Training Programs
Anxiety-Alcohol Loop
Explore how anxiety is learned, how alcohol temporarily relieves it, and how that relief reinforces the cycle in this specialized training on anxiety and substance use.
4.5 CE Hours (MCBAP Specific)
This clinician-focused training from Ginger Kramer Trainings explores the relationship between anxiety and alcohol use to support more effective treatment in clinical practice.
Grounded in CBT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing, the training focuses on the patterns that maintain anxiety and substance use—not just symptom reduction.
What This Training Covers
- How anxiety is learned and reinforced
- The Anxiety Alarm Loop™ and its clinical application
- The Anxiety–Alcohol Loop™ as a model for substance use
- Why relief drives repetition and dependence
- Avoidance, safety behaviors, and negative reinforcement
- Why insight alone does not create change
- Practical CBT, DBT, and MI interventions
- Clinical frameworks for treatment planning
While alcohol is the primary focus, these same reinforcement patterns apply to other substances and relief-based behaviors.
Designed for Real Clinical Application
- Nervous-system informed
- Clear, teachable client frameworks
- Practical and session-ready
- Built for therapists working with anxiety and substance use
Includes
- 4.5-hour training manual
- Clinical exercises and frameworks
- Post-test assessment
- Certificate of completion (4.5 MCBAP specific CE hours)
