Along with Addiction Counseling Skills and Case Conceptualization and Documentation, Principles of Addiction Treatment is considered to be part of the “Core Curriculum” and basic to the foundational training of [...]
This course offered by The Change Companies provides training for facilitators of the BHA-Approved Impaired Driver Education and Therapy Program(IDEP) for DUI Level I & II Education. The training session [...]
(Prerequisite: Addiction Counseling Skills) Group therapy is a powerful tool in delivering addiction treatment services, as individuals working on or in recovery provide support to one another. The training will [...]
(Prerequisites are Advanced Motivational Interviewing & Clinical Supervision I) Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based tool used intentionally along the entire continuum of care from prevention through recovery, in the [...]
Drug and alcohol abuse can increase an individual’s susceptibility to contract and spread infectious diseases, including STDs and blood borne illnesses. Drug use is linked to risky behaviors such as [...]
This training will provide a basic foundation for understanding how cultural competence, awareness, and sensitivity can improve quality of care and increase positive outcomes. The professional counselor has an obligation [...]
(Prerequisite: Addiction Counseling Skills) “Motivational interviewing is a client-centered collaborative style of conversation designed to strengthen a person’s motivation for and commitment to change. MI is counselor-guided in that the [...]
Training in pharmacology is a cornerstone of addiction counseling and a major part of what differentiates the professional field of addiction counseling from other mental health disciplines. This training will [...]
(Prerequisite is Pharmacology I) Neuroscience and genetic research on addiction continues to make significant progress toward understanding the changes in the brain that underlie drug use and behaviors. The research [...]
(Prerequisite is Ethical Practice in Addiction Treatment) This training addresses organizational ethics and practices, individual provider ethics and practices, and guidelines for setting up a private practice. Topics will include [...]
(Prerequisites are Addiction Counseling Skills, Group Counseling Skills, Motivational Interviewing, Advanced Motivational Interviewing) Clinical supervision is the process by which the clinical practice provided by the counselor is evaluated and [...]
Trauma Informed Care is a treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. The clinical shift is from “what’s wrong with you” [...]
