
Cognitive Behavior Therapy & Motivational Interviewing
- Registration Closed
Presenters were asked to cover the following topics:
- Psychological Aspects of Alcohol and Drug Use, Intoxication and Addiction(Including "Set and Setting," Placebo and Expectation)
- Patient Engagement and Securing Treatment Entry
- Motivating Patients to Change
- Individual Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Relapse Prevention
- Community Reinforcement and Vouchers
- Contingency Management
- Matrix Model

Dr. James W. Finch, MD, DFASAM
Director of Physician Education, NC Governor's Institute on Substance Abuse
Dr. James Finch was initially trained in Family Medicine. Following a fellowship at Duke University, he stayed on the faculty there with joint appointments in Family Medicine and Psychiatry and helped found and co-direct the Duke Addictions Program.
After leaving Duke he worked for many years in community mental health settings before opening a collaborative addiction and mental health practice in Durham called Changes-By-Choice, which provides both counseling and medication assisted treatments.
Dr Finch is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and Past-President of the NC Society of Addiction Medicine.
Throughout his career, he has been active in clinician training and is Director of Medical Education for the NC Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse, where he co-directs the regional Addiction Medicine Conference held in Asheville each spring.