Fortifying Your Strength: Promoting SelfCare for Substance Use Treatment Providers

When: 09/19/2025 - 09/19/2025,
From: 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Location: Webex - Pre-Registration is Required!
Imparted by: Alyssa Cohen, Psy.D SAPC’s-Clinical Standards and Training (CST) Branch
Visit: https://lacountyph.webex.com/weblink/register/re2f45b7b3ca31c0830638a906cdbaa89
Description:

IMPORTANT:

The training will begin promptly at 9:00AM. Please log in 10-15 minutes prior to the training to ensure 
your audio and visual connections are working properly

After registration you will receive an email confirmation with your own unique link to use to log into 
the training (do not share this link). The email will come from messenger@webex.com (please check 
your spam/junk email folders)

Who Should Attend:

This two-hour-forty five-minute (2:45) live virtual training is a free introductory training and is open to 
SAPC Network providers including:
• Registered and Certified Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselors
• LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs & Licensed Eligible (LE) AMFTs, ACSWs, APCCs
• Psychologists & Registered Psychological Associates
• Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialists & Peer Support Specialists

Training Description:

The purpose of this virtual live training is to assist SAPC providers with increasing their 
understanding of the importance of self-care as it relates to providing substance use 
treatment services. The training will begin with defining self-care and terms such as 
burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. Participants will have the 
opportunity to practice multiple self-care techniques throughout the training and develop a 
personal self-care plan.

Participants will be actively engaged throughout the presentation using these practice 
opportunities and open discussion

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of the training, participants will be able to:
1. Define the importance of self-care for substance use treatment providers. 
2. Identify and practice at least three (3) self-care techniques that can be utilized by 
substance use treatment providers. 
3. Develop a personal self-care plan that can be implemented to better care for yourself 
and others.