LIVE TRAINING | 6 Credit HOURS (NBCC & NASW NH Approved) | $175

Addiction:

Getting Down to

Root Causes and Conditions

May 7, 2026 | Live Webinar or In Person

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Hooksett NH Public Library

Approved Continuing Education Provider

EMDRIA APPROVED CE PROVIDER

NH NASW

CE PROVIDER

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REALITIES OF ADDICTION & RECOVERY

Addiction and mental health are deeply connected — but too often, they’re treated as separate conversations. In practice, they show up together every day: clients navigating cravings, anxiety, mood instability, trauma responses, cycles of use and relapse, or simply the challenge of regulating themselves in the midst of everything they’re carrying.

What if the key to your client’s recovery isn’t another intervention — but a deeper understanding of what’s driving the addiction beneath the surface?

Live Training | 6 CE Hours

That’s Exactly Why We Created This Training

Addiction and mental health are deeply intertwined, showing up together in real-world clinical situations — when clients are struggling with cravings, compulsive behaviors, trauma responses, co-occurring disorders, or the daily obstacles that make recovery challenging. To support clients effectively, we move beyond theory and provide practical, grounded frameworks for understanding the factors that drive addiction, including neurobiology, trauma, environmental stressors, and patterns of learned behavior. This approach lets you engage these conversations with confidence, apply insights in meaningful ways, and support clients with care that is holistic, evidence-informed, and attuned to their unique journey toward recovery.

Training Objectives:

Identify and explain the interplay between genetic predisposition, neurobiology, trauma (ACEs), and environmental stressors in the development of addictive disorders.
Utilize the "4 Cs" of addiction (Craving, Compulsion, Control, and Consequence) to conduct holistic clinical assessments across diverse client presentations.
Demonstrate how to adaptively apply interventions from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (AFIT), Applied Positive Psychology (APP), Somatic Experiencing (SE), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to identify, assess, and address underlying causes of addiction.
Develop comprehensive relapse prevention and safety plans that incorporate "scaffolding" through community resources, interpersonal neurobiology, and family systems.
Resolve ethical challenges unique to addiction treatment, including 42 CFR Part 2 confidentiality standards including recent 2024 updates align Part 2 more closely with HIPAA, allowing a single consent for treatment, payment, and operations (TPO) while increasing penalties for breaches., documentation of co-occurring disorders, and the mitigation of provider bias.
Apply reflective practice and therapist attunement techniques to foster client autonomy and transition from "learned hopelessness" to resilience.

Infinite Learning Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7977. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Infinite Learning Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Full Course Description

A closer look at what you'll learn

This training is designed to help mental health professionals build competence and confidence in working with clients presenting with addiction. Participants explore potential contributing factors and learn to address underlying causes and conditions, to include genetic predisposition, brain chemistry and biology, trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), co-occurring mental health disorders, environmental factors, and chronic stress.Reliance on introduction of Applied Positive Psychology (APP), Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), and social supports create a bridge between clinician burnout and applicable solutions with empirical evidence.

While evidence-informed models such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Applied Positive Psychology (APP) are utilized, this is meant to be a holistic approach underscoring modality flexibility and adaptability given differing presentations of individualized cases. Inclusion of the four Cs of addiction (Craving, Compulsion, Control (loss of), and Consequence), autonomy as necessary component in connection, connection as antidote to addiction, and family systems work are evident throughout training but not modality-specific. Emphasis is placed on learning how to work effectively to address these underlying causes and conditions in order to best support client’s journey in addiction treatment.

Key areas of focus include building strong therapeutic rapport to rebuild trust, integrating resources to increase scaffolding of recovery support, conducting assessments to ensure client safety and well-being, relapse prevention planning, safety planning, and development of resilience in place of learned hopelessness.

Ethical considerations unique to addiction treatment—confidentiality, addressing bias, documentation, cultural considerations, and referral to additional professionals—are emphasized across all content areas. Cultural responsiveness, therapist attunement, and reflective practice are woven throughout. Participants leave with practical, immediately applicable skills for addiction work across clinical settings.

Meet Your instructor LEADING THIS TRAINING

Equipping clinicians to understand addiction, address underlying causes, and foster meaningful recovery with confidence and practical tools.

Kat Hickey, MEd, LCMHC‑C, Adjunct Faculty at Bay Path University, is a clinician and educator specializing in Applied Positive Psychology, trauma, and addiction. She integrates EMDR, meditation, and holistic mind–body practices into an empirically supported, client‑centered approach. Kat teaches with a whole‑system philosophy, emphasizing nervous system awareness and embodied learning. Her trainings are warm, collaborative, and immediately applicable, equipping clinicians with practical skills and a deeper understanding of theory, regulation, and the lived experience of their clients.