Training Materials for CSAT Candidates

IITAP's premier 4-module, CSAT-certification program empowers and educates addiction therapists to take their practice to the next level. Candidates are required to complete a set of assignments for each module, which are detailed below.

CSAT Training Materials for Module 1

REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS

STRONGLY ENCOURAGED READING

CSAT Training Materials for Module 2

REQUIRED READING ASSIGNMENTS

CRITICAL BACKGROUND READING

CSAT Training Materials for Module 3

REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS

CRITICAL BACKGROUND READING

  • ARTICLE: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
  • ARTICLE: Van Der Kolk (1988). "The Compulsion to Repeat Trauma"
  • BOOK: Deliberate Psychological Education (DPE) – Norm Sprinthall
  • BOOK: A Currency of Hope – Debtors Anonymous
  • BOOK: A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps – P. Carnes
  • BOOK: Adult Children of Alcoholics – Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • BOOK: Betrayal Bonds – P. Carnes
  • BOOK: Big Book of AA – Alcoholics Anonymous
  • BOOK: Clinical Management - P. Carnes, K. Adams
    BOOK: Flow - M. Csikszentmihalyi
  • BOOK: Healing the Shame that Binds You – J. Bradshaw
  • BOOK: Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain - edited by Marion F. Solomon and Daniel J. Siegel
  • BOOK: Money and the Meaning of Life – Needleman
  • BOOK: Money Drunk, Money Sober - M. Bryan & J. Cameron
  • BOOK: Re-Visioning The Way We Work – G. Grant
  • BOOK: SAA Big Book – Sex Addicts Anonymous
  • BOOK: Sabbath – W. Muller
  • BOOK: The Four Agreements – D. M. Ruiz
  • BOOK: The Developing Mind: How Relationships & the Brain Interact to Shape Who we Are – D. Siegal
  • BOOK:The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy - Louis Cozolino
  • BOOK: The Spirituality of Imperfection – E. Kurtz & K. Ketcham
  • BOOK: Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency - Robert Scaer

CSAT Training Materials for Module 4

REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS

  • ARTICLE: How We Get Addicted– M. Lemonick
  • ARTICLE: Neurobiology: Unlocking the Mind to Promote Well-Being - D. Siegel
  • ASSIGNMENT: Best Practice presentation (Complete form and bring to class with you)
  • ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 24 "How to Build a Sex Addiction Practice" in Clinical Management of Sex Addiction
  • ASSIGNMENT: Statement of Treatment Philosophy (3 paragraphs/250 words & bring to class with you)
  • BOOK: Re-Visioning The Way We Work – G. Grant
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