A 6-hour training with Joseph Zannella, MA, LADC
October 19, 2023
8:30am-4pm
PRESENTATION: This training is designed for clinicians at any skill level to explore and understand the pathological qualities unique to the Internet and its ever evolving hazards. We all talk about being addicted to email, chat, games and social media, but what are the facts and how really dangerous is it. Our health, privacy, ethics, safety and child development are all being impacted and most people don’t appreciate these hazards except in some vague sense of unease. The Internet and the apps we use every day are changing us in ways even the creators of these systems didn’t expect or predict. Our clients are living their lives on the Internet; we need to know what this means for them, and their recoveries. We clinicians are living our lives on the internet and we need to assess what it is doing to all of us.
Participants will:
- Discuss the developmental issues associated with growing up in a wired world;
- Describe how some pathologies have flourished as a result of being connected;
- Summarize the potential and reality of Internet Addiction;
- Describe their own experiences with the Internet;
- Explain the arena available to the antisocial personality;
- List the Ethical dangers of accessing the World Wide Web;
- Summarize the perverse reality of the Dark Web; and
- Describe what not to do when using the Internet.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Joseph has 34 years of experience working with mental health and addiction issues. He specializes in helping people with Anxiety issues, Recovery from Addictions, and Eating Disorders. He is presently the Clinical Director of the ASIST program for Family Reentry in New Haven, and was the Director of the Renfrew Center of Southern Connecticut for five years specializing in treating clients with Eating Disorders. He is on the faculty of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies for 19 years teaching on neurobiology, recovery issues and ethics. With Clinical and Administrative skills and in his work as a professional educator he has unique qualifications to assist both clinicians and clients. Joseph is also in private practice in Fairfield County, CT.
REGISTRATION FEE: *NHADACA Members $65; *Non-Members $75; *NBCC included. For registration information contact: 603-225-7060 or training@nhadaca.org
6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 2, 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 5, 15, 17
CPS Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist Category A
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
PLEASE NOTE: Only one registrant per form. For multiple registrants you must register each one individually. Registration is not complete or guaranteed until payment is received. Payment by means other than credit card may slow down completion of registration. Checks and cash are still accepted, however, your registration will be placed on a pending list until payment is received. We strongly encourage payment by credit card for training of high demand topics. Thank you.
This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
