FREE 1.5hr Harm Reduction and Motivational Interviewing Webinar
Join me in our upcoming FREE, Live Harm Reduction and Motivational Interviewing!
Speaker: Kristin Dempsey, EDD, LMFT, LPCC
Host: Hillary Bolter
Join us on February 2nd, 2024 from 12:00 - 1:30pm ET. 1.5 hour of Continuing Education for attendance of live webinar is NBCC approved provider ACEP# 7223. If you cannot attend live, sign up for recording access!
“Harm reduction” appears everywhere, from project proposals to newspaper headlines. Although harm reduction (HR) seems to be everywhere all at once, the philosophy and practice of harm reduction is not always clearly understood. Additionally, practitioners have often not received any significant training in HR and are unsure on how to work with this approach when working with help seekers. In this webinar, we will discuss some of the basic tenets of harm reduction. We will also have an opportunity to practice using some exercises designed to explore an individual’s relationship to substances and/or behaviors and discuss how the harm reduction approach can lead to meaningful and productive conversations that promote change.
Who Can Attend?
Any helping professional interested in learning more about the utilization of Harm Reduction and Motivational Interviewing
What you will learn in this course:
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Define the term “harm reduction” and identify at least three practitioner and/or client activities that can be considered a type of harm reduction
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Distinguish between the clinical practice of harm reduction and the Harm Reduction social justice movement
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Use at least two harm reduction exercises to explore acceptance, self-compassion, and empowerment.
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Explore one’s relationship to a substance or behavior and create a sample goal or next step for change and growth.
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Receive a certificate for 1.5 hour of CE for this FREE workshop! MI Center for Change is an NBCC Approved Provider ACEP #7223. And don’t worry, if you miss the live workshop, we will send you access to the recording!
Speaker Bio:
Kristin Dempsey, EDD, LMFT, LPCC
Kristin is a psychotherapist, counselor educator, and trainer in evidence-based psychotherapy practices. Kristin is a practicing licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed clinical counselor. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings: schools, community-based organization, county mental health, training agencies, and universities and professional schools. Kristin has been training clinicians and students in motivational interviewing since 2008, and Kristin has been practicing motivational interviewing since 2001. In addition to training in motivational interviewing, Kristin trains and provides consultation for clinicians in dialectical behavior therapy, trauma informed care, cognitive behavioral therapy, co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, clinician self-care, and suicide prevention and intervention. Kristin is lecturing faculty at San Francisco State University where she teaches addictions counseling, and she is an associate professor at the Wright Institute’s Counseling Psychology program where she teaches counseling skills, developmental psychology, research-based practice, group counseling, and addiction treatment. Kristin has assisted counseling agencies with self-assessment and programmatic change, and her EdD in Organizational Change and Leadership has assisted her in providing systems-level consultation. She is the author of The Harm Reduction Workbook for Addiction published by New Harbinger Press in 2024. She sees clients in San Francisco and Burlingame, CA offices.
More details: https://www.micenterforchange.com/Harm-and-reduction-and-mi
