Brief Intervention: for Substance Using Adolescents

 Facilitated by Kevin Gogin, MFT

Workshop Description

The goal of this one day training is to build skills of counselors working with adolescents. Brief Intervention is a short-term counseling intervention that consists of 2 to 4 sessions aimed at adolescents who use alcohol and/or other drugs. This training approach uses motivational interviewing, cognitive behavior therapy and the stages of change model to meet the needs of adolescents. 

Learning Objectives:

• Examining the counselor’s attitudes and relationship with teens
• Learning to teach adolescents how to take a more active and reflective role in decisions about their own behavior
• Identifying strategies that would support an adolescent driven plan to make decisions they see as beneficial
• Increasing knowledge about drug and alcohol use among teens
• Utilizing Motivational Interviewing to empower rather than enforce

Please come prepared to discuss specific goals and challenges, as this will aid us to better support your requests and answer your questions.

About the Presenter

Kevin Gogin, MFT, has a long history of working with adolescents and school based programs, most recently with the School Health Programs Department of San Francisco Unified School District since 2000.  He has worked with adolescent programs regarding sexual orientation issues, substance abuse, and crisis intervention.  In addition, he has worked with adolescents and their families within a private practice. Kevin has a Master of Arts in English, Master of Divinity, Advanced Master of Theology, Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, and is a licensed MFT.