{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"WEBINAR: You are Powerful: A Message to Young People from Dr. Robert Schwebel","description":"SMART Recovery\u00ae is pleased to present a talk with author\nand developer of The Seven Challenges\u00ae Program, Dr. Robert\nSchwebel.\nWe are interested in learning how to engage youth who have\nproblems with drugs in meaningful conversations and to support them\nin taking power over their lives. Dr. Schwebel\u2019s work is designed\nfor counseling settings, and we think you\u2019ll find his approach\nhighly complementary with SMART in the continuum of care.\nIn implementing The Seven Challenges Program, many practical\nlessons have been learned that are helpful in thinking about how to\nbest to serve and collaborate with youth. The\nconversation focuses on attitudes, strategies, and\nmessages that engage and empower youth, and there will be plenty of\ntime for questions and answers.\nThe Seven Challenges are:\nWe decided to open up and talk honestly about ourselves and\nabout alcohol and other drugs.\n\nWe looked at what we liked about alcohol and other\ndrugs, and why we were using them.\nWe looked at our use of alcohol or other drugs to see\nif it has caused harm or could cause harm.\nWe looked at our responsibility and the responsibility\nof others for our problems.\nWe thought about where we seemed to be headed, where\nwe wanted to go, and what we wanted to accomplish.\nWe made thoughtful decisions about our lives and about\nour use of alcohol and other drugs.\nWe followed through on our decisions about our lives\nand drug use. If we saw problems, we went back to earlier\nchallenges and mastered them.\n\nThe Seven Challenges provide a framework for helping youth\nthink through their own decisions about their lives and their use\nof alcohol and other drugs. Counselors using The Seven Challenges\nProgram teach youth to identify and work on the issues most\nrelevant to them. In sessions, as youth discuss the issues that\nmatter most, counselors seamlessly integrate the Challenges as part\nof the conversation. \nThe Seven Challenges is listed as an evidence-based program in\nthe SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and\nPractices. \nRobert Schwebel, Ph.D., a psychologist specializing in couples\nand family issues and in the prevention and treatment of substance\nabuse, provides lectures and training sessions to professional and\ncommunity audiences around the country and abroad. Please see\nhis website: http:\/\/sevenchallenges.com. Dr.\nSchwebel has developed and directed prevention and counseling\nprograms for schools as well as public and private\nagencies. He has published numerous articles and is the author\nof several books including Saying No Is Not\nEnough: Helping Your Kids Make Wise\nDecisions About Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other\nDrugs; Keep Your Kids\nTobacco-Free; and Who's on Top,\nWho's on Bottom: How Couples Can Learn to Share\nPower. In addition, Dr. Schwebel has appeared on\nThe Oprah Show, The Today Show, in numerous CNN interviews, and The\nCBS Early Show, and currently writes for thefix.com and Pro Talk at\nrehabs.com.\nRobert lives with his family in Tucson, Arizona. \n\n\nSMART Recovery depends on your donations!\n\n\nPlease visit SMART\nRecovery or\nClick the Donate button below.\n\n\n\n\u00a9 2016\nSMART Recovery\u00ae.  Music created and copyright 2016 Donald\nSheeley with unlimited use as is donated to SMART\nRecovery.\n\n\n","author_name":"SMART Recovery\u00ae Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org","html":"