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Abstract

This engaging and challenging presentation allows participants to examine the implications both positive and negative of cultural considerations in the recovery and treatment of addiction with fomerly incarcerated clients. We will examine the impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on achieving positive treatment outcomes and discuss practical applications on CBT in the clinical setting. We will examine how the recovery movement itself is a culture, complete with rituals, language, bias and prejudices. We will explore the specific challenges members of various cultures experience as they participate in treatment and self help support groups. We will also examine symptoms experienced by formerly incarcerated clients, particularly Post Incarceration Syndome and Institutionalized Personality Syndrome. Participants will have an opportunity to identify their own prejudices and bias and determine how they affect treatment outcomes in the form of counter-transference. Participants will learn specific cross-cultural counseling techniques that will increase their effectiveness and client retention rates. By exploring methods of assisting clients and treatment providers to realign themselves and their practicies we will in turn, discuss how to move past the victimization of oppression and into the Healing of Recovery. The objectives are; participants will have increased understanding regarding cultural issues and their impact on treatment outcomes, participants will learn specific cross-cultural counseling techniques that can be applied immediately in their workplace. They will have an improved understanding of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques and learn practical methods of utilizing these techniques in their clinical practice. They will develop strategies for introducing and facilitating cultural themed support groups with formerly incarcerated substance abusing clients and techniques to help themselves and their clients overcome barriers to treatment and recovery and realign themselves and their practices in a direction that achieves more positive treatment outcomes.

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