POT, PORN, & PHONES
When a client is stuck in patterns like cannabis use, pornography, or compulsive phone use —and “just stop” isn’t realistic — many clinicians feel unsure what actually helps. This short workshop offers a clear, grounded framework for working with everyday compulsions.
75 minutes • On-demand • Includes clinical summary PDF
The Clinical Tension
Many clinicians worry
“If I don’t push them to stop, am I enabling?”
“If the behavior continues after we make a plan, what do I do?”
Most training doesn’t prepare clinicians for these contemporary, pervasive compulsive habits.
This workshop is designed for that moment.
What You'll Learn
In this workshop, you'll learn how to:
Respond when clients disclose compulsive habits or problematic use
Reduce harm while preserving what is important to the patient
Handle a patient who is high in session
Recognize when moderation, reduction, or abstinence is appropriate
Work with urges, ambivalence, and shame without rupturing alliance
Use setbacks or resistance as a way to deepen treatment
 The focus is on language, stance, and practical interventions you can use immediately.
About Andrew Tatarsky
Dr. Andrew Tatarsky is one of the world's leading innovators in addiction treatment and the pioneering force behind harm reduction psychotherapy. In 1998, authored the groundbreaking book Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems, and went on to develop Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy (IHRP)-a model that has transformed how clinicians understand and treat substance use, compulsive behaviors, and emotional suffering.
Across three decades, Andrew has become the field's most influential voice challenging the limits of abstinence-only care and reshaping the global conversation about addiction. His thinking integrates psychoanalysis, mindfulness, and cutting-edge behavioral science into a coherent, humane, and radically effective clinical approach.
He is the Founder and Director of The Harm Reduction Therapy Training Center, and previously founded and directed The Center for Optimal Living. He is a Senior Advisor at Silver Hill New York and also serves on the Medical and Clinical Advisory Panels for the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Support. Andrew holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York and a Certificate in Psychoanalysis from New York University's Postdoctoral Program and is a Professor of Professional Practice at The New School.
Who This Is For
This workshop is for clinicians who
Who You Work With
Work with cannabis use, pornography, compulsive scrolling, gaming, and other habits
Where It Feels Unclear
Feel confident when abstinence isn’t realistic
What You’re Trying to Do
Help patients change their relationship to habits without power struggles
 No prior harm-reduction training is required.
Workshop Details
75Â minute on-demand workshop
Includes clinical summary PDF
Satndard Access: $100
CE Credit Access: $115
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You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone
Most clinicians were never trained for these moments.
 This workshop offers a clear, grounded framework you can return to when risk enters the room.