Supporting the Benzo Affected Individual (BZAI): Module 3
Information
Date & Time
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Identify 3 assets and 3 liabilities to sharing your story
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List 3 Boundary Don’ts and 3 Boundary Do’s for clinicians.
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Explain the increased risk of compassion fatigue working with BZAI.
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Provide 2 steps for caregivers to avoid compassion fatigue.
Description
People experiencing BIND have a unique set of challenging life effects that make it often difficult to provide continuous support. This training affirms those challenges and provides clear boundary management suggestions and tools that enforce the importance of personal self-care for peers or caregivers.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Ginger Ross, and author of Choices Recovery Trainings, has been involved with the Peer Recovery movement since 2015. A person in long-term recovery, and a survivor of a narcissistic abusive relationship and the family court system, she entered the field as an advocate to reduce the stigma and biases felt by those who struggled. After completing her BA in Psychology (2017), she founded Choices Recovery Training and has grown it into the nationally recognized and reputable training service it is today. Choices Recovery Trainings provides current, practical, relatable content for real-world application.
D.E. Foster is the founder of the support site Easing Anxiety, host of The Benzo Free Podcast, and Co-Chair of the Benzodiazepine Action Work Group at the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. He is also an active member of multiple research teams and a global advocate for benzodiazepine awareness, education, and support. In 2002, D was prescribed clonazepam (Klonopin) by his primary care physician, and he took the medication for 12 years without warning. His withdrawal experience was extreme and became the foundation for his book Benzo Free: The World of Anti-Anxiety Drugs and the reality of Withdrawal.