Substance Use Disorder Treatment for the Family and the Use of Telehealth

Description

When a loved one struggles with addiction, the whole family suffers—and so does the clinician who wants to help but feels unprepared. Substance use disorder (SUD) isn’t an isolated diagnosis; it’s a ripple that disrupts relationships, erodes trust, and generates a complex system of emotional, behavioral, and psychological consequences.

This compelling self-study course provides behavioral health professionals with effective strategies for intervening in the family system, using clinical models and telehealth solutions that ease access to care. Discover a new path forward for the families you serve.

Dr. Martina Moore, Ph.D., LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, CEAP, SAP, is a nationally recognized expert on addiction, family systems, and clinical intervention. As a professor, clinician, and interventionist with over 25 years of experience, she has helped thousands of families reclaim their lives from the grip of addiction. Dr. Moore brings both academic insight and practical guidance to help clinicians address the family dynamics of SUD with clarity and compassion.

In this course, Dr. Moore integrates family systems theory, intervention models, and real-world examples to demonstrate how to engage and support family members throughout the recovery process. She also emphasizes the importance of telehealth as a tool for expanding access and sustaining care.

Topics include the use of Bowen’s Family Systems Theory and the Johnson Model of Intervention, the concept of intoxicant emotions, the four progressive stages of “family illness,” and roles like codependent and enabler. Clinicians will learn how denial and emotional exhaustion shape family responses and how to support family members at each stage of change. Dr. Moore also outlines practical telehealth strategies, including setting boundaries, preparing families for virtual sessions, and increasing access to care.

Key Takeaways:

• Clinical frameworks for family involvement: Learn how to use systems theory and motivational interviewing to guide family healing.

• Step-by-step intervention planning: Understand how to stage and facilitate family interventions for a loved one suffering from SUD.

• Telehealth as a powerful tool: Explore strategies for offering effective, accessible, and ethically sound telehealth services for families.

Why this course?

• Expert-led, evidence-informed: Developed by a nationally recognized leader in addiction counseling and intervention.

• Clinically relevant and practical: Offers actionable guidance to apply immediately in clinical practice, whether in-person or via telehealth.

• Mission-aligned education: Created by Telehealth Certification Institute, committed to equipping professionals with high-quality, accessible continuing education.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the family system model and strategies for engaging families in SUD treatment.

• Describe educational areas that families can benefit from as it pertains to SUD and how to offer the services in person or on tele-health.

• List the steps to a stage family intervention for a loved one suffering from SUD.

• Describe theoretical techniques to use when working with families with SUD.

Through this engaging and empowering course, you’ll gain the tools to break through barriers, foster family resilience, and make a lasting impact on your clients' lives. If you’re ready to expand your clinical effectiveness and support recovery at the root, this training offers the insight and skills you’ve been looking for.

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Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 3 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Martina Moore, Ph.D., LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, CEAP, SA

Dr. Martina S. Moore has been providing consulting, counseling, supervision, professional trainings, and development services to others and to organizations for over 25 years. She holds a Ph.D. in counseling, education, and supervision, with a concentration in organizational consulting. Dr. Moore owns a behavioral health outpatient agency that specializes in offering employee assistance programs (EAP) to organizations and outpatient behavioral health services to individuals and families.   

Dr. Moore, along with her team, provides behavioral health services to over 10,000 lives per year, She and her team also provide mediations/conflict resolution sessions for organizations and their teams.  Over the past 23 years, the team at MCMS has successfully facilitated over 1500 hours of mediation.  Dr. Moore is also a professional interventionist, traveling over the country assisting families with successful interventions with a loved one who is suffering from the disease of addiction.  

Dr. Moore is also a professor at John Carroll University in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program.  In her role at John Carroll, she also teaches and advises master level students.  Dr. Moore has traveled to several countries teaching best practices in behavioral health counseling, including Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Tanzania, Africa. 

Dr. Martina Moore is the immediate Past President of the Ohio Counseling Association (OCA), the current President of the Ohio Substance Use Disorders Professionals (OSUDP) and the current President-Elect of International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC). She is also the past President of the Association of Humanistic Counselors (AHC).  

Dr. Moore has also received many awards and recognition for her service. In 2015, she received the Progressive Female Entrepreneur Award from Smart Business Magazine. In 2016, she received the Community Service Pillar Award from Medical Mutual of Ohio.  Dr. Moore was also recognized as the 2017 Businessperson of the Year by the Euclid Chamber of Commerce. Then she was featured in the Women for Economic Leadership Development 2019 WELDing the Way calendar, which highlights high impact women leaders in the Northeast, Ohio area. 

Dr. Martina S. Moore’s goal is to serve others by promoting a greater awareness, advocacy and understanding of behavioral health disorders that impact organizations, individuals, and families. Dr. Martina Moore's instructor information and here.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 3 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists: 

Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

Art Therapists: 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 180 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

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