Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Groups: A Didactic and Experiential Training 

with Dr. Adam Frankel and Dr. Andrew Tatarsky

Online: Saturday, April 30 from 10 AM to 4 PM (EST)

Fee: $200, Early Bird $150 (ends April 15)
CE Credits:

This day-long training will focus on the core principles of Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP), and how to apply these principles and intervention techniques in group psychotherapy for individuals negotiating substance use issues and other potentially risky behaviors. The training will place an emphasis on teaching practical techniques using experiential group exercises and role-plays to collectively facilitate group leaders to leave the training with core IHRP group intervention techniques.

This training is geared for clinicians who run groups or work with individuals who deal with issues related to substance use.

Three learning objectives:

1. Participants can expect to be able to identify the 7 therapeutic tasks associated with Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) and how those tasks apply to group intervention techniques. 

2. Participants can expect to identify 3 practical skills-based interventions from an IHRP group framework that can be used in a group setting to help individuals identify and move towards positive change goals, as well as deal with clients who are ambivalent about making change. 

3. Participants can expect to identify 3 ways in which IHRP groups are different from AA or abstinence only treatment groups.  

Continuing Education: This Certificate program consists of a total of 5 contact hours which count towards continuing education credits. Optimal Living Psychological Services, PC 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 #SW-0534 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychologist for licensed psychologists #PSY-0075

FACILITATOR

Adam Frankel is a supervising psychologist at the Center for Optimal Living. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from Long Island University, completed a fellowship at the Addiction Institute of New York, and works from an Integrated Harm-Reduction perspective. He presents nationally and internationally on Integrated Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Group Therapy and has a particular interest in the intersection between clinical theory, intervention technique, and the creative process. He is a supervisor and teacher to clinical psychology students and medical residents throughout the New York City Area. He sees individuals and runs groups at the center. 

Andrew Tatarsky is a psychologist who developed Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP) for treating the spectrum of risky and addictive behavior. IHRP brings psychoanalysis, CBT and mindfulness together in a harm reduction frame. The therapy has been described in his book, Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems, and a series of papers. The book has been translated into Polish and Spanish. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the City University of New York and is a graduate of New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Optimal Living in NYC, a treatment and training center; founding member and Past-President, Division on Addiction of New York State Psychological Association, and Member of the Medical and Clinical Advisory Boards of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Dr. Tatarsky trains nationally and internationally.