Denver Tuition: $150.00

Early registration discount: $140.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructors: Doris Kruse, CAC III, NCAC II

This workshop will explore clinical issues treating Native Americans with substance abuse problems. The class focuses on treatment techniques that work while emphasis is placed on Colorado tribes. Students will learn about ceremonies and the Red Road Approach with experiential practice. All participants must participate in herbal cleansing and the talking circle to get credit for this class.

Denver Tuition: $155.00

Early registration discount: $145.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructors: Jean Armour, LPC, BSN, CACIII

This class focuses on the bodies needs for specific nutrients, problem areas that may develop as a result of nutritional deficiencies, and the importance of feeding the body what it needs in order to thrive. How the body uses nutrients will be discussed, how the cells select from the available nutrients the ones they need to perform their role in maintaining health, and the cascade effect of disease processes as the body deals with deficiencies. This class lays a framework for teaching clients about self care as they leave the treatment setting.

Denver Tuition: $160.00

Early registration discount: $150.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class*

Instructors: Jean Armour, LPC, BSN, CAC III

This course covers basic Anatomy & Physiology of the human body as a basic for understanding addictive substance use. How drugs/chemicals effect the body and how the body responds to them will be included. Sedative Hypnotic drugs, including alcohol, barbiturates, sleepers, benzodiazpines, and date rape drugs, will be discussed in addition to the narcotic and inhalant groups.

Denver Tuition: $160.00

Early registration discount: $150.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class*

Instructor: Jean Armour, LPC, BSN, CAC III

Denver Tuition: $150.00

Early registration discount: $140.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class*

Instructors:

Pamela Semmler, LPC, MA, CAC III

Denver Tuition: $180.00

Early registration discount: $170.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class*

Instructors:

Michael Connelly, MA, LAC
Jessica Dunks, LPC, CAC III

Denver Tuition: $90.00

Early registration discount: $80.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructors:

Laurence Freedom, M. Ed., CAC III

Denver Tuition: $150.00

Early registration discount: $140.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructors: David Rioux, PH.D., CACIII

Tuition: $150.00

Early registration discount: $140.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructor:

Evelyn Leslie, M.A., RPT, CACIII

This class is an introduction to using Sand Play Therapy, and other Jungian ideas, as a clinical approach for the assessment and treatment of addiction clients and their family members. The influence of Carl G. Jung on the creation of AA and addiction counseling will be discussed in this class.

Tuition: $100.00

Early registration discount: $90.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructor:

Doris Kruse, CAC III, NCAC II

The SASSI is a brief psychological measure designed to detect substance use/abuse and dependence in individuals regardless of their attempts to minimize or deny such use. Participants will learn to properly administer, score, profile, and clinically apply the results of the SASSI. With 93% accuracy, the SASSI is appropriate for assessment of both adults and adolescents.

Tuition: $155.00

Early registration discount: $145.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class*

Instructor:

Michael Connelly, MA, LAC

This course will address resistance in treatment and how the client, counselor, agency, and social and cultural factors can all contribute to it. Utilizing case studies, students will analyze resistance and identify appropriate interventions.

Tuition: $150.00

Early registration discount: $140.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class*

Instructor:

Miranda Moyer, LPC, MAC, CACIII

Participating in Smoking cessation while in treatment has been associated with a 25% greater likelihood of long-term abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. This course is intended to reinforce that nicotine is a drug, to educate about the health-related effects of nicotine use for the general population as well as substance users, to understand the reasons why clients smoke. to learn skills for tobacco cessation treatment and to be able to access tobacco cessation resources.

Tuition: $155.00

Early registration discount: $145.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructor: Jean Armour, LPC, BSN, CAC III

This class provides insight into the development and storage of trauma effects in the body.  Failure to address the biological component of trauma reduces effectiveness in client care and has a continuing influence in the inability of clients to retain treatment gains.  Trauma is often addressed as a cognitive and/or emotional event; overlooking the knowledge that trauma is primarily stored as a physiological event.  The class will focus on the body’s protective mechanisms, how they are disrupted, and the need for assisting clients in the healing process.

Tuition: $90.00

Early registration discount: $80.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class*

Instructor:

Bethany Barta, LPC, CAC III

With 30-60% of clients in substance abuse treatment programs meeting criteria for post traumatic stress disorder, it is imperative that counselors are informed of its devastating effects. This course will increase knowledge regarding the link between trauma and behavioral addictions. It will define and review trauma related diagnoses, identify signs and symptoms of trauma, and discuss the psychobiology of trauma. Upon completion, the participant will be able to include screening for trauma in their assessment and evaluation. Finally, the class will aid the practitioner in developing a sense of when to make an appropriate referral for specialized treatment and how to recognize when a history of trauma may be impeding therapeutic progress.

Tuition: $90.00

Early registration discount: 80.00*

*Must be received 10 days prior to class

Instructor:

Sharon Huntoon, MS, MAC, CAC III, LPC

What is the empowerment model? In this class you will learn how to apply the empowerment model in the clinical setting. The basis of this approach is understanding how to facilitate independent decision making which supports the healing process. Essential to the process is awareness of the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder how that's tied to the empowerment model. Finally, you will learn the practical application of creating boundaries and developing safety plans.