Addiction and Recovery: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going

This course examines how the field of addiction treatment and recovery has evolved since the development of 12-step recovery spaces in the 1950’s, from societal conceptualizations about addiction to how treatment and evidence-based practices have shaped what we now call clinical addiction treatment. Particular attention will be paid to how paradigms, stigma, and oppressive systems have influenced and shaped addiction and treatment trends. Participants will critically examine the successes and pitfalls of addiction treatment as it stands today, including specific models and systems of recovery and what the field calls “evidence-based practices”. Special attention will be paid to how the fields of neuroscience, epigenetics, and neuropharmacology have informed what we know today about addiction, and what it means for integrative recovery strategies moving forward.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical

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Instructor: Kat Glick, M.Ed, LPC, ACS, MAC, CSE, CIMHP Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Current Drug Trends and Emerging Drugs of Abuse

Many new drugs are making local and national headlines such as K2/Spice and Bath Salts. This interactive webinar will discuss the latest developments and information regarding synthetic cannabinoids, MDPV, Mephedrone, Kratom, Salvia and other designer drugs that have been emerging over the past few years. Webinar participants will be introduced to the physiology of these drugs and how they can possibly impact, mimic and exacerbate mental health disorders such as anxiety and depressive disorders. Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse in both youth and adults will be discussed as will the latest trends from the New Jersey Division of Addiction Services. Webinar participants will participate in interactive discussions and exercises in differential diagnosis of similar symptoms produced by these emerging drugs of abuse and other mental health disorders. Patterns of use, abilities for urine detection, and other legal aspect regarding these emerging drugs will be discussed. [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.0 General, 1.0 Prescription Opioids

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Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Ethical and Legal Issues in Substance Abuse Counseling

This interactive webinar focuses on the major elements of legal issues surrounding counselors in working with patients who have substance use disorders. In this webinar, participants will learn about the different areas of legal concern for today’s counselors working with clients who have both mental health and substance use issues. Legal areas include scope of clinical practice regarding supervision (including 2019 changes and proposed rule changes), ADC telehealth and telemedicine regulations (proposed in 2021), and NJ Uniform Enforcement Act changes (including 2021 changes). Other recent changes to include the required 3 hours of Legal Standards training include regulation/statute changes in ADC continuing education (3 hours of Legal Standards) and statutory requirements of 1 hour of opioid training (for those dually licensed professionals).

*This webinar does not meet the prescription opioid requirement for social work.
*This webinar does not qualify for NBCC clock hours in ethics for Licensed Professional Counselors.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Ethics

Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details
Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD

This two-hour webinar will provide an overview of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Exposure and Ritual Prevention (ERP) therapy as a treatment method. This presentation will give attendees a firm understanding of what OCD is, what OCD is not, and how to assess OCD. Next, we will review treatment principles, how and why ERP works, and how to deliver ERP in a therapeutic setting. The presentation will also cover why client education about OCD and the involvement of a client’s family and/or social circle are so important.

Note: A follow-up to this webinar is Advanced ERP for OCD, Friday, August 15, 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm.

Fee: $40.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.0 Clinical

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Instructor: Andrew Schmidt, PhD, LCSW-R Date: Friday, August 8, 2025 Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Harm Reduction: From Principles to Practice

This interactive webinar will discuss all aspects of harm reduction. Participants will be able to identify at least 3 principles of harm reduction work. Participants will be able to define harm reduction. Participants will also be able to differentiate between a successful harm reduction approach and less successful approaches and identify at least two reasons behind unsuccessful approaches. Participants will be introduced into the diagnostic criteria of the DSM and dimensional criteria of the ASAM 3, in the lens of determining the need of admission to treatment and continued care need from a harm reduction treatment perspective. Participants will be able to identify three different medicated assisted treatments (MAT), and discussion of medicinal marijuana being added as an MAT option. [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.0 General, 1.0 Prescription Opioids

Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Friday, May 2, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details
Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Medical and Legal Marijuana in NJ: Practice and Policy Issues

The goal of this interactive webinar is to identify the changes that have occurred in the NJ Medical Marijuana Program. The history of marijuana legalization and major events that have shaped this history are discussed. Known scientific research on the benefits of medical marijuana and the risks associated with marijuana usage are covered, as well as the continued barriers to better scientific research on this topic. Interactive exercises are incorporated in order to have participants analyze child custody issues for clients who are on the NJ medical marijuana program. Other exercises include the participants discussing how treatment is impacted by medical marijuana and participants will analyze under what conditions there would be a "duty to report" a coworker on medical marijuana.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Not Just Benzodiazepines: Alternative Treatments of Anxiety and Depression

