Foundations in Substance Use Counseling

This course will provide 3 CEUS and is designed to equip you with essential skills and knowledge in the field of addiction treatment. You'll explore three key models of addiction—the disease model, biopsychosocial model, and harm reduction approach—enabling a comprehensive understanding of different perspectives. This course will also help you develop effective recovery language, address stigma, and encourage positive change in clients. Additionally, you will learn to recognize and prevent relapse, address mental health comorbidities, and understand the critical role of community support in recovery.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand and compare 3 different models of addiction, including the disease model, biopsychosocial model, and harm reduction approach.
• Develop recovery language by understanding and addressing the stigma associated with addiction. 
• How to identify and address common forms of denial and encourage change talk. 
• Recognize cravings and warning signs, factors that contribute to relapse and how to build prevention skills.
• Address mental health comorbidities and interplay of emotional dysregulation and addiction. 
• Understand the impact of lack of structure on recovery, and how to engage clients with community support.

Host or Publisher Purdue University Northwest and Pillars of Wellness