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elevating the winter symposium experience in 2026: Hotel Polaris

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51st annual Winter Symposium

PRE Symposium: Saturday, January 24, 2026


FULL Symposium: Sunday, January 25 - Wednesday, January 28, 2026


Hotel Polaris

8989 North Gate Boulevard

Colorado Springs, CO 80921

REGISTration is open

2026 PLATINUM EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTER

Keynote presentation: tuesday, january 27, 2026, at 9:00am

Leading Together: Collective Action for Colorado’s Resilience and Well-Being

We are honored to welcome Colorado Attorney General, Phil Weiser, as our Keynote Speaker at the 51st Annual Winter Symposium. 


Phil Weiser has served as Colorado Attorney General since 2019. His office has confronted the opioid epidemic by suing and obtaining an historic settlement with Purdue Pharma for nearly 1 billion dollars. He has also prioritized youth mental health by taking legal action against JUUL and Meta, securing tens of millions of dollars to be invested in youth mental health resources. Learn how the Attorney General's office is working to improve the mental health of all Coloradans.   


* Full registration or single day registration required to attend.

PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS

EMPOWERING CHOICE THROUGH harm reduction

Rachel Fowler, MS, APTD, RCPF


$150 - Saturday, January 24th, 2026, from 8:30am-4:30pm


6 CEs for the CPFS

The Business of Business: Ethically Building Your Behavioral Health Private/Small/Group Practice

 Mita M Johnson, EdD, NCC, LPC, ACS, LMFT, LMFT-S, LAC, MAC, SAP, BCTHP 


$150 - Saturday, January 24, 2026, from 8:30am - 4:30pm 


  6 Ethics credits 

Welcome to the 51st annual winter symposium

General Information

The Advanced International Winter Symposium on Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Mental Health has provided addiction specialists, counselors, and behavioral health professionals with world-class education and training for 51 years. This symposium creates unprecedented opportunities to share knowledge, perspectives, and build community. 


The 2025 Winter Symposium attracted 1,400 attendees, including 27 Educational Supporters and 120 Exhibitors. 

     

The 2026 Winter Symposium includes exhibits, plenaries, and networking opportunities related to: 


  • Suicide prevention
  • Substance use disorders 
  • Family therapy
  • Ethics training
  • Self-care
  • Trauma therapy 
  • Integrative care 
  • Mindfulness in recovery
  • Depression and bipolar disorder 
  • Peer recovery specialist training

     

Our attendees include many of the most esteemed addictions specialists, behavioral, and mental health practitioners including: 


  • Addiction treatment providers
  • Mental health providers
  • Peer recovery specialists 
  • Military and state agencies 
  • Residential and outpatient providers 
  • Psychologists 
  • Psychiatrists
  • Addiction Medicine Specialists  
  • LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCs, LACs, EAPs 

SYMPOSIUM PURPOSE AND CORE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To improve health professional attendees' evidence-based diagnostic assessment, treatment, knowledge and practice skills specific to reducing health care provider care gaps and facilitating integrative care related to a broad spectrum of addictive disorders, behavioral and mental health disorders.

 

Attendees completing the full symposium will be able to identify 5 or more evidence-based diagnostic/assessment measures, treatment interventions, practice gap reduction measures and integrative care interventions including psychotherapies, psychosocial treatments, medical and integrative care, self-help care and adjunctive care interventions for persons manifesting the broad spectrum of disorders and conditions included in this educational program.

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51st Annual Winter Symposium

(719) 653-9181 jen@addictionandmentalhealth.org

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Earn up to 33 CEs Approved by NAADAC

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Earn up to 16 CEs Approved by COPA for the CPFS

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