Upcoming Workshops

Working with Families with Alcohol and Other Drug Issues

Facilitator
Paula Ross

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Who should attend
This is a specialist skills workshop suitable for new, experienced and advanced practitioners. This workshop is suitable for workers in clinical settings.

Gain advanced clinical practice skills in working with families

Work more effectively with families and carers of people who use alcohol and other drugs, whether the person using drugs is in treatment or not.

Learn an effective, evidence based framework to help you engage better with families. You will walk away with increased confidence and skills to understand and work with family members as clients in their own right or as participants in your work with individuals.

This workshop focuses on the impact of alcohol and other drugs on families and models of responding based on Jim Orford’s stress-strain-information-coping-support model. You will find out how to blend strategies from family therapy, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behaviour therapy into effective treatment when working with families with alcohol and other drug issues.

Learning outcomes

  • Understand how to engage families using a range of effective response options
  • Learn how to support families using a comprehensive model that can apply to any family dynamic
  • Apply new strategies to help improve family cohesiveness and cooperation
  • Learn ways to respond to complexities in working with families
Register your interest

We've delivered Working with Families with Alcohol and Other Drug Issues to 124 participants, who have significantly increased their knowledge, skills and confidence

"I really enjoyed this training – the relevance to my work, having a model to use, validation of the things I already do. The presentation was engaging (as good as it can be for online learning) – a nice variety of delivery with videos, break out rooms, talking, case examples, etc. Thank you Paula."

— Workshop participant, 2025