Happy Monday! We are so excited about this new course today that we can barely contain it this morning before it’s even ready to launch We had to tell you all about it.!!!! This course explores the presentation of dissociative identity disorder among individuals with substance use disorders. Participants examine how dissociation, identity fragmentation, and trauma histories can complicate assessment, treatment planning, and recovery processes. The course highlights clinical considerations that support safety, stabilization, and coordinated, trauma-informed care. Watch your inbox for an email from your certification board today regarding this new course and how to sign up! You can’t miss this! And stay tuned for more new courses, some of them are even gonna be live online teachings, which we are so excited about to see all your faces soon!

This course is designed for professionals who want to deepen their understanding of how criminal thinking patterns intersect with substance use disorders and impact recovery outcomes. Addiction & Criminal Thinking Behaviors explores the underlying belief systems, cognitive distortions, and behavioral rationalizations that often drive both substance use and justice-involved behavior. These patterns can quietly undermine treatment progress, distort accountability, and create barriers to meaningful change if they are not directly addressed. In this course, participants will examine the most common thinking errors seen in justice-involved and addiction-impacted populations, including minimization, entitlement, justification, and victim stance. More importantly, you will learn how to recognize these patterns in real time and respond to them effectively in a clinical or support setting. The course also provides practical, evidence-informed counselling approaches that support cognitive restructuring, increase accountability, and promote sustainable behavior change. You will walk away with tools you can immediately apply in your work with clients navigating both addiction and criminal thinking dynamics. This is a valuable training for addiction counsellors, peer support workers, case managers, and anyone working with justice-involved individuals. If you are working with clients who struggle with repeated relapse, resistance, or patterns of harmful decision-making, this course will give you a clearer framework for understanding why and what to do about it. Enroll now and strengthen your ability to address one of the most overlooked drivers of relapse and recidivism. You can enroll for this course right here on Skool by clicking buy now. It will INSTANTLY load to your classroom. Please note all prices are in USD. Your certificate for 3 CE hours will be awarded upon completion that you can use for your next renewal.