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Clinical Strategies for Working with Individuals Who Use Drugs: How to Be Informed without Being an Expert

Presenter: Joe Pereira, LICSW, CAS

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Course Description

This is a recorded webinar from March 9, 2026.

This workshop explores practical, compassionate ways clinical social workers can engage and support people who use drugs. Grounded in harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and anti-stigmatizing practice, it focuses on building trust, meeting clients where they are, and addressing substance use within broader social, medical, and structural contexts. Participants will gain concrete strategies for assessment and engagement that promote dignity, safety, and client-defined goals.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will understand the importance of using non-stigmatizing language/terms associated with drug use to promote engagement with their clients who may be using substances.
  • Participants will be able to apply practical, evidence-informed clinical strategies, such as harm reduction principles, when working with individuals who use drugs.
  • Participants will learn how the model of “drug, set and setting” can be used to assess a client’s relationship with drugs.

Presenter Bio

Joe is a licensed clinical social worker and addictions specialist who has been practicing for over 35 years. He has worked in a variety of settings including correctional settings, the court system, residential programs, EAPs and outpatient mental health clinics. Joe was a co-founder of Outlook Associates of New England, a practice started to assist persons with anger control problems. He is currently in private practice in Arlington, MA offering individual and group therapy as well as training and consultation with a focus on anger management to adults and adolescents. Joe has given numerous trainings locally as well as nationally and internationally on the treatment of anger management problems as well as workplace conflict, chemical addictions and stress management. He was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal on the topic of working with people with anger control issues and has made an appearance on the Boston local news show “Chronicle” discussing”the topic of road rage. He also was involved with the Massachusetts Medical Society on developing a program for disruptive physicians. Joe has been a lecturer at the Boston University Graduate School of Social Work since 2013.

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Clinical Strategies for Working with Individuals Who Use Drugs: How to Be Informed without Being an Expert

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