This training addresses key ethical concerns in the treatment of substance use and behavioral addictions, focusing on client-centered, evidence-informed, and harm reduction approaches. The training emphasizes ethical sensitivity, trauma-informed care, and clinician well-being as central to effective and ethical addiction treatment.

Topics include:

• Balancing evidence-based practices with individualized treatment for both substance use and behavioral addictions.

• Integrating harm reduction strategies to minimize negative consequences of use and enhance overall client well-being.

• Understanding addiction as a spectrum, including six core components that define addictive behavior.

• Ethical implications of cannabis use when employed as a harm reduction method.