The primary goal of this webinar is to explore non-pharmaceutical treatment of depression and anxiety. The number of people looking for non-pharmaceutical interventions is increasing in both the psychiatric and addiction fields. One need look no further than the desire to decrease benzodiazepine (BZD) use. Treatments to be discussed include herbal and amino acid substances as well as vagal nerve stimulation.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 1.0 General, 2.0 Clinical

Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details
Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Opioids: How Do They Work and How Do We Help?

Opioid use has increased dramatically in the United States and across the globe. It is an issue for entire communities, not just for those professionals working in addiction medicine. This webinar will look at how opioids affect the human nervous system as well as the human body. Specific pharmacologic interventions, especially methadone and buprenorphine, will be discussed in opioid addiction. Finally, the use of Narcan for opioid overdose will be discussed. [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Prescription Opioids

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Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Friday, May 16, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

Psychopharmacology for People with Co-Occurring Diagnoses

Former title: Basic Psychopharmacology for People with Co-Occurring Diagnoses. This webinar takes a look at best practice as it applies to prescribing (or not prescribing) psychotropic medications for a person in recovery with both a mental illness and substance abuse (MISA) diagnosis. Each medication class will be discussed in terms of benefits and side effects and, whenever possible, recommendations of one medication type over another for the dually-diagnosed consumer. Introductory material relating to the neuroanatomy and physiology of the central nervous system will also be presented and linked to why some medications should be prescribed and why others should be avoided for this problem.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 Clinical

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Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

The Dynamics of Addiction, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

It is clear that all forms of abuse are destructive. This webinar will address the interrelationships between addiction, domestic violence and child abuse and the devastating impact they have on all involved. We will explore the values of maintaining dysfunction and what it takes to interrupt the process. The increased concerns over stress in the hostile home environment will also be discussed.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: John Kriger, MSM Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

The Opioid Crisis in NJ: Current Trends and Evidence-Based Treatment Options

This interactive webinar will discuss the latest developments and trends regarding natural opiates, semi-synthetic opioids, and synthetic opioids. Participants will be able to identify national and local NJ trends with regards to prescribing practices and new legislation, opioid overdoses and trends with opioid use. Participants will be able to distinguish the difference between which drugs are considered naturally occurring opiates, which are considered semi-synthetic opioids and which are considered synthetic opioids. Participants will be introduced into the assessment of and treatment of Opioid Use Disorders via the DSM 5 criteria, the latest nationally recognized medicated assisted treatment and the non-medication assisted treatment approaches when working with clients. Participants will be able to identify three different medicated assisted treatments (MAT), and discussion of medicinal marijuana being added as an MAT option. Webinar participants will be introduced to a harm reduction treatment paradigm and will be able to identify at least 3 different harm reduction principles when working with clients. Finally, participants will engage in an interactive case that will develop throughout the webinar and have different objectives (e.g., assessing a proper level of care, and then incorporating a harm reduction treatment orientation with the client in regards to their MAT decision process). [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 2.0 General, 1.0 Prescription Opioids

Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details
Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Monday, June 16, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details

The Win Win: Addressing Tobacco Use for People with Behavioral Health Conditions

Tobacco use remains a leading cause of preventable death, disproportionately impacting individuals with behavioral health conditions. This interactive, solutions-focused session will explore the intersection of commercial tobacco use and behavioral health, equipping participants with the knowledge and tools to drive meaningful change.

Through engaging discussions and practical strategies, participants will critically analyze the social norms and systemic factors that sustain tobacco-related health disparities. The session will provide a comprehensive overview of FDA-approved medications for tobacco use treatment, including nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), varenicline, and bupropion, along with best practices for their effective use.

Additionally, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the stages of change in tobacco use treatment and how to implement stage-specific interventions to support individuals throughout their quit journey. By integrating these evidence-based approaches, behavioral health professionals can enhance health outcomes and improve the well-being of the communities they serve creating a true win-win scenario.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.0 General

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Instructor: David Davis, LMSW Date: Monday, August 4, 2025 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Live Interactive Online Webinar More Details