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Treating Impulsive, Addictive, and Self-Destructive Behaviors - Recorded

Clients with impulsive and addictive behaviors often have trouble engaging in treatment, completing home-practice, and/or attending sessions regularly. As a result, treatment outcomes are often disappointing, and drop-out rates are high. To address these issues, Mindfulness and Modification Therapy (MMT; Wupperman, 2019) offers time- and cost-effective strategies for helping clients break free from dysregulated behavior. MMT integrates key elements from Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and other evidence-based approaches. Preliminary trials of MMT have shown decreases in alcohol use, drug use, binge eating, and verbal/physical aggression in both self-referred and court-referred clients. Case studies have shown decreases in trichotillomania, skin picking, compulsive shopping, and other dysregulated behaviors.  

MMT can be conducted as a stand-alone treatment or as a precursor to decease problem behaviors that might hinder additional therapy. In this workshop, participants will gain skills to: (1) conceptualize and address dysregulated behaviors in ways that improve engagement and decrease obstacles; (2) customize treatment for diverse clients; and (3) help clients begin moving toward lives that feel more fulfilling. Implementation will be demonstrated through case vignettes, experiential exercises, video presentations, and descriptions of procedures. Instructions for integrating strategies into existing treatments will be presented.

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Treating Impulsive, Addictive, and Self-Destructive Behaviors - Recorded

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$59.99 Peggilee Wupperman, Ph.D.

Clients with impulsive and addictive behaviors often have trouble engaging in treatment, completing home-practice, and/or attending sessions regularly. As a result, treatment outcomes are often disappointing, and drop-out rates are high. To address these issues, Mindfulness and Modification Therapy (MMT; Wupperman, 2019) offers time- and cost-effective strategies for helping clients break free from dysregulated behavior. MMT integrates key elements from Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and other evidence-based approaches. Preliminary trials of MMT have shown decreases in alcohol use, drug use, binge eating, and verbal/physical aggression in both self-referred and court-referred clients. Case studies have shown decreases in trichotillomania, skin picking, compulsive shopping, and other dysregulated behaviors.  

MMT can be conducted as a stand-alone treatment or as a precursor to decease problem behaviors that might hinder additional therapy. In this workshop, participants will gain skills to: (1) conceptualize and address dysregulated behaviors in ways that improve engagement and decrease obstacles; (2) customize treatment for diverse clients; and (3) help clients begin moving toward lives that feel more fulfilling. Implementation will be demonstrated through case vignettes, experiential exercises, video presentations, and descriptions of procedures. Instructions for integrating strategies into existing treatments will be presented.

About the Presenter

Trainer: Peggilee Wupperman, PhD, is a Psychology Professor at John Jay College and an Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale Medical School. She has authored numerous journal articles and the award-winning book, “Treating Impulsive, Addictive, and Self-Destructive Behaviors: Mindfulness and Modification Therapy.” She conducts trainings for mental-health professionals across the nation.

This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to explain an empirically supported conceptualization of impulsive/addictive behaviors.
  2. Participants will be able to describe basic strategies to address common treatment obstacles (difficulties with motivation, treatment engagement, homework completion, attendance, etc.).
  3. Participants will be able to describe methods of customizing strategies and techniques to fit diverse clients and client needs

Agenda:

 

  1. Conceptualizing Impulsive and Addictive (Dysregulated) Behaviors
    • Understand dysregulated behavior
    • Explaining conceptualization to clients
    • Customizing for diverse presentations
    • Demonstration

(25 minutes)

 

  1. Mindfulness and Modification Therapy Overview
    • Customizable modules
    • Introducing mindfulness to clients (including those who don’t like mindfulness)
    • Working with clients who are mandated or pressured to attend
    • Mindfulness exercise

(25 minutes)

 

  1. MMT Core Strategies, Part I
    • Treatment planning
    • Fostering engagement and building a strong therapeutic relationship
    • Communicating acceptance and change
    • Identifying client values
    • Helping clients understand themselves, their behavior, and treatment
    • Experiential exercise to increase effective communication.

(60 minutes)

 

  1. Mindfulness exercise and review

(10 minutes)

 

  1. MMT Core Strategies, Part II
    • Assigning and reviewing home practice effectively
    • Using shaping to increase desired behaviors and decrease dysregulated behaviors
    • Video presentation
    • Overcoming obstacles
    • Tracking and evaluating client progress
    • Experiential exercise

(50 minutes)

 

  1. Review, Summarize, and Discussion

(10 minutes)

 

Note: This class will include multiple interactive segments. Questions and comments will be welcome throughout the class. Short discussions will like occur throughout. 

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
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