Los Angeles County Psychological Association

   2021 Lunch & Learn CE Series

Supporting Clients Through Addiction within their Family

Intermediate Level

1.5 Free LIVE CE Credits For LACPA Members via Zoom

 Presented by: Jacqueline Nolan, Psy.D. and Sirisat Khalsa, M.D.

Attendees will receive information about how to support clients who have family members who are struggling with addiction.  Topics include: addressing what addiction is and demystifying why it occurs, setting appropriate boundaries, and how to encourage your client to care for themselves despite their family member’s ongoing struggles.

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Jacqueline Nolan, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and co-founder of Clarity Medical Group, an outpatient, telehealth private practice focused on treating addiction.  Dr. Nolan incorporates object relations, EMDR, motivational interviewing, and family systems to customize treatment to the needs of the client, including clients who prefer a harm reduction or non-12 step approach.

 Sirisat Khalsa, M.D., is a board-certified addictionologist and co-founded of Clarity Medical Group, an outpatient, telehealth private practice focused on treating addiction.  Dr. Khalsa practices integrative care, including Medication-Assisted Treatment (including Suboxone, Naltrexone, and detox assistance), nutritional/hormonal imbalances, and traditional physical wellness.

Attendees will be able to:

1. Identify what addiction is and provide clients with strategies to support change for their family member who is struggling.
2. Provide specific feedback regarding boundary setting and addressing unhealthy family dynamics that enable addiction within family systems
   
   Outline:

1. Introduction by LACPA Representative- 3 minutes

2. What is Addiction/ What Addiction is NOT- 10 minutes

3. What Leads to Change

- Stages of Change Model/Impediments to Change- 10 minutes

- How to Deal with Family Members who Have Varying Openness to Change- 5 minutes

4. Treating the Whole Family From a Medical Perspective

- Importance of WHOLE family getting treatment if needed- 10 minutes

- What Medical Options Exist in Current Treatment- 10 minutes

5. Boundary Setting

- What Are Boundaries/Examples- 10 minutes

- Boundary Setting by Role within the Family System- 5 minutes

- Mistakes Made in Boundary Setting- 5 minutes

- How to Support your Client Even if They/Other Family Members are Doing this Wrong- 5 minutes

6. Countertransference Given Your Own Experience with Addiction- 5 minutes

7. Time for Q&A- 15 minutes

 Please note that the Lunch & Learns are being offered as a LACPA Membership Benefit.  

Virtual attendance is limited to 100 LACPA members. Should you have a friend or colleague who would like to attend, please have them join LACPA before they send in this registration form. Programs are subject to change. 

The Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. LACPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

This course may be taken to satisfy the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) continuing education requirements.

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Those who attend the workshop in its entirety, sign in and out through the Zoom Chat, and complete the evaluation, will receive 1.5 CE credits. CE Certificates will be emailed within two weeks of the program

Please note; that LACPA Student, Post-Doc/Pre-Licensed, and Disabled members are not granted CE Credits.

APA CE rules require that we only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop.

Those who arrive 15 minutes past the start time or leave before the workshop is complete will not receive CE credits.