Advanced Ethics & Clinical Practice - May 23, 2025
- Registration Closed
A 6-Hour Training with Joseph Zannella, MA, LADC
8:30am-4:00pm
130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301
Presentation: Counselors entering behavioral health often report feeling unprepared for their day-to-day work. Community treatment programs and behavioral health centers have come to accept that the technical skills of "how to be a counselor" in today’s environment are the training responsibility of the hiring organization. As the Affordable Care Act expansion continues, more underserved communities with higher acuity and less resources are filling caseloads and their needs continue to go unmet because the counseling workforce has not been trained on how to advocate properly for patients who qualify for more services than they are receiving. There’s a need for advanced training on advocacy skills for underserved communities to help curb the gap in care delivery matched with identified needs. In this presentation, participants will learn the importance of advocacy skills and how to adjust caseload management strategies and expectations to support the unmet needs of underserved communities.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Interpret how relevant professional organizations address legal and ethical issues;
- Articulate similarities between the various codes of clinical ethics presented in the class;
- Articulate differences between the various codes of clinical ethics presented in the class;
- Explain how to reconcile differences between codes of ethics when treating individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems;
- Describe the relationship between legally defensible actions, ethical practice, and personal morality; and
- Describe what ethical challenges new technology may lead to in the near future.
6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 2
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 7-8 & 18
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: Ethics (for recertification only)
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Joseph Zannella
Joseph Zannella has 38 years of experience working with mental health and addiction issues. He specializes in helping people with Anxiety issues, Recovery from Addictions, and Eating Disorders. He was the Director of Outpatient Programs in Bridgeport for Connecticut Renaissance for five years, and was the Director of the Renfrew Center of Southern Connecticut for five years specializing in treating clients with Eating Disorders. He is presently a professional educator and consultant, presenting both in-person and by remote classes. He is a faculty member of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies for 20 years teaching multiple courses including Neurobiology of Addiction, Psybersick, Eating Disorders, Advanced Ethics, Early Recovery Issues and the history of addiction treatment. With extensive clinical and administrative skills and in his work as a professional educator he has unique qualifications to assist both clinicians and clients. He is also in private practice in Fairfield County, CT.
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