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Substance use is not an isolated issue—it reverberates across families, communities, and entire systems of care. Clinicians on the front lines of behavioral health need the tools to address not only substance use disorders, but also the hidden challenges of behavioral addictions, treatment resistance, and lack of family involvement.
This powerful four-course bundle delivers the practical guidance and advanced strategies clinicians need to work confidently with clients impacted by substance use and behavioral addictions—whether they're individuals, families, or entire support networks.
This comprehensive training is taught by nationally recognized experts Dr. Malcolm Horn, Dr. Amanda Giordano, and Dr. Martina Moore. Together, they bring decades of real-world experience and research-driven insight to the complex and evolving treatment of substance use and behavioral addictions—empowering clinicians to increase treatment engagement, navigate ethical telehealth delivery, and support both clients and families in recovery.
Each instructor offers a distinct, evidence-informed lens: Dr. Horn grounds clinicians in harm-reduction approaches and telehealth best practices for opioid use disorder treatment; Dr. Giordano provides an in-depth exploration of behavioral addictions through a neuroscience and public health framework; and Dr. Moore guides professionals in using family systems models and telehealth interventions to support loved ones affected by addiction.
Participants will explore the use of telehealth with SUD clients, evidence-based family engagement techniques, medication-assisted treatment protocols, and the neuroscience of behavioral addiction. The bundle also dives into the systemic impact of addiction, ethical considerations for telehealth, and the counselor’s role in prevention, intervention, and treatment across care settings.
Key Takeaways:
Telehealth confidence and competence: Learn how to ethically and effectively deliver care to individuals and families affected by SUD via telehealth.
Family-centered intervention strategies: Apply family systems theory and staged interventions to strengthen recovery outcomes for both clients and their loved ones.
Recognition and treatment of behavioral addictions: Identify behavioral addictions using clear diagnostic frameworks and apply appropriate treatment strategies rooted in neuroscience and trauma-informed care.
Why this course bundle?
Comprehensive, yet focused: You get four deeply relevant courses in one bundle—covering telehealth, family systems, behavioral addictions, and opioid use disorder—from leading experts in the field.
Expert instructors, real-world solutions: This is not theory alone—your instructors bring clinical, academic, and supervisory experience to bear on the learning process.
Made for behavioral health clinicians: Every topic is curated specifically for mental health and addiction professionals who need practical, ethical, and effective solutions they can use right away.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of "Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder" course, participants will be able to:
Describe how telehealth is different than face-to-face for the SUD population.
Implement some basic strategies, tips and techniques for a successful telehealth practice.
Describe the essential tasks needed to be able to implement effective tele services with the SUD population.
Upon completion of "Substance Use Disorder Treatment for the Family and the Use of Telehealth" course, participants will be able to:
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.
Upon completion of "Recognizing and Responding to Behavioral Addictions" course, participants will be able to:
Describe the evolving definition of addiction and conceptualize behavioral addictions using a public health model.
Explain the criteria for behavioral addictions and how to differentiate between high involvement in a behavior and a behavioral addiction.
Synthesize current research and relevant neuroscience related to the prevalence and nature of behavioral addictions.
Upon completion of "Opiate Use Disorder Treatment: a SUD Counselor’s Guide" course, participants will be able to:
Explain the differences in MAT medications.
Identify and implement foundational counseling skills specific to this population.
Engage in practical skills as a part of the treatment continuum to help provide services to this population
This course bundle is a powerful resource for behavioral health professionals seeking to deepen their skillset, improve client outcomes, and meet the evolving challenges of addiction treatment with confidence.
Enroll now in this course bundle to access expert instruction and practical strategies that make your work more impactful.
Each course is a non-interactive, recorded self-study. Instruction consists of a total of over 8 hours of video instruction, and a post-test for each course.
Upon registration, the following courses will be added to your account:
1. Telehealth and Substance Use Disorder, Online Self-Study
This presentation will focus on how to deliver substance use therapy via telehealth. How do you assess, conduct groups and individual sessions when working with the population that struggles with substance use disorder when using technology. This session will delve specifically into the pitfalls of assessment and group therapy when using telehealth to conduct the service. Participants will learn effective strategies to use in order to effectively provide care.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how telehealth is different than face-to-face for the SUD population.
- Implement some basic strategies, tips and techniques for a successful telehealth practice.
- Describe the essential tasks needed to be able to implement effective tele services with the SUD population.
2. Substance Use Disorder Treatment for the Family and the Use of Telehealth, Online Self-Study
The effects of a substance use disorder (SUD) are felt by the entire family (Lander, Howsare, & Byrne 2013). Substance use disorders (SUDs) are associated with many areas of a person’s life including medical, psychiatric, psychological, spiritual, economic, social, family, and legal problems. These problems can generate a considerable burden for the affected individuals, their families, and society (Daley, 2013). This workshop will address the effects of SUDs on the family system, including how to engage families in a tele-health setting. In this training we will also address family intervention techniques provided both on-site and virtually for clients with SUDs and their families. Family systems theory and attachment theory are theoretical models that provide a framework for understanding how SUDs affect the family (Birkeland, 2021). We will explore these theories and how with the utilization of tele-health we can incorporate how to move families through the stages of change in their recovery process.
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.
