Online Associate's Degrees in Mental Health

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor

The key challenge for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors is to facilitate behavior change. In this course students will survey the concepts of behavior therapy most applicable to substance abuse treatment and the treat of co-occurring disorders. Areas to be covered include: social learning theory, coping skills training, relaxation training, assertiveness training, systematic desensitization and urge coping training. We will also explore other techniques of behavior change in substance abuse treatment, such as motivational interviewing and harm reduction therapy. We will also closely examine harm reduction therapy as an alternative treatment method, especially for those who fail or reject other treatment models, and those who are not diagnosed as chemically dependent

Offered by: Vatterott College

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