• Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Psychological Association (SHWPA)
  
            Frederick Rotgers, Psy.D., ABPP                                NJ Licensed Psychologist #1969

     “Harm Reduction Approaches to Psychotherapy:

                     Meeting Clients Where They Are.”

        
  
   1.5 Continuing Education Credits (1 Opioid Credit)
  
  Friday May 23, 2025
  
   Zoom Webinar – Register at shwpa.org
  
    10:15 – Welcome, Presentation 10:30AM-12:00PM

   

  Program Overview:

  Harm reduction is a humane, person-centered approach to working with persons with substance use disorders that focuses on meeting them where they are at and promoting the individual's personal autonomy. It is in contrast to traditional abstinence-only approaches that ask the patient to initiate abstinence prior to treatment. The presentation will present a case of an opioid-dependent individual with whom this approach produced a positive outcome.

   

   

  Frederick Rotgers, Psy.D., ABPP is a licensed psychologist with over 40 years treating persons with substance use disorders. He obtained a PsyD from Rutgers GSAPP in 1983 and subsequently served as a research professor and faculty member at the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies (Now the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies). He has published numerous books and articles on the treatment of persons with substance use disorders. He has also directed a substance use disorder treatment program affiliated with the Center and currently maintains a private practice specializing in substance use disorders, anxiety and depression. He also is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

   

  Learning Objectives:

  Participants will

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  1.    Be able to describe the extent of opioid use and misuse according to most recent  data.

   2. Be able to describe the basic principles of harm reduction.

  3. Be able to list at least three basic techniques of harm reduction approaches.

  4. Be able to identify the ethical challenges when working within a harm reduction framework.       

Dr. Rotgers does not have any commercial support and/or conflict of interest.

This program’s level of learning is intermediate, and the target audience is psychologists.

ADA Accommodations available upon written request by emailing Virginia Walters, Psy.D. at virginiawaltersm4@gmail.com no later than May 19, 2025.

SHWPA Program Fee:  SHWPA Member $50, Non–SHWPA Member $65, Students $15. Online registration & payment can be made at shwpa.org OR by mailing a check payable to SHWPA to Tracy Menzie P.O. Box 644 Lebanon, NJ 08833.  Please note – registration for this program will close on May 19, 2025.

NJPA CE Credits/ Administrative Fee for 1.5 CE Credits (A separate fee paid to NJPA) must be paid online BEFORE the start of the program.  An NJPA payment link will be emailed after registration and prior to the workshop.  NJPA administrative fees: Sustaining Member – Free, NJPA Member-$15, Non-NJPA Member- $25.   Note: if you are not an NJPA member you may create a non-member account at no charge.  A program evaluation must be completed within seven days of the program date to earn CE credits.