IACP and ACI are delighted to invite Accredited Members of both organisations to attend CPD event around Addiction titled: The many shadows of alcohol & substance misuse in the therapy room.
Event will be opened by Eugene McHugh (IACP Chair) and Sean Harty (ACI Chair) who will introduce the Speakers, specialists in the field of addiction.
Speakers will include Suzanne Costello (CEO, Alcohol Action), Marion Rackard (HSE Alcohol Programme askaboutalcohol.ie), Robert O'Driscoll (Addiction Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor, Brief Intervention and SAOR Specialist) and other experts. Lunch is provided for all attendees, the parking fee is €4 per day (must be validated at the Hotel Reception).
Programme:
9:30 - 10:00 - Registration
10:00 – 10:15 - Welcome: Eugene McHugh (Chair IACP)
10:15 – 10.40 - Marion Rackard, Project Manager, HSE Alcohol Programme, IAHIP, ACI, Clinical Supervisor: Overview of alcohol & drug related harms in Ireland from a policy & psychotherapeutic perspective
10.45 -11.15 - Personal Speaker on the recovery journey from dependency
11.15 -11.30 – Responses from the floor
11:30-11:45 – Break
11:45- 12.15 - Robert O’Driscoll, Addiction Counsellor ACI Director, Clinical Supervisor: Responding to Alcohol & Drug Problems along the continuum with the appropriate level of intervention. References to the importance of language and conceptualisations of alcohol and drug use. Reference to evidence based interventions & tools to complement and add value to the therapeutic process in counselling/psychotherapy.
12.15- 12.30 - Q & A
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch break
13:30 – 14:00 - Suzanne Costello, CEO Alcohol Action Ireland; Challenging Social Norms
14.00 - 14.15pm - Suzanne Costello & Marion Rackard; HSE Alcohol Campaign –www.askaboutalcohol.ie
14:15-14.45pm - Personal speaker from a family perspective and the role of counselling
14.45- 15:00pm – Responses from floor
15:00- 15.45pm - “Substance misuse, addiction and therapy cafe” – open discussion, flip-charting and active processing of the information/presentations including Q&A with presenters
15:45 – 16:00pm – Sean Harty (Chair ACI) to close the day –possibilities for future collaboration on other topic areas related to addiction
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