Training Portfolio

Co-Occurring Disorders Series provides a high-level mastery of integrated care for clients facing concurrent mental health and substance use challenges. This training emphasizes etiology, prevalence, and multicultural considerations to help clinicians overcome barriers like stigma and complex presentation. (9 CEs)

Introduction to Enhanced Illness Management and Recovery (E-IMR) serves as a foundational gateway for practitioners and directors to evaluate the E-IMR model. It offers a broad understanding of how this integrated toolkit fits into an organization’s unique clinical framework. (3 CEs)

Foundations in E-IMR is a deep-dive into the proven skills and recovery-oriented principles developed by CPT. This course equips entire teams with a unified, person-centered language and serves as the next step toward formal E-IMR Certification. (20 CEs)

Intersection of Trauma and SUD explores the critical overlap between traumatic life events and substance use within the context of identity, power, and oppression. Participants learn to navigate various stages of recovery using common treatments and coping strategies. (9 CEs)

Wellness as a Radical Act focuses on the clinician, offering a community space to recognize and heal from Secondary Traumatic Stress. It defines the impact of witnessing suffering and provides tools to maintain professional empathy without personal depletion. (3 CEs)

Cultivating Resilient Roots utilizes interactive workshops and coaching to help practitioners envision and articulate a path through burnout and compassion fatigue. Participants develop individual and team-oriented plans to reconnect with purpose and wellness. (9 CEs)

A Trauma Responsive Alliance highlights the relationship as the primary predictor of treatment outcomes. This session teaches practitioners how to build trauma-informed awareness to facilitate stronger, more hopeful bonds with those they serve. (3 CEs)

Meeting People Where They’re At translates harm reduction theory into real-world action. Grounded in compassion, it focuses on building trust and enhancing engagement whether or not a client’s goal is total abstinence. (2 CEs)

Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) provides an evidence-based overview of medications for opioid and alcohol use disorders. It addresses mechanism, clinical indications, and the role of patient autonomy within a recovery framework. (2 CEs)

Parenting Under the Influence examines the complexities of supporting parents using substances without moralizing the situation. It offers attachment-informed tools to navigate child safety, risk, and resilience through a harm reduction lens. (2 CEs)

The Opioid Epidemic demystifies the crisis by looking at its structural roots and current clinical realities. Clinicians gain practical tools to address opioid use while staying informed on recent national trends. (2 CEs)

Harm Reduction Innovations explores cutting-edge, community-driven care models like safe supply and tech-enabled outreach. This session is designed for professionals looking to stay at the forefront of evolving substance use care. (2 CEs)

Enhancing the Alliance moves beyond theory to provide a concrete framework for building stage-matched, culturally responsive relationships. It emphasizes cultural humility and relational presence to improve client retention and motivation. (5 CEs)

Bridging the Gap teaches clinicians how to navigate and repair the inevitable “messy” parts of client work known as relational ruptures. Training includes identifying signs of breakdown and practicing repair skills like process comments and wise affect. (3 CEs)

Meaningful Measurement-Based Care introduces evidence-based tools to track mental health “vital signs.” By systematically collecting and sharing progress data, clinicians can make better collaborative decisions with their clients. (3 CEs)

The Art of Asking shifts the focus from providing answers to asking transformative, person-centered questions. This interactive workshop empowers clients to find their own solutions, fostering internal motivation and autonomy. (2 CEs)

Foundations in MI Series introduces the “mind and heart-set” of MI—partnership, acceptance, and compassion. Through applied workshops and coaching circles, participants learn to communicate effectively with clients who may be reluctant to engage. (14 CEs)

MI Coaching Circles offer intensive, small-group practice sessions focused on specific skills like OARS, change talk, and dancing with discord. These sessions are facilitated by MINT members for real-life application. (1.5 CEs per circle)

MI in Brief Encounters is designed for high-paced environments where time is limited. It teaches clinicians how to use deep listening and OARS skills to calm situations and build trust quickly. (3 CEs)

Foundations of Stage-Matched Care is a beginner-level look at “meeting clients where they are.” It explores the Stages of Recovery and the importance of respecting each individual’s unique psychological process of change. (1 CE)

Advancing Engagement uses scenario-based learning to integrate the Stages of Recovery and Change. This intermediate workshop helps clinicians identify a client’s specific stage to adapt interventions and reduce resistance. (3 CEs)

Recovery Orientation as a Foundation challenges traditional symptom-focused goals. It helps practitioners shift toward “personal recovery,” which centers treatment on the client’s vision of a fulfilling life. (1 CE)