The Integrative Addiction Treatment Program - Clinical Evening: Building a Treatment Plan Reflecting the Patient's Personality Characteristics

The Integrative Addiction Treatment Program

Nafarashim Institute for Psychotherapy Research and Teaching,

At the School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College

Happy to invite you to a clinical evening:

Building a treatment plan that reflects the patient's personality characteristics

The event will take place on Wednesday, October 27, between 7:30 PM and 9:00 PM on ZOOM.

Participation cost: 70 NIS

One of the central issues in treating addicts is the issue of constructing the intervention plan. The plan must be broad enough to be relevant to the unique distress of the addicted patient and at the same time tight enough to allow for a therapeutic horizon aimed at behavioral change.

The accuracy of the treatment plan can be increased by addressing the addict's personality characteristics as they are expressed in the axes of "introversion versus extroversion" and "change seeking versus stability seeking." These axes form the basis of a patient's personality style and relate to both the addict's adaptive and maladaptive behaviors. Such an approach is not concerned with identifying and treating pathology, but rather with focusing on "what" and "how" it is possible to achieve change in the addict who comes to treatment. In fact, therapists who also look through the prism of personality characteristics will be able to focus on the question of what influences treatment and will help with change.

The lecture will include a review of personality variables and research findings about them, their relevance to addiction treatment models, and examples from the clinic.

Slava Kobardinsky, (MSW)

Social worker and psychotherapist. Specialist in the field of addictions, marginalized populations and youth at risk. In the past, he has worked as an individual and group therapist for many years in public service in frameworks such as the Association for the Prevention of Alcoholism, the Tel Aviv City Street Dwellers Treatment Unit, Youth Probation Service, the Eshach Association and the Elam Association. In recent years, he has been treating addicts and their families in the private sector in a private clinic in Ramat Gan. He also guides and trains teams in the field of addictions and youth at risk in welfare services, youth welfare institutions and therapeutic communities. He lectures and guides addiction courses and probation officer courses at the Central School for Social Workers and also serves as a lecturer at the Mifarashim Institute.

Moderated by: Ms. Racheli Siegel

A clinical social worker and certified family and couples therapist, instructor and lecturer. The academic director of the course. An expert in treating addicts and their families, and in trauma and crisis situations, loss and bereavement, and specializing in treating victims of sexual trauma. Owns a private clinic in the Sharon area. In the past, she was part of the addiction treatment team in the "Ilanot" community, and managed the hostel for the community's graduates. She also managed the addiction treatment unit in Kiryat Ono. She led the unit in the field of family, couple, and dyadic treatment for addicts and their families. She also facilitates groups and workshops and trains treatment teams.