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Empowering Recovery: Integrating Person-Centered Care in Therapy

CE Hours 1

About this course

This presentation focuses on the integration of harm reduction principles into therapy to better support clients facing substance use challenges. Participants will explore the foundational principles of harm reduction, its alignment with therapeutic practice, and how to effectively apply these strategies in their work with clients. The presentation emphasizes meeting clients where they are, fostering trust, and empowering them to make meaningful changes in their lives. Attendees will learn practical techniques, evidence-based strategies, and ways to navigate the challenges often associated with harm reduction in clinical practice. This workshop is designed to provide therapists with tools to create a nonjudgmental, collaborative, and impactful therapeutic environment which respects each client's unique journey.

Learning Objectives

  • Define harm reduction and its role in mental health and substance use treatment.
  • Identify key elements of harm reduction strategies applicable to therapy.
  • Explain how harm reduction fosters trust and engagement with clients.
  • Discuss how harm reduction reduces stigma and supports client autonomy.
  • Apply techniques for integrating harm reduction into therapy sessions.
  • Address common challenges and barriers to harm reduction in therapy.

Learning Levels

  • All levels

Course Instructor(s)

  • Michelle Charbonnier, PLPC, CRADC, CGDC, RYT-200

    Michelle Charbonnier is a licensed therapist, speaker, and Executive Director of the Missouri Network for Opiate Reform and Recovery. With over nine years of experience in mental health and harm reduction, Michelle has dedicated her career to supporting individuals impacted by substance use and advocating for compassionate, evidence-based approaches to care.

    Her work focuses on integrating harm reduction principles into therapeutic practice, emphasizing the importance of meeting clients where they are, reducing stigma, and fostering trust. Michelle’s approach prioritizes client autonomy and collaboration, empowering individuals to define their unique paths to healing and recovery.

    Through her leadership and clinical expertise, Michelle has become a trusted resource for therapists and organizations looking to implement harm reduction strategies in their practice.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

  • Park, S. E., Mosley, J. E., Grogan, C. M., Pollack, H. A., Humphreys, K., D'Aunno, T., & Friedmann, P. D. (2020). Patient-centered care's relationship with substance use disorder treatment utilization. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 118, 108125.
  • Andraka-Christou, B., Atkins, D. N., Shields, M. C., Golan, O. K., Totaram, R., Cortelyou, K., ... & Mazurenko, O. (2023). Key person-centered care domains for residential substance use disorder treatment facilities: former clients’ perspectives. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18(1), 45.
  • Marchand, K., Beaumont, S., Westfall, J., MacDonald, S., Harrison, S., Marsh, D. C., ... & Oviedo-Joekes, E. (2019). Conceptualizing patient-centered care for substance use disorder treatment: findings from a systematic scoping review. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 14, 1-15.
  • Andraka-Christou, B., Golan, O. K., Totaram, R., Shields, M. C., Cortelyou, K., Atkins, D. N., ... & Mazurenko, O. (2024). Operationalizing person-centered care in residential substance use disorder treatment. Journal of addictive diseases, 42(4), 384-399.
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2024). The relationship between person-centred care for substance use disorders and service outcomes: A systematic scoping review (Discussion Paper). Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Sixty-seventh session. Vienna, Austria.

CE Process Info

Content

  • Materials
    2 parts
    • Video recording
    • Audio recording
  • Joint Accreditation

    Joint Accreditation (JA)

    In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, CE Learning Systems is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive up to 1 General continuing education credit.

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0060.

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

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    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0016.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYSEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0045.

Empowering Recovery: Integrating Person-Centered Care in Therapy
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  • Publication Date
    Mar 28th, 2025

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