Upcoming Webinars

The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) is one of a handful of suicide-focused clinical treatments with extensive clinical trial support. CAMS is a therapeutic framework that focuses on patient-identified "drivers" of what makes them suicidal. CAMS is patient centered and focuses on empathy, collaboration, and honesty. As an outpatient intervention CAMS is designed to form a strong clinical alliance and to increase motivation in the patient with helpful clinical documentation that reduces the risk of malpractice liability.

Improve how you connect with patients who feel stuck or uncertain about change. Join Dr. Borsari in this upcoming webinar where he’ll share practical Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies to help you: Engage more effectively with patients; Navigate ambivalence around behavior change; Avoid resistance and build trust through collaboration. Whether you're new to MI or looking to sharpen your skills, this session will offer actionable techniques you can apply right away.

Learn how to move conversations about substance use from uncertainty to action. In this practical, skill-building session, Dr. Borsari will demonstrate how to: Recognize and respond to patient language around change; Elicit and strengthen intrinsic motivation to reduce substance use; Collaboratively develop a personalized, actionable change plan. This session is ideal for healthcare professionals seeking evidence-based communication strategies to support patients navigating substance use challenges.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a behavioral model of psychotherapy. It is transdiagnostic and its evidence-base is robust. For example, its efficacy has been demonstrated in more than 1,000 randomized controlled trials across a range of clinical problem areas, including substance use disorders. In this webinar, participants will be introduced to the foundations of the ACT approach, including its central theoretical ideas and clinical procedures. Particular focus will be given to an ACT intervention strategy for addictive behavior.