Presented By

Eric Rodriguez, MSW, LSW, CAADC
Education Resource Director, Caron

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

This interactive workshop will give the participant the tools to best understand and navigate substance use treatment and recovery with consideration of mental health and co-occurring disorders. Participants will be given information on best practices when working with individuals with an identified substance use disorder and how to address additional mental health challenges. Identification of common mental health and co-occurring, including behavioral obsession and compulsion will be addressed. We will look at the current research important at identifying the need to do comprehensive care in the treatment of substance use disorders. We will finish in discussion around the building of connections and how resiliency and substance use disorders are an interconnected part of change.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

Participants will be able to:

• Identify the different forms of substance use, mental health, and co-occurring disorders.
• Understand best practices in helping individuals with substance and mental health concerns.
• Common mental health and co-occurring conditions when treating SUD’s.
• Utilize evidenced based practices in helping clients move toward self-determination.
• Discuss the building of connection and resiliency in transformative recovery.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

9:00 am – 11:00 am                  The Intersection of Mental Health, Co-occurring, and Substance Use Disorders

COST:  FREE – There is no charge for this complimentary training.

REGISTRATION: Sign-up via the Dilworth Center Website events page –www.dilworthcenter.org

We have applied to the NC Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board (NCSAPPB) for approval of 2 substance abuse specific credits.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Eric Rodriguez, MSW, LSW, CAADC
Caron

Eric currently serves as the Education Resource Director for Caron’s Education Alliance Department. Eric oversees education, training, development, and learning initiatives, with a focus on corporate and organizational education.

Prior to accepting the education role in 2021, Eric worked as a behavioral health therapist for the Caron’s Grand View Program, providing individual and family therapy to patients and their families, facilitating groups, offering educational lectures, and helping to set up aftercare plans. He has advanced education in co-occurring disorders, specifically related to anxiety, and is trained in cognitive processing therapy for trauma. He began working at Caron in 2017 as a therapist for the Primary Men’s Program serving in a similar role.

Before joining Caron, Eric worked as a social worker with heart and vascular transplant patients and their families, providing social and family evaluations and post-transplant discharge planning. Prior to his career in health care, Eric worked in sales and marketing within the telecommunications industry.

Eric is a licensed social worker in the state of Pennsylvania and has a certification in advanced addiction and drug counseling. He has a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology and a master’s degree in clinical social work from Millersville University.