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Narrative Approach: Substance Use Assessment & Intervention

CE Hours 1.5 1.5 Individual and Relational Psychotherapy Model

About this live event

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 9 million Americans have a co-occurring mental health disorder, and in one study, 46% of those with a substance use disorder also met the criteria for an anxiety or mood disorder (SAMHSA, 2025). Substances are widely used in our society, yet an individual’s relationship to substances typically isn’t something that is frequently reflected on or explored. In the clinical private practice setting, it is common that clients use substances even if that is not their primary reason for seeking therapy, which makes it essential for clinicians to assess how substance use may impact a client’s overall day to day functioning and general well being. The substance use narrative based assessment training will provide a structured method in how to explore a client’s relationship to substances through a client centered and non judgemental approach. If you are looking to add or build upon your clinical skillset in approaching substance use, this workshop will provide you tools for assessing, intervening, and supporting clients who want to further understand their relationship to substances. Practical tools and case studies will be included.

Learning Objectives

  • Learn how to compassionately and directly assess for substance use, misuse, or dependence with both individual clients and client systems.
  • Build clinical toolkit through exploration of each element of substance use assessment measure that can be applied to explore client(s) relationship to substances.
  • Learn when further substance use exploration will be a clinically relevant therapeutic intervention and gain tools to utilize in implementation.
  • Build more clinical confidence in how to approach and discuss substances with client(s).

Learning Levels

  • Beginner

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Amanda Galarza, LMFT (she/her)

    Amanda Galarza (she/her), LMFT received her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University and works at Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling as a therapist. Amanda works with individuals, couples, and families from a variety of backgrounds and brings a systemic, trauma informed, multicultural approach to all of her work. Amanda has experience working with clients navigating comorbid substance use disorder, depression, anxiety, complex trauma (CPTSD), OCD, ADHD, and mood disorders. Amanda values a client centered, humanistic approach with her clients and places an emphasis on building a collaborative, trusting therapeutic relationship. She believes therapy can provide a unique opportunity to act as a vessel to explore a variety of presenting problems that are impacting clients in their day to day lives. She has seen the benefit of therapy being the first space where a client may feel open to stepping into exploration of how substances impact their life and strives to support clients through this step in their therapeutic journey.

Disclosure

Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling's Continuing Education (CE) Sponsorship is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), credits are applicable to LMFT (Sponsor License # 168.000227) and LCPC (Sponsor License # 197.000295) in Illinois. If you have a different licensure or are licensed outside of Illinois please check with your licensure body before purchasing and attending our workshops. Attendees are responsible for compliance with licensure renewal laws. Refunds for the workshop and/or CE credit are available up to 24 hours in advance of the workshop. Refunds will not include the 6% merchant credit card fee. Neither partial nor full refunds are provided for lack of attendance or if a participant determines that they do not need CE credit less than 24 hours before the workshop. Please contact ccrctrainings@gmail.com if you would like a refund on your order. Coupons must be used and shared appropriately. A full discount is available to CCRC and Phoenix Clinic staff only. If you are experiencing financial hardship and would like a coupon code to attend our workshop, please contact us. We will be glad to help make workshops accessible to you. The planners and presenter of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. 


Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ce-go.com".

If you have any continuing education related questions, please contact your event organizer.

Please make sure to check your spam/junk folder in case those emails get "stuck". We'd also suggest "Allowlisting" support@ce-go.com. This tells your email client that you know this sender and trust them, which will keep emails from this contact at the top of your inbox and out of the junk folder.

  • Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: LMFT CE Sponsor (IDFPR)

    Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling's Continuing Education (CE) Sponsorship is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR). Credits are applicable to LMFT (Sponsor License # 168.000227) and LCPC (Sponsor License # 197.000295) in Illinois. If you have a different licensure or are licensed outside of Illinois please check with your licensure body before purchasing and attending our workshops. IDFPR's Marriage and Family Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor Requirements: It is the responsibility of the sponsor to provide each participant in an approved program with a certificate of participation or attendance for each successfully completed course or program. The sponsor shall maintain participation or attendance records and course materials containing all of the above information for not less than five years. The sponsor shall be responsible for assuring that no renewal applicant shall receive CE credit for time not actually spent attending the program. All programs given by approved sponsors shall be open to all Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and not be limited to members of a single organization or group. All courses or programs offered online whether “live” or asynchronous must include an objective examination before credit is awarded to ensure continued active participation in the program. (Source: Marriage and Family Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor Application via https://idfpr.illinois.gov)

  • Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: LCPC CE Sponsor (IDFPR)

    Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling's Continuing Education (CE) Sponsorship is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR). Credits are applicable to LMFT (Sponsor License # 168.000227) and LCPC (Sponsor License # 197.000295) in Illinois. If you have a different licensure or are licensed outside of Illinois please check with your licensure body before purchasing and attending our workshops. IDFPR Professional Counselor (LPC and LCPC) Continuing Education Sponsor Requirements: Sponsor means a person, firm, association, corporation, or any other group which plans to coordinate and present continuing education courses or programs. The sponsor shall maintain participation or attendance records and course materials containing all of the above information for not less than five years. The sponsor shall be responsible for assuring that no renewal applicant shall receive CE credit for time not actually spent attending the program. All programs given by approved sponsors shall be open to all Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors and not be limited to members of a single organization or group. All courses or programs offered online whether “live” or asynchronous must include an objective examination before credit is awarded to ensure continued active participation in the program. Approved Licensed Professional Counselor CE Sponsors will have a 9 digit license number starting with 197. The license will be visible in IDFPR’s online license verification. (Source: Professional Counselor Continuing Education Sponsor Application via https://idfpr.illinois.gov)

Technology

1. This virtual event will be hosted via Zoom Webinar, and you may be prompted to download or upgrade your Zoom app if using a mobile device. A strong WiFi connection will be required for best quality.


2. We recommend clicking your "Join Webinar" button early and checking that your speakers are on before the event begins. Please do not worry about being seen or heard! Attendee video feeds and mics are turned off by default when entering a webinar. You will be able to ask questions via the Q&A feature.


3. Please respect that no copying, recording, or distribution of live session content is allowed. CE's are provided for the "live" sessions only. CE's will not be available for the recordings.

Where can I find my Attendee Dashboard link?

Upon registering, you should receive an email from support@ceactivities.com with a link to access your Attendee Dashboard. If you do not see it in your inbox, please check your spam/junk folder. If you still cannot locate the email, you may retrieve your Attendee Dashboard link by clicking HERE

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Disability Accommodation

We are committed to providing ADA accommodations in compliance with the law. To ensure your needs are met, please inform us of any requirements when you register, ideally at least 30 days before the event. You can do so by emailing ccrctrainings@gmail.com or calling 773-242-7276.

Attendance Requirements

CCRC ask that attendees have their video active during the workshop. Audio participation is optional. To both comply with IDFPR law and considerate the needs of participants, such as personal breaks, participants are required to attend at least 80% of the workshop in order to receive full CEU credit. 

CE Sponsorship Specifications

Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling's Continuing Education (CE) Sponsorship is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), credits are applicable to LMFT (Sponsor License # 168.000227) and LCPC (Sponsor License # 197.000295) in Illinois. If you have a different licensure or are licensed outside of Illinois please check with your licensure body before attending our workshops.

CELS Grievance Policy

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.
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    Fri Nov 14th, 2025
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    02:00pm - 03:30pm CST

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