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BT16 Short Course 10 - Utilization Sobriety: Incorporating the Essence of Mind-Body Communication for Brief Individualized Substance Abuse Treatment - Bart Walsh, MSW
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Length: 1:30:02
Description:
This presentation poses a substance abuse treatment which acknowledges and accommodates the personal needs being addressed by substance use, bypasses perceived resistance and employs idiosyncratic psycho-biological learning to achieve a body-mind gestalt complementary to the client’s sobriety. Client self empowerment and relapse prevention are built into the intervention This method develops a safe framework for addressing any subsequent mental health themes directly or indirectly related to substance misuse. Ideomotor questioning is employed as a practical conduit to body-mind communication and function. Because this is a relatively new strategy, fundamental information applicable to all levels of professional experience will be provided.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe the utilization principle as applied to psycho-biological learning.
- Demonstrate one brief approach to substance abuse treatment.
- Describe one application of ideomotor questioning.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Bart Walsh, MSW
Bart Walsh, MSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. He has practiced in the Portland area since 1987, maintaining the highest professional ethical standards. He directs Affinity Counseling and Hypnosis as well as The Milton H. Erickson Institute of Portland. Bart's orientation to counseling, psychotherapy and hypnotherapy is essentially a strengths perspective with a solution focus. The strengths perspective acknowledges all the strengths, resources and instinctual imperatives within an individual that have helped the individual get to the present moment. The strengths perspective helps scan for the resources needed to resolve or modify the concern that is brought to treatment.
