Understanding and treating a variety of addictions will be the topic of two days worth of workshops sponsored by the Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and Addictions

Understanding and treating a variety of addictions will be the topic of two days worth of workshops sponsored by the Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and Addictions next month in Grand Island.

The workshops, which serve as the council’s annual fundraiser, will be on April 7 and 8 at the Evangelical Free Church, 2609 S. Blaine St.

Dennis Daley will speak on “Treatment of Addiction: Evidenced-based Individual and Group Approaches” from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 7.


A number of evidence-based psychosocial clinical practices are available for both alcoholism and drug dependence. Research on these practices has led to the development of principles of treatment that help clinicians in their work with clients who have substance use disorders.

Daley has worked on many research studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism related to treatment of individuals with alcoholism, cocaine addiction, other substance disorders, depression, bipolar illness or other psychiatric disorders. He has written numerous workbooks, including “Depression Recovery,” “Recovery From Co-occurring Disorders” and “Adolescent Recovery.”

Daley also will speak about “Recovery 101” during a “Celebration of Recovery” the evening of April 7. It will begin at 5:30 with a buffet dinner.

The workshops will continue at the Evangelical Free Church from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8, when Patrick Carnes will speak on the topic of “Addiction Interaction Disorder: Understanding Multiple Addictions.”

Only about 17 percent of alcohol/drug addicts have only one addiction, according to information from the Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and Addictions. Usually, addicts have a mix of addictions, compulsions and deprivations, and that creates a complex problem called addiction interaction disorder. Failure to recognize this in patients is one of the top three factors in relapse and inhibited recovery, according to the council.

Carnes is executive director of the Gentle Path Program at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Hattiesburg, Miss. He is the primary architect of Gentle Path programs for the treatment of sexual and addictive disorders. He also pioneered the founding of the certified sex addiction therapist program.

Carnes is a nationally known speaker on addiction and recovery issues. He is author of “A Gentle Path Through the 12 Steps,” “Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction,” “Contrary to Love: Helping the Sexual Addict,” “The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships,” “Open Hearts,” “Facing the Shadow,” “In the Shadows of the Net” and “The Clinical Management of Sex Addiction.”

Each daylong workshop has been approved for 6.0 continuing education credits for licensed alcohol and drug counselors, licensed mental health practitioners, social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors and psychologists, and 6.0 criminogenic continuing education units. The daylong workshops cost $130 each or $225 for both.

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