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Centering Dignity: The Transformational Power of Harm Reduction Therapy
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Centering Dignity: The Transformational Power of Harm Reduction Therapy
1.0 CE Hours
Intermediate
$0 - $1,200
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Identify the limitations of traditional abstinence-only addiction treatment and explain how it can negatively impact the dignity and treatment outcomes of individuals who use substances.
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Describe the core principles of Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) and its nine therapeutic tasks.
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Demonstrate six IHRP engagement skills.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge about harm reduction and Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP).
Description
Traditional addiction treatment has typically required a commitment to abstinence as a condition for care with abstinence viewed as the primary measure of success. This abstinence-only model risks denying the dignity of people who struggle with substances and is largely responsible for the field’s failure to help many individuals struggling with substance use.
But what happens when therapy begins with respect, radical acceptance, and empathy instead of rigid conditions? This presentation introduces Andrew Tatarsky’s Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP), a therapeutic approach that centers the client’s dignity and demonstrates how this shift can radically improve treatment for this underserved population.
Participants will be introduced to the core principles of harm reduction as a therapeutic framework that honors individual dignity and fosters safety, trust and healing. Attendees will learn the nine therapeutic tasks of IHRP and practical tools for applying a client-centered approach to engagement, assessment, emotional regulation, working with ambivalence and supporting positive behavior change.
Target Audience
- Addiction Professional
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Nurse
- Physician
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
Presenters
Dr. Andrew Tatarsky has worked with people who struggle with drugs and their families for over 40 years. Andrew developed Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) for treating the spectrum of risky and addictive behavior.
Dr. Tatarsky holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the City University of New York and is a graduate of New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He has a private practice in New York City offering individual, family and couple’s therapy, professional training and organizational consultation.
Dr. Tararsky is a Senior Advisor at Silver Hill New York where he supervises, consults and trains on harm reduction-informed treatment. He was the Founder and Director of the Center for Optimal Living in NYC, a treatment and professional training center based on IHRP. Andrew has trained individuals and organizations in 20 countries. His writing, teaching, clinical work and leadership aim to promote a re-humanized view of people who struggle with problematic substance use and a harm reduction continuum of care that will extend help to everyone who needs and wants it whereever they are ready to begin their positive change journeys.
Financially Sponsored By
- Ellenhorn