HALT Framework for Relapse Prevention and Harm Reduction

LIVE Workshop: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Relapse prevention and harm reduction often emphasize the HALT framework—Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired—as a simple, memorable check-in tool to recognize emotional and physical states that heighten vulnerability. By cultivating mindful attunement, the HALT framework can help prevent impulsive and reactive decision-making, creating space for healthier responses. At the same time, awareness of these states can surface difficult emotions such as guilt or shame, which may make change challenging to sustain.

In this experiential workshop with Dr. Farah Jindani, we will expand on the traditional HALT framework by incorporating gratitude and reconnection, which serve as protective factors that can provide anchors of support. These compassion-based approaches can provide a more substantial container for cultivating self-awareness, helping clients to notice what is arising and anchor in protective factors, meet needs with healthier strategies, and build capacity over time.

Designed for helping professionals, this session blends guided practice, reflection, and a practical worksheet. Participants will leave with concrete tools to help clients use the HALT framework and gratitude as accessible, empowering protective anchors for recovery, harm reduction, and self-regulation—adaptable across diverse recovery contexts.

Live Workshop: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET. Zoom. In your timezone: 1:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM BST / 10:00 PM CEST.

In this workshop, you will:

• Discover how the HALT framework (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) can cultivate awareness of internal states and how gratitude and reconnection practices can create a compassionate container that strengthens resilience.

• Experience a guided HALT check-in and gratitude/reconnection practice, followed by reflection to explore how these tools shift vulnerability into protective anchors of support.

• Learn to integrate HALT with gratitude and reconnection in client work using a practical worksheet and adaptable strategies for relapse prevention, harm reduction, and sustainable resilience.

This workshop includes on-demand CE learning and resources:

• A PDF Facilitation Guide
• On-Demand learning on:
  
  • HALT Framework & Its Role in Relapse Prevention & Recovery
  • Step-By-Step HALT Check-in + Gratitude & Reconnection Practice
  • Bringing HALT into Recovery and Clinical Work
• Professional transcripts for easy reference.
• A replay of the live workshop.

CE Hours = 1.5

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Farah Jindani is a professor, clinician, and researcher with 17+ years of expertise in trauma, addictions, and mental health. She is recognized for her work at CAMH and Harvard University, pioneering integrative approaches to healing. Farah specializes in mindful, somatic-based practices that build resilience and well-being. She has also authored two clinical manuals on relapse prevention and addiction recovery at CAMH. Her teaching blends research, clinical insight, and practical tools for meaningful change.