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An Introduction to RecoveryMind Training

RecoveryMind Training is a way of understanding addiction that is steeped in science and at the same time respectful of the human condition. Addiction is a brain disease that produces wholesale changes in drives, intent, self-control, learning memory and even one’s world view. RecoveryMind Training combines the latest brain science with effective psychotherapy techniques and twelve-step philosophy. This information is collected into a cohesive treatment system with clear, measurable and realizable goals.

This workshop will describe the major ways that addiction subverts normal human feelings, thoughts and behaviors to its own ends. The didactic portion of the workshop will describe the specific brain centers involved in hijacking the brain, mapping each to the characteristic symptoms that physicians, psychologists and therapists see every day.

Didactic presentations will be interspersed with live experiential demonstrations that depict how this knowledge naturally translates into interventions that, taken as a whole, create a unique treatment model for wholesale recovery. Portions of the workshop will provide an overview of this comprehensive, patient-centered treatment model that can be used at every level of care, from residential programs, to intensive outpatient treatment, down the line to the individual therapist’s office.

Prerequisite: (reading for the course):
Book, RecoveryMind Training: A Neuroscientific Approach to Treating Addiction.

This program is for 5.25CE
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
 

Presenter


Paul H. Earley, MD, DFASAM, President, ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine), President, FSPHP (Federation of State Physician Health Programs)


 

 

 


Dr. Earley has been an Addiction Medicine Physician for 30 years. He treats all types of addictive disorders and specializes in the assessment and treatment of health care professionals. As a therapist, he works with patients already in recovery, providing long term therapy for those who suffer from this disease. His professional expertise extends to advocacy for professionals before agencies and licensing boards.

Dr. Earley is a dynamic speaker and educator; he speaks and trains on topics of addiction, its treatment and addiction among health care professionals. In addition, he trains therapists about the neurobiological basis of psychotherapy. In his travels, he has provided training in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy and Switzerland.

He is the author of three books and numerous articles on addiction and its treatment. He is a contributing author to the American Society of Addiction Medicine(ASAM) Textbook: Principles of Addiction Medicine, as author of the chapter: Physician Health Programs and Addiction among Physicians. He is a contributing author to the ASAM Criteria. His most recent book Recovery Mind Training is published by Central Recovery Press.

His work was featured in the documentary series on addiction entitled Close to Home by Bill Moyers. Dr. Earley is a Fellow of ASAM and has been on the board of ASAM for over 14 years in several capacities and is currently a director-at-large. He has been the Medical Director of two nationally acclaimed addiction programs specializing in the care of addicted health care professionals. Currently, Dr. Earley is the Medical Director of the Georgia Professionals Health Program, Inc., the Physicians Health Program (PHP) for the state of Georgia in the U.S. With Earley Consultancy, LLC, he works with numerous treatment facilities, providing training in cohesive care, treatment effectiveness and staff development.

Dr. Earley is the recipient of the ASAM Annual Award in 2015. ASAM states the award is presented “For outstanding contributions to the growth and vitality of our Society, for thoughtful leadership in the field, and for deep understanding of the art and science of Addiction Medicine” and “For expanding the frontiers of the field of Addiction Medicine and broadening our understanding of the addictive process, through research and innovation.”

 

Target Audience:

Psychologists, Psychoanalysts, Psychiatrists (←only partial credit for MDs via APA), Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors, Substance Abuse Counselors, Nurses - All Levels

 

Course Objectives:

- Use clarifying language for work with patients or clients who need addiction care.
- List and describe the five basic ways that complex brain circuitry is altered in service of the addiction.
- Design ways to help patients distinguish between healthy self-goals and destructive addiction-driven goals.
- Use several RecoveryMind Training-specific recovery worksheets with patients or clients.
- Apply work in any of the six Domains of RMT to specific patients or clients in daily practice.

 

Agenda

12/06/2019
8:30am - 8:45am Review of Day's Agenda
8:45am - 9:30am Overview of the Components and Language of RecoveryMind Training
9:30am - 10:30am Experiential Exercise: How AddictBrain Controls the Organism
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 12:15pm The Neural Circuits of AddictBrain: Addition Neurobiology using the Lens of RecoverMind Training
12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm - 2:45pm Skills Group Demonstration
2:45pm - 3:00pm Audience discussion and Questions & Answers