ACA -CCPA 2016 Conference & Expo

ID #109-What Graduate Students and New Professionals Need to Know about Substance and Process Addictions (Room 510D)

01 Apr 16
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Governing Council, Graduate Student Issues

Speaker(s): Robert Smith
This session emphasizes what graduate students and new professionals need to know about substance and process addictions. Pathological gambling, sexual addictions, disordered eating, work, exercise, compulsive buying/shopping, and internet/gaming are the seven process addictions discussed. Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and 12 Step programs are offered as evidence based treatments