All Things Substance Betsy Byler
-
- Health & Fitness
-
Welcome to the All Things Substance podcast, the place for therapists to hear about substance use from a mental health perspective. I’m your host, Betsy Byler, and I’m a licensed therapist, clinical supervisor, and a substance abuse counselor. It is my mission to help my fellow therapists gain the skills and confidence needed to add substance use to their scope of practice. So join me each week as we talk about All Things Substance. You can visit me at https://www.betsybyler.com
-
What Real Recovery is Like
What is recovery? Recovery really is, at its core, the process of change. It is a living and active process through which people make long lasting changes in their lives. There isn’t an end date or a destination. There are stages to it though and everyone goes through it differently from another person. In today’s episode, we’ll talk about all of this and more.
-
Stages of Addiction-Where are you clients in these stages?
Stages of addiction can help us understand how severe someone’s use is and if you need to refer out. What’s the difference between dependence and addiction? When does normal use move to risky use? On today’s episode we’ll talk about the 6 stages of addiction.
-
Managing Triggers is a Vital Recovery Skill
Triggers and cravings are a huge key to what helps addiction develop. It’s not just the reward pathways that drive addiction progression. Today we’ll talk about how triggers and cravings impact this process.
-
Liability and Risk When Treating Substance Use
Some therapists worry that adding substance use to their scope of practice will expose them to more risk and liability. Our licenses are super important to us and we want to protect ourselves. Today we are going to be talking about what risk there is, if any, when we take on substance use clients.
-
A Snapshot of the 12 Steps of AA
The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have brought many into recovery and saved lives all over the world. Most people know that there are 12 Steps, but they don’t know what the Steps are and most haven’t heard of the 12 Traditions. Today we’ll be covering exactly what these pillars of recovery are and how they work together to create a plan of recovery.
-
Recovery Meeting Basics-What, Why and Behind the Scenes
Recovery meetings can be a giant help to people as they move through recovery from all kinds of things. Today we’ll talk about the benefits of recovery meetings, the spiritual aspect to meetings and what clients can expect when they attend a meeting.
Customer Reviews
Wow- great information
Betsy is direct and no nonsense. She’s clearly a master clinician and I appreciate her perspective and insight.
Helpful adjunct to my learning
Great topics and helpful as I am learning more about some of these subjects as I prefer listening over reading when learning.
Expertise
Betsy’s ability to communicate and expand our understanding of the complexities of substance abuse and mental health are wonderful. She is an expert in her field sharing the experience she has earned through time in the trenches helping others heal. This is truly a gift for anyone seeking a deeper and more rounded knowledge of mental health!
Keep up the amazing work Betsy!