Friday, May 8th, 2026 10:00 AM EDT -12:00 PM EDT Allan J. Katz LPC
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Description
I'm Sober, Now What? addresses the clinical challenges individuals face after achieving initial sobriety and highlights the therapeutic work necessary to support long-term recovery. This presentation examines four core distractions that commonly undermine sustained sobriety and introduces strategies for helping clients cultivate emotional sobriety, meaning, and purpose in daily living. Participants will explore how values, integrity, and purpose (the V.I.P. model) can guide post-acute recovery and promote character development. The session further integrates concepts of healthy intimacy and sexuality, emphasizing their role in stabilizing recovery and reducing relapse risk. Through didactic instruction and experiential exercises, clinicians will learn practical, evidence-informed interventions to help clients strengthen emotional regulation, deepen connection, and build a fulfilling life beyond addiction.
About the Presenter:
The Healthy Intimacy Coach, Allan J. Katz is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor & Certified Sex Addiction Therapist specializing in Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior, focusing on enhancing intimacy, building trust and improving communication in relationships.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and analyze four specific behavioral and cognitive distractions that interfere with sustained sobriety, and evaluate their clinical impact on long-term recovery.
- Apply the V.I.P. framework (Values, Integrity, Purpose) to clinical case examples to illustrate how meaning-making supports post-acute recovery and client motivation.
- Participants will be able to summarize the elements of healthy intimacy and sexuality and its role in maintaining sobriety
Agenda:
Agenda (120 Minutes Total)
1. Goals of Addiction Recovery – 10 minutes
Understanding long-term recovery outcomes
Introducing the four major distractions that interfere with sobriety
Clarifying values-based recovery foundations
2. Emotional Sobriety – 10 minutes
Emotional freedom vs. behavioral sobriety
Addressing shame, guilt, and unresolved trauma
Mindfulness-based emotional regulation strategies
3. What’s Missing in the Twelve Steps – 10 minutes
Step Six: Readiness to remove character defects
Step Seven: Humility and transformation
Identifying character traits and healthy replacements
4. Spirituality and Meaning – 5 minutes
Purpose and integrity as spiritual practice
Samson Raphael Hirsch: Selfishness and character
Dr. Abraham Twerski's approach to spiritual growth
5. Barriers to Emotional Sobriety & Clinical Antidotes – 45 minutes
Distractions and solutions:
Technology → Mindfulness and attentional control
Work → Reframing identity: human being vs. human doing
Play → Healthy leisure as protection
Emotions → Managing impulsive emotional experiences
People → Reducing reactivity; cultivating safety and trust
Belief and decisiveness in recovery
Clinical approaches for integrating these components
6. Experiential Exercise – 15 minutes
Guided activity illustrating distraction vs. values-based living
Processing insights and therapeutic application
7. Sexuality and Intimacy in Recovery – 15 minutes
Unhealthy vs. healthy sexuality
The eight stages of intimacy
Integrating intimacy skills to sustain sobriety
8. V.I.P. Framework – 10 minutes
Values
Integrity
Purpose
Applying V.I.P. to create a meaningful life post-sobriety
Accreditation - This Webinar Offers 2 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- CE You LLC, #1573, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/27/2024 - 3/27/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. - CE You LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0437
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0122.
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- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
- Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0275.
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an introductory level, and is beneficial for a beginner level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Additional information
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- There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
- System Requirements: Any device (such as a computer, tablet, or phone), Dual-Core 2 GHz or higher processor, and at least 4 GB of RAM capable of running a Zoom session, along with a stable internet connection.
- Although early registration is recommended for this class in order to ensure the best experience, attendees may register and join until the start of the program