CTNT ZOOM Presentation and Networking
Fri, Feb 13
|Virtual Event
Come join us for an engaging learning and networking experience on Zoom! "The Feelings We Try To Outrun" by Chris McMullen, LPC with Anew Counseling Free and paid tickets available. Paid tickets are for those who want to receive 1.0 hr of CE credit for this event.
Time & Location
Feb 13, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CST
Virtual Event
About the event
Join us for an important presentation on "The feelings we try to outrun" with Chris McMullen, LPC
Learn how unresolved emotions and early attachment wounds fuel addiction and gain trauma-informed tools you can use immediately to help clients heal and build lasting emotional resilience.
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Presentation learning objectives and information:
This presentation explores how addiction and emotions are deeply intertwined. It explains that addiction often begins as a way to cope with overwhelming or unmet emotional needs—stress, shame, loneliness, fear, or unresolved trauma. Over time, the very thing meant to numb those feelings ends up intensifying them, creating a cycle that feels impossible to break.
It also highlights how early experiences of emotional neglect or lack of attunement shape a person’s relationship with their feelings. When caregivers consistently miss, dismiss, or misread a child’s emotional cues, that child grows up without a strong internal roadmap for understanding or soothing their own…
