The Intersection for Substance Use, Recovery, and Pandemic Trauma & Stress Experience | 1 CE Credit

CARE Counseling has partnered with NUWAY to provide an overview on Pandemic Trauma Stress Experience (PTSE) with substance use concerns. Joining us will be Kenneth L. Roberts, MPS, LPCC, LADC, the Chief Clinical Officer for the NUWAY Alliance and a Doctoral candidate in Behavioral Health. Epidemiological data highlights a potentiating increase in a range of behavioral health disorders including substance use following community-based trauma events. While these types of events typically effect significant portions of a population, none are comparable in scope, longevity, and potential impact to the recent Covid-19 Pandemic. Treatment professionals are now being faced with unique challenges in a landscape of elevated patient acuity. This presentation provides an overview of important behavioral health trends related to Pandemic Trauma and Stress Experience (PTSE) and a review of key evidence-based strategies necessary to achieve positive treatment outcome for complex co-occurring patient presentations.

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Level of programming is introductory: assumes minimal familiarity with the topic.

The CARE Grand Rounds is intended to help attendees:
1. Differentiate between PTSE and PTSD
2. Define epigenetic trauma
3. Illustrate key principles of the Biodyne Model

The presentation is designated for psychologists and mental health professionals (LP, LPC/LPCC, MFT/LMFT, LGSW/LICSW, LADC), pre-licensed mental health practitioners, and students.

CARE Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CARE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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About the Presenter:

Kenneth L. Roberts is the Chief Clinical Officer for the NUWAY non-profit program in Minneapolis, MN. He has worked for over 15 years as a clinician, clinical supervisor, and administrator in various levels of co-occurring care treating substance use and mental health disorders. He is certified in Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) for treatment of PTSD. A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a master’s degree in Professional Studies (Co-Occurring Disorders) he serves as an adjunct faculty member to both the University of Minnesota and Metro State University. Mr. Roberts works in his current role synthesizing a R.I.S.E. (Recovery In Supportive Environments) Model of care with community based resources to support improved clinical outcomes in trauma informed care settings. Mr. Roberts is currently a Doctoral candidate (DBH) at the Cummings Graduate Institute (CGI).

**The speaker has indicated a conflict of interest or working with an organization that provides these services discussed, however there is no promotional or commercial support for this training.