Families In Recovery for Counseling CEUs for LPC and LMHC

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor. She received her PhD in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida in 2002. In addition to being a practicing clinician, she has provided training to counselors, social workers, nurses and case managers internationally since 2006 through AllCEUs.com 📢SUBSCRIBE and click the BELL to get notified when new videos are uploaded.
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Video by Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes on integrative behavioral health approaches including counseling techniques and skills for improving mental health and reducing mental illness.

AllCEUs.com provides multimedia counselor education and CEUs for LPCs, LMHCs, LMFTs and LCSWs as well as addiction counselor precertification training and continuing education on many of the videos on this channel. Unlike other providers like CE4Less, AllCEUs includes a weekly LIVE Stream Webinar with your unlimited continuing education and professional development membership.

Who Makes Up a Family?
Anyone who will support recovery
What Is Addiction?
Addiction is a physical, behavioral and emotional response
Addiction is a medical disorder.
It is not helpful to think of addiction in terms of morality and willpower.
Family Members Response to Progressive Phases of Addiction
Introductory
Maintenance
Disenchantment
Disaster

Goals for Withdrawal
Person in recovery
Discontinue use of drug
Learn specific techniques for avoiding relapse
Learn about the process of addiction and about drug effects
Family members
Decide to be part of recovery process
Recognize that addiction is a medical condition
Goals for the Honeymoon
Person in recovery
Improve physical health
Identify personal triggers and relapse justifications
Use targeted techniques to stay abstinent
Family members
Work to support recovery
Recognize and discontinue triggering interactions
Goals for the Wall
Person in recovery
Maintain stable abstinence from all drugs
Repair significant relationships
Develop a recovery support system outside the treatment center
Recognize and cope with dangerous emotions
Family members
Decide whether to recommit to the relationship
Begin finding ways to enrich own lives
Practice healthy communication skills
Goals for Readjustment
Person in recovery
Monitor components of successful recovery
Recognize relapse indicators and prepare responses
Clarify new roles in healthy relationships
Set goals for continuing a new lifestyle after the program
Family members
Accept limitations of living with a person in recovery
Develop an individual, healthy, balanced lifestyle
Monitor self for relapses to former behaviors
Be patient with the process of recovery
Key Relapse Issues for People in Recovery
Friends who use drugs
Lack of sane, sober social supports
Environmental cues associated with drug use
Severe cravings
Uncontrolled mood disorders
Extreme stress
Connection between drug and sex
Boredom
Key Relapse Issues for Family Members
Fear of the person in recovery returning to drug use (Trust issues)
Fear of being alone
Lack of individual goals and interests
Inability to release responsibility for the person in recovery
Harbored anger or resentment
Summary
There are multiple phases of recovery
It is important to identify individual relapse triggers and warning signs
Discriminitive stimuli indicating a relapse may need to be deconditioned
Both the identified patient and the significant others need to engage in recovery activities for at least the first 8-12 months
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Credits for continuing education and addiction counselor precertification training can be earned at AllCEUs.com

0:00 Introduction
0:26 Who Makes Up a Family?
1:31 What Is Addiction?
3:33 Cognitive Process
6:19 Conditioning Process
12:57 Progressive Phases of Addiction
14:01 Family Members' Response to Drug Use
19:21 Benefits of Family Involvement
25:00 Stages of Recovery
31:00 Honeymoon (Pink Cloud)
33:57 Goals for Withdrawal Person in recovery Discontinue use of drug
34:39 Goals for the Honeymoon Person in recovery Improve physical health
40:45 Key Relapse Issues for People in Recovery