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A contemporary framework for teaching substance use in psychotherapy training.
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A contemporary framework for teaching substance use
License Andrew Tatarsky’s masterclass to give students a practical framework for working with problematic substance use in ordinary clinical practice.
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Preparing Students for Real Clinical Work
For decades, substance use was taught largely through disease-based, abstinence-only models shaped by criminalization rather than clinical reality. As a result, one of the most common issues in modern practice is still treated as a specialty rather than as part of ordinary psychotherapy. Students often enter the field unprepared for how substance use appears in therapy: quietly, relationally, often hidden, and bound up with shame and ambivalence.
This course offers a contemporary clinical framework grounded in psychological understanding and real-world practice. Students learn how to address a serious clinical problem — clients hiding their use — by creating conditions in which honesty is possible and treatment can work.
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Who this is for ?
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Social work, psychology, counseling, and MFT programs
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Graduate students preparing for real-world clinical practice
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Faculty seeking to modernize substance-use education
What students gain ?
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Skills for handling risk and ambiguous clinical situations
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A continuum-based understanding that moves beyond abstinence mandates
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Tools for working with ambivalence, mixed goals, and gradual change
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Integration of substance-use work into ordinary therapeutic relationships
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A contemporary framework for teaching substance use in psychotherapy training.
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License a full masterclass for one course, one semester — your whole class, one flat price.
Why this course
Preparing students for real clinical work
Problematic substance use is common in everyday clinical practice, but many students receive little training in how to work with it in psychotherapy. This course teaches a practical process for helping clients understand their substance use, clarify what they want to change, and make realistic changes over time — while staying engaged in treatment.
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What the films look like
An excerpt from Andrew Tatarsky: Harm Reduction Psychotherapy for Addiction & Compulsions — unscripted, professionally shot, and built for classroom discussion.
What students gain
Working with risk
Skills for handling risk and ambiguous clinical situations.
Beyond the abstinence mandate
A continuum-based understanding that moves past all-or-nothing goals.
Ambivalence and mixed goals
Tools for working with ambivalence, mixed goals, and gradual change.
Inside ordinary therapy
Integration of substance-use work into ordinary therapeutic relationships.
“I just love Nancy McWilliams. She is my favorite. I have learned the most from her in my program.”
Chauncey Zalkin, Student, Northwestern University
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How classroom licensing works
Request your license
Tell us how many students. We confirm your price and how you’d like to pay — check, ACH, credit card, or purchase order.
Get your class link
We send a private enrollment link for your students, sized to your class and active through the semester.
Forward to your class
Students click the link, create a free account, and enroll. At the end of the term, we can send a completion report on request.
Classroom licenses
One course · one class · one semester
License a full masterclass for one course — your whole class, one flat price.
Up to 15 students
$600
- Full masterclass access
- Private enrollment link
- Completion report on request
- Access through the semester
Up to 35 students
$900
- Full masterclass access
- Private enrollment link
- Completion report on request
- Access through the semester
Up to 60 students
$1,400
- Full masterclass access
- Private enrollment link
- Completion report on request
- Access through the semester
Larger lecture, multiple sections, or paying by purchase order? Email us and we’ll set it up.
Good to know
Questions from departments
Do students pay anything?
No. The license price is the whole cost. Students enroll for free through the link you forward.
Can we see who completed the course?
Yes — just ask and we can send you a completion report showing which students finished, helpful for participation grades or your records.
Is there a quiz?
Not by default — completing the videos is all that’s required. If you’d like a short end-of-course quiz for your class, we can turn one on. Just ask.
Do students earn CE credits?
The masterclass carries 3.5 CE credits for licensed clinicians. For a class license the videos are the deliverable; if any of your students are already licensed and want CE certificates, tell us and we’ll arrange it.
How can we pay?
Check, ACH, or credit card — whatever’s easiest for your institution. Purchase orders are welcome; we’ll invoice you directly.
How long does access last?
Through the academic semester the license covers. Running it again next term is a new license.
What if my class is larger than 60?
Email us for a quick custom quote for large lectures or multiple sections.
For schools & universities
Request your classroom license
Tell us your class size and how you’d like to pay, and we’ll confirm your price and send your private enrollment link within one business day.
If you are planning curriculum and want a free preview of the course, please get in touch — [email protected]