Title: Opiate Addiction and Chronic Pain: Overview of Counseling Approaches

Presenters: John P. Duggan, EdD and Geraldine Miller, PhD

Description: Chronic pain affects every aspect of a client's life but when medications used to manage pain take over, a client's life can spiral out of control. In this session, Dr. Geri Miller discusses ways to understand chronic pain and how it may affect their clients, and ways to help clients manage their chronic pain and work their way out of addiction.

Title: Opiate Addiction and Pain Management: Overview of Counseling Approaches

Presenters: Geraldine A. Miller, PhD; Ben Asma, MA; and Jaime Dean, MA

Description: This proposal is based on the theory, research, and practice of addiction and pain management as they are applied in counseling populations in various settings. This session will focus on the specific theory and techniques of addiction and pain management as they relate to the current opiate epidemic in America. The session will also provide the audience with opportunities to apply this knowledge to their clinical population and setting through a question-and-answer period.

Title: Substance Abuse/Disruptive Impulse Control/Conduct Disorder

Presenter: Shannon Karl, PhD

Description: In this webinar, Shannon Karl, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC, CCMHC, discusses the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and its diagnostic criteria for substance-related and addicted disorders, impulse control, and conduct disorders. A specific focus is the implications for those in clinical practice. Participants will gain a better understanding of the diagnostic process and how to specify coding for these disorders. Dr. Karl is an associate professor with the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University in Florida and a co-author of the American Counseling Association bestseller DSM-5 Learning Companion for Counselors. This is the second webinar in a series of seven about the DSM-5.

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Title: Treatment Strategies for Substance and Process Addictions