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Treating Tobacco Together: Intensive Skills Training; In-Person (Day 2 of 2)

Event Series Treating Tobacco Together: Intensive Skills Training; In-Person

Day 2 of 2 This skills-focused training will build on knowledge gained in the Treating Tobacco Together: Essential Skills Training. This training is appropriate for individuals who have completed the Essential Skills Training within the past five years and are interested in increasing their tobacco treatment skills. Participants will build on common counseling skills used in intensive tobacco treatment such as motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy, explore the value of a comprehensive tobacco use assessment, learn to develop effective treatment plans, discuss considerations for medication…

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Webinar: Brief Solution-Focused Therapy: Applications for Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment

Presenter: Edward J. Perka, Jr., CASAC, NCNTT of the MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence 1.0 CHES & 1.0 CME Credits Available with attendance of live webinar Brief Solution-Focused Therapy is a short-term therapy that focuses on setting goals and working out how to achieve them. It's about the future rather than the past and promotes positive change by encouraging the client to focus on what they can do, rather than what they can't. Traditional techniques tend to focus on exploring problematic feelings, thoughts,…

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Webinar: Tobacco Treatment with Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) Populations

Presenter: Edward J. Perka, Jr., CASAC, NCNTT of the MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence 1.0 CHES Credit Available for Live Webinar Since the release of the first Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health in 1964, smoking has become ever more concentrated among populations with lower income. Currently, the highest income Americans smoke at less than half the rate of those with the lowest income. Individuals who smoke and are low income disproportionately suffer from smoking-related disease such as cancer, stroke, heart disease…

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