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Continuing Professional Development
Relapse Prevention Workshop (12 CPD Credits)
20th & 21st May 2015
Relapse Prevention
2 Day Workshop (12 CPD Credits)
Dates:
20th & 21st May2015 (10:00am - 4:30pm)
Location:
IMI Conference Centre, Sandyford Road, Dublin 16
Cost:
€225.00 (includes tea/coffee breaks, lunch and hand-outs)
Intended Audience
Counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and mental health workers who work with people affected by
addiction.
Relapse is a deadly process and is preventable
To develop a relapse prevention plan we need to fully understand the dynamics involved. We need to know the
how and the why of how relapse occurs. It is a definable process.
Preventing relapse is at the core of addiction treatment yet there is still a very high attrition rate - why?
There are many theories as to why some people are serial relapsers while others are not. Even though many
may struggle they do achieve and maintain abstinence without the trauma and drama attached to serial
relapsers; why do some succeed while others don't? We can expend enormous amounts of time, energy and resources trying to ‘get them to conform' to our plan
for them but we ultimately fail to have any influence over their behaviour - why?
As ‘professionals’, are we attending enough to this crucial and critical area? Do we need to revisit and review
our models of relapse and prevention?
This workshop will look at these and other challenging questions from a systemic perspective. It will have
a solutions focused approach and demonstrate how Choice Theory Psychology andCBT/REBT type
interventions can be most useful.
Course Facilitator
Paul is an experienced practioner and trainer in private practice and has many years of practical knowledge
and experience of working with personal development and mental health issues. His prime area of interest and
expertise is working with addiction/dependencies and how to effect positive and lasting change.
“Change requires impulse control –
learning to put a space between the
urge and the action so we can make a
different choice.”
Terence T. Gorski
People do die from addiction
Relapse is a life or death issue. It is however
not ‘a given’ and it is possible for addicts to
turn their lives around and achieve freedom
from active addiction.
Course Overview
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Risk assessment
Needs assessment
Timelines
The biology of cravings & compulsions
Post-acute withdrawal
Triggers & warning signs
Euphoric recall
Shame & Guilt
Concurrent addictions/dependencies
Mental health issues
Developing intrinsic motivation
Family of origin issues (Family Systems)
Life-skills development
Communication skills training
Developing a relapse prevention plan
Booking Details
Course
Relapse Prevention Workshop
Dates
Cost
Book
20th & 21st May 2015
€225.00
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First Name
Last Name
Cost inclusive of workshop, tea/coffee breaks, lunch & handouts
Address
Please send booking & remittance to:
Paul Kelly,
50 Orwell Woods,
Rathgar,
Dublin 6.
Tel:
Mob:
01 496 3440
087 250 9994
Tel
Mobile
email
email: [email protected]
Special Requirements or Dietary Needs
Areas of interest for further training
Getting to IMI
Course Location: By LUAS
From the North,West and South
From the East and South East
Using the M50 going south, take exit 13
(Sandyford/Dundrum/R113), then take the
Green Route to Sandyford Industrial
Estate. Turn left onto Blackthorn Drive at
Beacon Court.
At the next T-junction, turn right onto
Sandyford Road. IMI is the next turn left,
100 yards away.
Travelling north on the N11 take the M50
at Loughlinstown.Take Exit 13 to
Sandyford Industrial Estate. Turn left onto
Blackthorn Drive at Beacon Court.
At the next T-junction, turn right onto
Sandyford Road. IMI is the next turn left,
100 yards away.
The Green Line runs from St Stephen’s
Green to Sandyford. From Balally Station
IMI is a ten-minute walk up Sandyford
Road.
Irish Management Institute Conference Centre
Sandyford Road
Dublin 16.
GPS Coordinates for the IMI campus are: 53°27’53”N, 6°23’13”W
(On-site accommodation available if required: www.imiresidence.com)
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Recommended
routes to IMI
M50
to Wexford
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LUAS
to Enniskerry