Become the professional who refuses to give up on recovery
An interactive workshop for anyone who wants to understand addiction counselling & rehab in themselves and the people around them. Bring real situations, ask questions and practise useful ways to respond at home, work and in relevant support roles.
HOW THE MIND WORKS
Repeated substance use or rewarding behaviour can become linked with cues, stress and relief. The brain learns that an action may quickly change an uncomfortable state, so urges can appear automatically in familiar places or emotions. This is more than weak willpower; change often needs support, structure and sometimes medical care.
This is guided learning, not a lecture and not therapy.
WHAT YOU WILL DO DIFFERENTLY
This workshop makes the underlying pattern clearer, then gives you guided opportunities to discuss it and practise a more useful response.
Addiction appears as a series of bad decisions, and so people respond with moral judgement.
Simply stop: advice that fails every individual who has ever genuinely tried it.
Without understanding the cycle, attempts to help feel hopeless and exhausting.
Identify cues, cravings, short-term reward and consequences without reducing a person to a label.
Practise supportive, non-shaming conversations and clearer boundaries with a loved one.
Recognise risks and make a safer referral rather than trying to manage serious dependence alone.
THE INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP JOURNEY
Across eight interactive weekend sessions, participants bring real situations, ask questions and practise guided tools together.
Explore the pattern through everyday examples and participant questions.
Bring real situations to identify triggers, needs and the choices available.
Practise guided tools and communication in discussion and realistic scenarios.
Eight interactive weekend sessions with guided discussion and practice. This is guided learning, not a lecture and not therapy.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Open to ordinary people, parents and individuals living with this issue, alongside relevant professional roles.
Understand your own patterns and practise a more useful response in everyday life.
Make sense of what a loved one may be experiencing and respond with more care.
Add genuine counselling skill to the clinical care you already provide.
Support individuals and families caught in the cycle of addiction.
Lead recovery work with a principled understanding of what actually helps.
Meet addiction with understanding rather than judgement.
WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH
A clearer way to notice patterns, ask better questions and respond more usefully in real situations.
Guided discussion and practice you can carry into everyday life and relevant support roles.
A workshop certificate is issued on completion and may support relevant professional development (CPD).
RESERVE YOUR PLACE
Admissions open. Complete this short form and our team will confirm your place and the fee on WhatsApp.
No online payment required. We confirm your place and the fee with you personally first.
No online payment required. We confirm your place and the fee with you personally first.
CLARIFICATIONS
No. It is open entry. It is particularly valuable for medical, rehabilitation and social-work professionals, but open to anyone committed to helping.
PKR 15,000 for the full workshop — one-time, no hidden costs.
No. It is a interactive workshop building real counselling and support skills, not a licence for independent clinical treatment. Recognising when to refer is integral to what you learn.
Because it is hospital-leveraged: taught where rehabilitation and recovery actually take place.
Reserve your place with the form above. Our team confirms your seat, fee and admissions status on WhatsApp.
Still considering? Message our team and we will help you decide.
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