Smoking Cessation: Psychological Strategies for Quitting Nicotine

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Smoking Cessation: Psychological Strategies for Quitting Nicotine (3HR) Presented by Dreya Blume, LCSW

$45.00

Course Description

This training will provide you with evidence-based approaches to support your clients in overcoming nicotine addiction. We will explore tools such as cognitive-behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Technique and mindfulness-based strategies to address the psychological drivers of smoking. You will learn practical methods for identifying triggers, enhancing intrinsic motivation, and building sustainable habits for lasting behavior change. You’ll leave with actionable insights and customizable interventions to empower your clients on the journey to a smoke-free life.

Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Identify a variety of strategies for smoking cessation
Describe the difficulties of quitting nicotine cigarettes
Explain how to address barriers to quitting

Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical asynchronous continuing education credits.

For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 3 Clinical of Clinical continuing education training.

Course Instructor: Dreya Blume, LCSW

Recording Date: 09/13/2025

Course Format

NBCC ACEP # 7091, CE Training Workshops has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #7091. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CE Training Workshops designates this continuing education activity for 3 continuing education hours.

CE Training Workshops, LLC, #1770, 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: 08/02/2025 to 08/02/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical continuing education credits.

Meet Your Facilitator

Dreya Blume, LCSW, has traveled a long and winding road to arrive where she is today,as a therapist, coach, author, and group facilitator.

She has taught English in Thailand, Japan, Australia, and Hawaii. She has worked in psychiatric wards, served as a case manager, and eventually launched her own private therapy practice.

She has taught part-time as an adjunct professor for over twenty years, led multi-day international retreats, and written seventeen books, with an eighteenth on the way.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome and overview of course purpose and structure
Framing smoking cessation within a biopsychosocial and behavior-change framework

Objective 1: Describe the difficulties associated with quitting nicotine cigarettes

Impact of nicotine on the body
Psychological effects of nicotine dependence
Behavioral patterns that maintain smoking

Objective 2: Explain common barriers to quitting nicotine use

Exploring the roots of nicotine consumption
Examining environmental and social influences on smoking behavior
Identifying perceived benefits of smoking that reinforce use

Objective 3: Identify effective strategies for smoking cessation

Psychoeducation to support insight and motivation
Cognitive restructuring to challenge unhelpful beliefs
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as a regulation and craving-management tool

Summary / Q&A

Review of key takeaways and practical applications
Participant questions and discussion