Overcome Workforce Challenges

11/27/24

“Embracing Families in the Recovery process is Harm Reduction!” ~ Lisa Ardner, AP4L

Topics discussed in this episode

🟣 Lisa’s journey to become a Substance Use Counselor
🟣Stepping away from clinical work to open a training and consulting business to equip the next generation of helping professionals
🟣Blending motivational interviewing and trauma-responsive care
🟣Providing training in Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Responsive Care, wellness and resilience training for staff, grief and loss training for professionals who work with families or individuals who have lost a loved one to overdose or suicide, embracing family training
🟣Embracing Families Training for Course hospital to help involve families in recovery with a 4-hour family education program and handbook for family members when patients are discharged with an invitation to outpatient family services. 
🟣Person first instead of stigmatizing blame and shame language
🟣Workforce challenges in employment and retaining staff 
🟣SUNY Empire University scholarships, OASAS training
🟣Embracing families is a form of harm reduction.
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🟣Peer professionals and family peers

Other Resources
🔗Invitation to Change groups for people in NYS. These 12-week groups for people in NYS provide support and skills to family members to assist them in their own recovery (including sibling groups). These are free groups that meet on zoom – Center for Motivation and Change for more information www.CMCffc.org
🔗Friends of Recovery https://for-ny.org/
🔗Devin’s Rec Room: Sober Active Community https://www.devinsrecroom.org/
🔗The Alcohol and Substance Abuse Professionals, Inc.® https://go2asap.com/about-asap/
🔗InUnity Alliance https://iuany.org/

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Addiction Podcast Host:
⁠Chris Langley⁠, Co-Founder | ⁠Addiction Recovery Place⁠

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