Sarah Allen Benton – High-Functioning Alcoholics and Substance Users

However, addiction is never functional. People are addicted to drugs and alcohol. “functioning” A substance abuse disorder is a condition that prevents you from committing obvious tragedies.

Sarah Allen Benton – High-Functioning Alcoholics and Substance Users

What is addiction? Someone unkempt, unclean, and They are down on their luck Disheveled and Are you an unwashed person who is slouching on the sidewalk holding a beer in your hand? Chances are you didn’t envision a sharply dressed lawyer in the courtroom.

The reality is that many people struggling with substance use don’t fit the stereotypes. They keep their personal lives in order. and Your professional life. Teachers, lawyers, doctors. These hidden treasures are often not visible. “functional addicts” Respected by friends and colleagues, reliable at work and Sometimes, this is the perfect picture of success.

However, addiction is not always functional. People are in fact more than that. “functioning” They have managed to avoid tragedy by not having a substance abuse disorder. They’re still someone in active addiction – just one who’s waiting for the bottom to drop out.

They are in dire need of treatment. But they should be treated with high-quality care.-functioning clients isn’t easy. Intense denial It is a significant barrier to treatment. Avoidance Shame This keeps clients away from their addiction and Their fuels defensiveness. Anxiety, depression, and Trauma and co-occur often-exist as volatile partners Untreated addiction can lead to relapse. It is difficult to plan treatment when all these factors are considered. and complex.

Buy Today and Find out how to help them “hidden in plain sight” Clients must confront their addiction and break free of denial and End their silent suffering

The Key Benefits of This Recording

• How to get past the denial surrounding high cholesterol-Users of functioning substances
• Dual Diagnosis Assessment Strategies that will keep you from missing important co-occurring disorders
• Addiction treatment/behavioral programs that integrate treatment and behavior and Related mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety and trauma
• CBT-Cognitive distortions can be modified by cognitive-based interventions and Challenge irrational beliefs in one-On-One therapy
• Shame resiliency techniques can stop shame from preventing addiction treatment
• Motivational and Stage of Change – Help clients commit to their recovery
• How to incorporate 12-Step and clinical models for dual diagnosis clients

1. Learn more about the DSM-IV TR® and DSM-5® diagnostic criteria relates to high-Functioning alcohol users and Other substances
2. Take a look at the unique features and Treatment challenges when working with high-risk patients-The clinical approach with this group is informed by the functioning of alcoholics.
3. Create a treatment plan to work with high-risk employees-Based on the stages model of overcoming addiction, functioning drug addicts.
4. Examine the evidence-Dual diagnosis patients can benefit from integrated treatment methods that are based on the client’s condition.
5. Consider the benefits and Limitations of 12-step programs on dual diagnosis treatment and Employ strategies that allow for seamless integration with client care.
6. Talk about how shame can affect therapy for substance use disorders and Analyze the role of compassion and Forgiveness is an important part of the addiction treatment process.

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Niveau of functioning and Populations at Risk

• How stereotypes disguise functioning alcoholics and Do you use drugs?
• The profile of the high-functioning person in active addiction
• Diagnostic challenges and High-level employees-functioning young adults
• Early recovery patterns: Low functioning vs. High functioning

Stop the Cycle of Shame and Addiction in High-Functioning Alcohol and Drug Users

• Recovery is possible by using the myth of shame
• Recent research on shame and Addiction
• Show compassion-Communication techniques that are based on:
  • Let shame be a light
  • Reduce defensiveness
• Self-respect-In addiction treatment, compassion is key
• Pride in recovery

Dual Diagnosis
Integrated Strategies for Co-Common Disorders

• Co-operation’s impact-Treatment outcomes for addiction disorders
• DSM-5® and High-risk diagnosis-Alcoholism can be a functioning disorder and Addiction
• Approaches to initial screening
• Assessment tools for identifying
  • High functioning alcoholics and Substance users
  • The presence of co-occurring disorders
  • Are you open to change?
  • Support for recovery: Strengths
• Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome vs. Mental Health Symptoms

Clients moved to Post-Traumatic Growth with Interventions Informed By Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, (CBT)

• Shattered Vase Exercise — Plant the seeds for possibility
• Creating narratives
• Let us know if you have any questions.
• Positive remembering and repositioning
• Reframe the meaning

A range of clinical tools for functional people who are suffering from an alcohol or drug problem

• When crisis intervention is needed and How
• How do I establish rapport and Trust
• Collaborative goal setting
• A behavioral plan
• Dual Diagnosis clients will benefit from targeted treatment strategies
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Identify and Challenge cognitive distortions regarding substance use
  • Use positive reframes
• Motivational Interviewing
  • Strategies for treatment based on willingness to change
  • Motivational tools to keep clients in treatment
  • Harm reduction: Meeting clients where they are
• Narrative Therapy and case example
  • Change stories from personal experiences and Forming non-Addiction identities
• Non-Traditional addiction treatment
• Motivating change by using the family system’s leverage
• Family agreements and Contracts

Where 12-Step programs can fail and how to make them work.

• 12-Step programs – benefits and Limitations for high functioning clients
• Program models and Language
• Supporting dual diagnosis treatment
• Effective strategies for integrating 12-Step models to treatment

Research and Research Limitations and Possible Treatment Risks

• Research and Limitations of research
• Private pay care can keep the high costs of private health care at bay-The radar does not detect a functioning population
• When clients don’t identify as being alcoholic

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