Substance abuse
- Substance and Alcohol Related disorders
- Substance use and substance induced disorders
- Traits of the Addictive personality
- The Disease concept of Alcoholism- Jellinek’s alcohol types and the Jellinek Curve
- Addiction and the Brain – pleasure centers
- Types of substances in addiction (Drug chart)
- Codependence and the Helper.Etiology of addiction
- DBT and CBT in Addiction Treatment.
- Motivational Interviewing – OARS
- The 12 Steps Explained and Interpreted Integratively.
- Treatment Process- the 5 Step Minnesota Model
- Humanistic Addiction Therapy (Person Centred, Gestalt, T.A Approaches)
- Etiology of Addiction
- PAWS
- Relapse & its Prevention
- Psychotropic Medicine in Detoxification & Relapse Prevention
- Understanding Heroin, Cannabis, Cocaine & Alcohol
- Opioid Analgesic and Benzodiazepine Addiction
- Cigarette Cessation
- Group Therapy for Addicts
- Addiction and Family Therapy
Eating disorders
- Understanding eating disorders from a dynamic perspective
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Binge Eating disorder
- Treatment of eating disorders
- The Mother-Daughter dynamic (Marion Woodman)
Family therapy and family systems therapy
- Strategic therapy
- Transgenerational therapy
- Structural theory
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
- Sexual dysfunction disorders
- Paraphilias
- Gender Identity Disorders
Gender and sexuality – therapy
- Models for understanding sex, gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation
- Psychosexual work with sexual dysfunctions
- Working with transgender and inter-sex clients
Child psychopathology
- Feeding and eating disorders of infancy
- Learning disorders in children
- Mental retardation
- Pervasive developmental disorders
- Disruptive behaviors
Counseling with children and adolescents – therapy
- Issues to consider for Child Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Using narrative and imagery techniques
- Behavioral therapy
- Art therapy with children and adolescents
- Object relations therapy with children
- Working with Abused Children