1.0 CHES & 1.0 CME Credits available with attendance of live webinar

Presenter: Keith Walker LCSW, TTS-C, MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence

This presentation will explore the practice of mindfulness and empathy as useful means in treating Tobacco Use and other substance use disorders. We will look at how cognitive patterns and emotional wounds lead to self-destructive addictions. We will review some of the research validating the role of mindfulness, empathy and compassion in counseling, focusing on tobacco treatment.