Master Addiction Counselor – MAC – prep course is designed for students preparing to take the MAC exam towards their LAC and requires students to have a Master degree. The [...]
(Prerequisite is Motivational Interviewing) This training of skill development will initially offer a brief review of the fundamental spirit, processes and skills of MI, and then focus intensively on clinical [...]
This training will focus on professional and ethical issues specific to the practice of addiction counseling and the treatment of co-occurring disorders. This training will build and strengthen the individual’s [...]
(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 [...]
Master Addiction Counselor – MAC – prep course is designed for students preparing to take the MAC exam towards their LAC and requires students to have a Master degree. The [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
Along with Principles of Addiction Treatment and Addiction Counseling Skills, Case Conceptualization and Documentation, is considered to be part of the “Core Curriculum” and basic to the foundational training of [...]
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 [...]
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been extensively researched and has solid empirical support as an evidence-based treatment for addictions. CBT is structured, goal-oriented, and focused on the immediate problems faced by [...]
Addiction counselors work to improve people’s lives by identifying and treating the effects of substance abuse disorders. Addiction counselors may work with people from the general public or they may [...]
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 [...]
