All Things Substance
Welcome to the All Things Substance podcast, the place for therapists to hear about substance use from a mental health perspective. I’m your host, Betsy Byler, and I’m a licensed therapist, clinical supervisor, and a substance abuse counselor. It is my mission to help my fellow therapists gain the skills and confidence needed to add substance use to their scope of practice. So join me each week as we talk about All Things Substance. You can visit me at https://www.betsybyler.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 177
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Legalization of Marijuana-Repost
Why is marijuana illegal anyway? What’s the difference between legalization and decriminalization? What implication does this have for therapists?
The debate over legalization of marijuana is all aro…
Common Claims about Marijuana-Repost
What are common things people say about marijuana? What are the facts about those common claims? What implication does this have in therapy?
Marijuana conversations give rise to really interesting in…
Marijuana Basics-Repost
What is marijuana and how is it used? Why is THC potency important? What does this have to do with therapy?
Marijuana is here to stay and it looks like we’re heading towards legalization. The use of …
Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Holiday Skills (Repost)
The holidays are here, no matter what your faith tradition or country, there's a holiday in here for everyone. For some the holidays are a joyful time where they look forward to seeing family and fri…
Meeting Our Own Professional and Personal Needs
I don’t believe we can rely on our agencies or employers to take care of our development or help us with safe care. I believe we need to make sure we are being proactive to make sure we have what we …
Substance Use in the LGBTQ+ Community
Trauma and substance use have a bidirectional relationship. According to my guest, Eric Sullivan, growing up gay is a form of complex trauma. The LGBTQ+ community faces a lot of factors that put them…
Therapists Deserve to be Cared for Too
How do we not just survive, but thrive in our work? How do we get to keep being our badass therapist selves and still enjoy what we do? There really are things we can do to help ourselves.
Our workp…
Why Therapists Burn Out & How to Protect Yourself
Being a therapist is badass. We are depicted as cardigan-wearing, somewhat nerdy, mild-mannered intellectuals or touchy-feely, overly sensitive, preschool teacher-esque guides for people. The reality…
5 Reasons Therapists Don’t Assess for Substance Use & 5 Reasons They Should
Many therapists shy away from asking about substance use. There are some very common and very valid reasons for this. Today, I want to share the top 5 most common reasons I’ve heard for avoiding tal…
Trauma and Substance Use are Bidirectional
Bidirectional means “moving or taking place in two usually opposite directions.” This concept is super important to understanding how trauma and substance use connect. They don’t just intersect, they…
Nurturing Our Resilience Through Connection
It's not easy to hear the stories of pain and suffering day in and day out. We chose this path because we have a passion for helping others, but that doesn't mean it's always smooth sailing. In fact,…
Screening for Substance Use
Screening for substance use allows you to provide comprehensive care to your clients. By assessing their substance use patterns, you gain valuable insights into how their substance use may be contrib…
The Skill to Help You Thrive Instead of Burning Out
As we continue talking about the intersection of trauma and substance use work, in today’s episode Jenny is going to be sharing an important skill with us that is designed to help us not just surviv…
The Intersection of Trauma and Substance Use
Want to treat trauma and substance use with confidence? We've got you covered! Today we’re joining together in this episode to talk about the intersection between substance use and trauma. We are so…
Gambling Addiction Treatment
Gambling addiction brings to mind a certain image for many of us. There are so many ways gambling exists and scams people out of their money. I wanted to find out about gambling assessment and treatm…
You don't want to miss this..
If you google “substance use CEU”, there are a ton of results. How do you even know where to start and what to pick? I’m about to make a bold statement, I know what you need to know to work with subs…
The Power of Secondary Gain
Secondary gain is a powerful thing. It impacts behavior in ways that we wouldn’t think of, but when it comes to substance use it’s an important factor in making long lasting change. Today, we’ll talk…
Why Readiness to Change May Be the Biggest Factor
People change because they want to or because they have to. When neither of those things are true, change isn’t going to happen. For substance use, the “readiness to change” may be the single biggest…
Is Willpower Enough?
Just say no. You should just quit. So and so just stopped doing it, so can you. Some people believe that willpower should be all someone needs to overcome addiction. Willpower is a part of how people…
What's the Difference? Harm Reduction and Abstinence
In the addiction treatment world, abstinence and harm reduction can often be seen as contrary to each other. We need both models available in order to truly help clients. Our goal is to meet clients …