Contact Hours: 3

Instructor: Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD

Based on Triggers and Cravings Parts 1-3 Counselor Toolbox. https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=I7q1CB4Drts

Text: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (National Institute of Drug Abuse) by Kathleen M. Carroll, PhD. 1998.

Objectives:

• Define triggers and cravings
• Compare and contrast triggers and cravings with obsessions and compulsions
• Identify ways to help clients identify and cope with their triggers
• Explore the various types of triggers
• Explore what craving means and different ways to deal with it