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:
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.
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.
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 Materials
Instructions
About the Course
Learning Objectives
Begin Learning
Final Steps
Course Completion Test
Course Evaluation
