VIRTUAL-Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:00pm-4:00pm-Intertwined Issues Series-Substance Use & Psychosis with Suzy Langevin, LICSW, LADC I

VIRTUAL-Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM-$109 including CEUs

Intertwined Issues Series-Substance Use and Psychosis

Suzy Langevin, LICSW, LADC I

This is an intermediate level training that is designed to provide context and interventions based in CBT treatment model for practitioners working with individuals who experience co-occurring substance use and psychosis.  This training is designed for practitioners with a foundational knowledge of CBT individual therapy.  The training will provide attendees with the opportunity to think about the impact and intersections of the experiences of psychosis and substance use with considerations to specific substances of misuse.  Participants will learn about specific strategies to improve engagement as well as to collaboratively identify and address symptoms and challenges commonly reported by individuals who use substances and experience symptoms of psychosis.  This training will incorporate role plays and real plays to help attendees solidify concepts reviewed in the training and to clarify anything they are unsure about. 

Following this training the participants will understand:

• The symptoms of psychosis and ways in which substance use and the symptoms of psychosis impact one another.
• Identify strategies to improve engagement for individuals who experience co-occurring substance use and psychosis.
• Identify strategies for responding to the experiences of psychosis when substance use is also present.

Your Trainer:

Suzy Langevin, LICSW, LADC I, Director of Training and Professional Development at Open Sky Community Services, is committed to making the best evidence-based tools and supports available to both Open Sky employees and the broader provider community through the Bridge Training Institute. Ms. Langevin has presented regionally and nationally on implementing evidence-based treatment modalities, including the Stephanie Moulton Symposium, NAADAC National Webinar Series, and the Massachusetts Psychiatric Rehabilitation Collaborative Annual Conference. She has extensive training and fidelity coding experience in Motivational Interviewing and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

She had provided training and consultation in a variety of evidence-based treatment modalities to mental health providers, school systems, community groups and state agencies, where feedback has included, “Suzy is very knowledgeable and provides practical insight on how to apply the skill learned in real life situations. Her training approach is upbeat, engaging, and informative.”

In her more than decade long tenure at Open Sky, she served as Director of Dual Diagnosis Services, where she developed a model for services for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders within the agency’s community mental health programming. She also previously worked to implement and supervise the provision of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) services across adult and adolescent treatment settings and the development and opening of The Bridge Counseling Center, Open Sky’s outpatient division. In 2014, Ms. Langevin was awarded the ABH Excellence in Outcomes Award as a member of the CR for PTSD group. She was selected to the Worcester Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Worcester Class of 2021.

In addition to her work at Open Sky, Ms. Langevin has experience in a diverse range of settings, including emergency mental health, juvenile justice, residential treatment, and hospital inpatient care.