Rethinking How Exercise Can Positively Impact Recovery from Substance Use Disorder - March 14, 2025

Rethinking How Exercise Can Positively Impact Recovery from Substance Use Disorder - March 14, 2025

Includes a Live In-Person Event on 03/14/2025 at 9:00 AM (EDT)

A 3-Hour Training with Corey Gately, MLADC

9:00am-12:00pm

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301

Presentation: This course will explore the symptoms and diagnostic criteria of substance use disorder (SUD), as well as the impact that substances can have on mental health. In addition, we will explore how SUD impacts a person’s ability to regain healthy habits, including exercise and nutrition. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that exercise can have a positive impact on a person in recovery, including helping them to maintain recovery. However, there are many factors that impact a person’s ability to connect to exercise, maintain healthy habits, and manage recovery and exercise simultaneously. This course will discuss how we can utilize exercise at several levels of treatment, how we can motivate clients to utilize this modality, and how exercise can positively impact both the client and potentially the family and/or recovery community.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the symptoms and diagnostic criteria of substance use disorders;
  2. List basic symptoms and criteria of specific substances, including Alcohol, Opiates and Stimulants;
  3. Explain how mental health disorders can intersect with substance use disorder and impact a person’s ability to enter recovery and maintain recovery from SUD;
  4. Describe how nutritional issues can impact a person in early recovery;
  5. List how each substance can impact nutritional issues;
  6. Define the mind/body connection and what exercises can begin to build this connection in early recovery;
  7. Describe how past trauma can affect the mind/body connection;
  8. Describe the benefits of exercise in recovery, including how it can impact relapse prevention, overall mental health, and long-term stability; and
  9. List how to incorporate exercise into treatment and early recovery.

3 Contact Hours Available

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CRSW Performance Domains: 3-4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 5-7 & 15-17
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 2 & 6
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.

Corey Gately

Director of Substance Use Services

Concord Hospital

Corey Gately, MLADC is the Director of Substance Use Services at Concord Hospital – Laconia and Franklin.  She oversees the Recovery Clinic and the Doorway in her current role.  Corey is also a certified L1 CrossFit Coach and a Drug and Alcohol Fitness Recovery Specialist.  She coaches classes at Juggernaut Fitness in Laconia, NH.  She has been working in the field of substance use disorders for over 20 years and has been coaching functional fitness classes for 5 years.  She is currently directly working with people in recovery by connecting them to exercise. 

This content will not be available until 03/14/2025 at 12:00 AM (EDT)
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