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The Protective Wall of Community: New Evidence on Twelve-Step Facilitation Treatment

John F. Kelly, Ph.D., A.B.P.P
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Description

This course equips and empowers clinicians with evidence-based strategies to ensure patients have the best chance of initiating and sustaining remission from alcohol/drug use disorders. Additionally, this course reviews the indigenous origins of and evidence-base for community-based post-treatment recovery support that are already ubiquitous, such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

Educational Goal

To empower clinicians to integrate evidence-based Twelve-Step Facilitation interventions and foster sustained recovery through community-based support networks.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe the scientific evidence for Twelve-Step Facilitation treatments to address alcohol/drug use disorders

  • Apply at least one evidence-based Twelve-Step Facilitation intervention in clinical practice

  • Outline the major evidence-based mechanisms of behavior change through Twelve-Step Facilitation treatments and AA that support relapse prevention

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

John F. Kelly, Ph.D., A.B.P.P
Dr. Kelly is the Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School – the first endowed professor in addiction medicine at Harvard. He is also the Founder and Director of the Recovery Research Institute at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Associate Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine (CAM) at MGH. Dr. Kelly is a former President of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Society of Addiction Psychology, a founding member and inaugural President of the American Board of Addiction Psychology, a Fellow of the APA, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has served as a consultant to U.S. federal agencies and non-federal institutions, as well as foreign governments, the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Dr. Kelly has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, chapters, and books in the field of addiction medicine, and was an author on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health. He has won numerous state, national, and international lifetime achievements and distinguished scientist awards for his work. His clinical and research endeavors have focused on addiction treatment and the recovery process, mechanisms of behavior change, and reducing stigma and discrimination among individuals suffering from addiction.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Cumberland Heights Foundation