3. Recognizing and Responding to Behavioral Addictions, Online Self-Study
Behavioral addictions such as gaming, gambling, sex, pornography, social media, and food affect a substantial number of clients, yet many counselors have not received formal training on how to treat behavioral addictions. In this presentation, attendees will learn how to recognize and respond to behavioral addictions in clinical practice. Specifically, the presenter will describe how to conceptualize behavioral addictions, the neuroscience of behavioral addictions, criteria of behavioral addictions, and several treatment considerations. Given that behavioral addictions affect individuals across the lifespan, this course is ideal for mental health professionals in all settings including schools, colleges, community agencies, hospitals, and private practice.
Behavioral addictions are rewarding behaviors that become compulsive, out of control, continue despite negative consequences, and induce cravings or mental preoccupation. Like drugs of abuse, potentially addictive behaviors activate reward circuitry in the brain and are both positively and negatively reinforcing. Recent changes to diagnostic and disease classification manuals, in addition to growing concerns regarding the addictive nature of online activities, necessitate that all clinicians are able to recognize behavioral addictions in their clinical work. In addition, all mental health professionals must be equipped to respond ethically and effectively to behavioral addictions with a clear conceptualization guided by the most recent neuroscience. Participants can expect a robust overview of the criteria of behavioral addiction, the application of a public health model for conceptualizing addictive behaviors, individual risk factors for the development of behavioral addictions, and appropriate treatment approaches.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the evolving definition of addiction and conceptualize behavioral addictions using a public health model.
- Explain the criteria for behavioral addictions and how to differentiate between high involvement in a behavior and a behavioral addiction.
- Synthesize current research and relevant neuroscience related to the prevalence and nature of behavioral addictions.
4. Opiate Use Disorder Treatment: a SUD Counselor’s Guide, Online Self-Study
Opiate abuse has become a significant problem for our country. Unlike many other substances, there are medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and recovery options for those that struggle with opiate use disorder. This can also create challenges as the traditional “abstinence-based” model of treatment may not be applicable for this population. This session will provide a broad overview of opiates and their differences; the different MAT options for clients; and how SUD counselors can best provide treatment services to them. Challenges with the abstinence-based model and the 12-step community will be explored.
This session is specifically designed for counselors and will provide participants with basic understanding of MAT for opiate use disorder. Participants can expect to learn some fundamental strategies for working with this population and how to provide services within a group and individual setting as well as how MAT may fit into the treatment plan as a whole.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the differences in MAT medications.
- Identify and implement foundational counseling skills specific to this population.
- Engage in practical skills as a part of the treatment continuum to help provide services to this population
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: Instructions for attending and completing a course can be found here.
Dr. Malcolm Horn, Ph.D., LCSW, LAC, SAP, MAC
Malcolm Horn-Charnesky started her career working with the elderly and adults with disabilities. She has over 10 years of progressive clinical experience working with the complex diagnoses that often accompany addictions and co-occurring disorders. Malcolm started working specifically with addictions in 2006 when she moved to Billings and started working at Rimrock. She coordinates the continuing education for licensed staff, ensuring they have opportunities to appropriate continuing education units to improve their skills and ability to meet the needs of clients. Malcolm also supervises and coordinates the internship program and ensures all learning objectives are met. She provides educational lectures and workshops to patients and community members and also conducts adjunctive group, family, and individual therapy.
Malcolm received her Master’s in Social Work from Walla Walla College, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is licensed by the state of Montana as an Addiction Counselor. She also has accreditation from the NAADAC (National Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors) as a Masters level Addiction Counselor. She is a SAP (Substance Abuse Professional) certified by the DOT through NAADAC as well as the only nationally certified intervention professional (NCIP) in Montana. Malcolm was the President of the Montana Association of Drug and Alcohol Counselors from 2015-2017 and is the current regional vice president for the national association. She is the president-elect of NAADAC and teaches two courses at Montana-State University-Billings. Malcom completed her Ph.D. in psychology in April of 2019.
Read more about Dr. Malcolm Horn here
Dr. Amanda L. Giordano, Ph.D., LPC
Amanda L. Giordano, PhD, LPC is an associate professor at the University of Georgia who specializes in addictions counseling. She is the sole author of a clinical reference book titled, A Clinical Guide to Treating Behavioral Addictions, co-author of a textbook titled, Addiction Counseling: A Practical Approach, and developer of an online course, Working with Behavioral Addictions, with Mental Health Academy. Dr. Giordano works to advance the counseling field with rigorous research and has published over 55 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has conducted over 120 presentations. In 2018, Dr. Giordano received the Addictions/Offender Educator of Excellence Award from the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC) and in 2022 she was awarded the Russell H. Yeany Jr., Research Award from her college. Dr. Giordano collaborates with domestic and international organizations to provide trainings to increase awareness related to behavioral addictions. She maintains a blog called Understanding Addiction for Psychology Today and has been a guest on several podcasts.
Dr. 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 has served as President of the Ohio Counseling Association (OCA), President of the Ohio Substance Use Disorders Professionals (OSUDP) and 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. You can read more about Dr. Moore by clicking here and here.
Disclosure Statement: The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.
Credit Hours: This bundle consists of a total of 8 continuing education hours of credit. Each course offers an individual certificate of completion indicating CEs earned for that course.
Counselors:
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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:
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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 these courses receive a total of 8 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:
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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:
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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 480 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.
These are non-interactive, self-study courses.
Online self-study courses are non-interactive and include recorded instruction, a post-test and evaluation. Participants have 6 months from registration to complete coursework and claim the certificate of completion.
