Purpose

This course works to increase your understanding and ability to recognize when treatment resistance and denial is sabotaging your clients, and to show you how to more effectively assist your clients in getting the most out of completing the Denial Management Counseling (DMC) Workbook process.

Our text-based Home Study courses provide you the opportunity of take courses at your own pace - and provide Continuing Education credit hours (CEs). Completion of this course includes 8 CEs.

Instructions

You will need to read the course text thoroughly, complete the course test, and provide feedback in the course evaluation to earn the CEs. 

 Your certificate will be sent to your registration email immediately after course completion and will also available for download.

To complete this course you will need a copy of the course text: 

  

  • Denial Management Counseling Facilitator Guide - An Accompaniment for Clinicians Using the Gorski-CENAPS© Denial Management Counseling Process, written by Dr. Stephen F. Grinstead and Terence. T. Gorski. (Preferred Version 2025).

 

 It is also suggested that you have a copy of the Denial Management Counseling Workbook, Practical Exercises to Help Addicted Persons Recognize and Manage Denial Patterns by Terence T. Gorski and Dr. Stephen F. Grinstead, on hand to refer to as you go through the text. (Preferred Version 2024). 

 Copies of the publications can be purchased at:  

https://www.gorskibooks.com/collections/denial-management-counseling

Registration 

If you are a new user your information will be collected at checkout for your account. You will receive a welcome email with the easy steps to get going on your course.  Returning users can log in to their account and select the course.

PLEASE NOTE: For individuals completing the course as part of the Denial Management Counseling Home-Based CertificationProgram, upon submission of your Competency Certification Portfolio, you will need to include a copy of your certificate of completion from this course as well as a reaction paper to the course content. Full instructions are included in your program registration packet.

Course Description

Denial is a serious problem in the treatment of addiction and related personality and mental disorders. Denial Management Counseling (DMC) is a comprehensive system for identifying and managing the self-reinforcing denial patterns that often prevent addicted people and their families from engaging in and maintaining recovery. 

The course text will introduce you to Shelly, a patient that completed all of the exercises while in DMC. As Shelly goes through the 9 exercises in the DMC Workbook, you will learn best practices for utilizing the process and see how each developmental layer works to get our clients closer to the goal of moving into the next step in their treatment and/or recovery.

 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this home study course, the participant will be able to:

  • Understand denial and that the feelings that drive it can be recognized and effectively managed.

  • Identify and understand the four levels of denial.

  • Teach clients how to recognize and manage denial by noticing what happens inside of us when our denial gets activated.

  • Utilize best practices for working through the DMC Workbook with clients.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Materials

    2. Instructions

    1. About the Course

    2. Learning Objectives

    1. Begin Learning

    1. Final Steps

    2. Course Completion Test

    3. Course Evaluation

About this course

  • $120.00
  • 8 CE Credit Hours
  • Printed text needed

Senior Instructor Dr. Stephen Grinstead

Dr. Stephen Grinstead, LMFT, ACRPS Dr. Grinstead has a Bachelors Degree in Behavioral Science, a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology and a Doctorate in Addictive Disorders (Dr. AD). He is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, (LMFT) a past California Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC-II), and an Advanced Relapse Prevention Specialist (ACRPS). He served on the faculty of UC Santa Cruz Extension Alcohol and Drug Studies Program and also taught at Santa Clara University, UC Berkeley Extension and Stanford University Medical School and served on the faculty of University of Utah’s School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies as well as serving as an Adjunct Professor at Alliant University teaching Masters Level and Psy.D. Students the Treating the Addicted Family System course for the Marriage and Family Therapy track for five years. Dr. Grinstead is author of the book Thank You Adversity For Yet Another Test: A Body Mind Spirit Approach for Relieving Chronic Pain Suffering, as well as author of several other pain management books including Freedom from Suffering: A Journey of Hope, Managing Pain, Coexisting Disorders, and the Addiction-Free Pain Management® Recovery Guide. Dr. Grinstead is also an internationally recognized expert in preventing relapse related to addiction and chronic pain disorders and is the developer of the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System.