This course focuses on group treatment approaches with substance abusing clients.

Topics covered include:

• Advantages of group treatment for substance abusing populations
• Group models commonly used in substance abuse treatment
• Criteria for placement in groups
• Assessing readiness for group
• Group development and phase-specific tasks
• Managing common problems in groups
• Group therapy strategies and techniques
• Group leadership competencies and skills

10 Hours – $115

This course focuses on the principles and techniques of motivational interviewing and the application of motivational enhancement approaches to substance abuse treatment.

Topics covered include:

• Transtheoretical stages of change
• Principles of motivational interviewing
• Adapting motivational strategies and interventions to client stage of change
• Building readiness and commitment to change
• Engaging and retaining clients in treatment
• Motivational enhancements with coerced clients
• Measuring components of client motivation
• Integration of motivational approaches to diverse treatment populations and settings

10 Hours – $115

This course focuses on the unique issues of substance abuse among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and best-practice philosophies for treating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender substance abusing clients.

Topics covered include:

• Substance use in the LGBT community
• Vulnerabilities and risk factors
• Barriers to treatment
• Homophobia and heterosexism
• Family of origin and family of choice issues
• Clinical and treatment issues
• Counselor competence issues
• Working with ethnic minority LGBT groups

10 Hours – $115

This course focuses on the unique issues of substance abuse among older adults and best-practice philosophies for treating older alcohol and or other substance abusing clients.

Topics covered include:

• Scope of the problem
• Vulnerabilities and risk factors
• Barriers to treatment
• Use and abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications
• Screening and assessment,
• Referral and treatment issues
• Measurement of multidimensional outcomes for older adults
• Legal and ethical considerations

10 Hours – $115

This course focuses on best-practice philosophies for managing anger and depression in substance abuse treatment settings.

Topics covered include:

• Nature of anger and depressive symptoms
• Relationship between anger and depression and substance use disorders
• Impact of anger and depression on treatment participation and treatment outcomes
• Screening and assessment
• Techniques to manage anger and depression in substance abuse treatment settings
• Transference and countertransference
• Behavioral, cognitive and emotionally focused intervention strategies

10 hours – $115