small Incremental Change
- Collaboration
- Public Health/Medical Harm Reduction
Challenges & Diversity of People with Risky & Addictive Behavior
- Clinical Challenges
- Limitations in the U.S.
- The Tyranny of “Abstinence-Only”
- Motivational Stages of Change
- Scientific Revolution/Paradigm Shift
Theoretical Models
- Multiple Meanings Model
- Relational Psychoanalysis & Meaning
- Cyclical Psychodynamics
- Psychobiosocial Model
Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy
- Seven Therapeutic Tasks of IHRP
Faculty
Andrew Tatarsky, PhD, is developer of IHRP and author of Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems. He’s founder and director of the Center for Optimal Living, a treatment and professional training center based on IHRP.
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