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The Protective Wall of Human Community: The New Evidence on Twelve-Step Facilitation Treatment and its Mechanisms

John F. Kelly, PhD., ABPP
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Description

This course equips clinicians with the knowledge and skills to connect patients to community-based recovery supports that improve the chances of initiating and sustaining remission from alcohol and drug use disorders. Participants will examine the scientific evidence for Twelve-Step Facilitation treatments and gain practical strategies for implementing evidence-based TSF interventions in clinical practice.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

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

  • Deliver at least one type of evidence based Twelve-Step Facilitation intervention.

  • Outline the major evidence-based mechanisms of behavior change through Twelve-Step Facilitation treatments and AA are shown to confer relapse prevention benefits.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to sensitize, equip, and empower clinicians to take evidence-based action to ensure patients have the best chance of initiating and sustaining remission from alcohol/drug use disorders through clinical linkage to ubiquitous, indigenous, communities of post-treatment recovery support, such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

Target Audience

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

Presenters

John F. Kelly, PhD., ABPP
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 National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery at MGH. He also serves as the Chief of the Division of Addiction Treatment and Prevention across the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Academic Medical Centers (AMC) Department of Psychiatry (AMC Psychiatry).

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 300 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

  • High Watch Recovery Center