Substance Use and Our Community: Viewing Substance Use and Readiness through a Systemic Lens
Natalie Ricciutti, PhD, LPCC
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Session Description
Session Description
Counselors and other helping professionals often view substance use and addictions as individual issues, and typically focus on one-on-one forms of treatment. This can cause counselors to neglect the impact the community plays in substance use, treatment, and recovery. In this presentation, I will discuss the role an individual’s community environment plays in their treatment and recovery. I will provide information about the concept of community change readiness, and how counselors can assess the community’s readiness to change the issue of substance use. Finally, I will discuss the importance of community-level advocacy, and the responsibility counselors have in pushing for change at the mezzo-level.
Presenter
Presenter
Dr. Natalie Ricciutti is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina Charlotte and is a licensed mental health and addiction counselor. She teachings addiction counseling courses and is a proponent of community-engaged research. She has expertise in community change readiness, and developed the Community Readiness Instrument to allow counselors to better determine ways to support their communities and create systemic change. Dr. Ricciutti also has expertise in community-wide addiction issues and addiction counseling education.
Questions?
Questions?
Please contact Dr. Jack Culbreth at jrculbreth@charlotte.edu or (704) 687-8972 if you have questions regarding the program.
Please contact Dr. Jordan Z. Boyd at jboy44@charlotte.edu if you have questions regarding registration.
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