IMPROVE YOUR CAPACITY TO ENGAGE YOUR CLIENTS WHO STRUGGLE WITH ADDICITON!
Complete the course at your own pace
Gain powerful insights into overcoming an addiction
Learn why most people who go to treatment relapse within weeks
Debunk key myths such as:
"All I need to do is quit"
"If I go to treatment, I will overcome my addiction"
"Recovery is a quick fix"
"I just need to cut out the drugs that cause me the most problems"
Gain years of experience in just a few days!
- Valuable learning objectives
- Automated quizzes to improve comprehension & retention
- Earn "Certificates of Completion" for each course taken
Course Information
- The entire course takes approximately 20 hours to complete
- There are 10 modules and each one comes with a PDF and one or more videos
- Perfect for those who want to gain a better capacity to help clients with addiction issues.
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Meet the course creator...
I have been a certified addictions counsellor for over 30 years and in personal recovery from addiction since 1987. Having grown up in a family who was devastated by addiction, I dedicated my career to learning how to help others overcome their addiction related issues. This course contains the sum knowledge and insights I've gained over the years. I guarantee that anyone who enrolls in this course will gain a detailed understanding not only of the true nature of addiction but also of all the things a person must do to recover from one. Armed with this newfound knowledge, and an easily relatable model that you can use to engage your clients in the healing process, you will greatly increase your capacity to help your clients overcome their addiction and commit to the full process of recovery.
Why it's so hard to help clients with addiction issues
One of the most critical skills to have as an addictions counsellor is the ability to engage clients so that they want to enter into recovery and communicate clearly to them what they'll need to do in order to recover. All the biological, psychological and pharmacological knowledge in the world is useless unless they can firmly commit themselves to the path to recovery which begins with a clear understanding of what needs to be done. The most crucial time in engaging with addicted clients is the first meeting. Indeed, unless this goes well and clients can relate to the counsellor and their knowledge of addiction, the client will, more than likely, never return. So it is imperative that the counsellor connect strongly with their clients right from the onset. Clients with addiction issues are among the most reluctant to engage and are often looking for a reason to dismiss the benefits of counselling.
Consequently the rate of success of addiction counselling and treatment is very low. It is true that one of the reasons for this is that addiction is such a difficult challenge to overcome. However, one of the reasons for the lack of success is also that most programs don't have an easily understandable model to explain what addiction is, how it affects a person and why recovery is so much more than just simply quitting a substance or a process. Additionally, most people who enter counseling for addiction believe they'll be cured if they just quit using. Current treatment programs do not do enough to dispel this myth about recovery. In fact the word "treatment" implies that the program can cure addiction which is never the case with addiction.
Our Program
Our approach includes a very simple, yet powerful model your clients can easily relate to that explains the true nature of addiction and what real recovery is. Armed with an in-depth understanding of addiction and an easy way to explain it to your clients, you will be much better equipped to help them overcome one of the most challenging and devastating issues anyone can face. While other training programs primarily focus on things like neurobiology and pharmacology, our program focuses on developing your skills to engage your clients and your capacity to help them understand what they need to do to recover from addiction. If you are looking for training that will help you get more clients and keep them engaged in their healing process, this program is perfect for you.
Based firmly in CBT principles our training program, which is approved for Continuing Education Credits (CECs), clarifies why addiction (indeed any behavior) is always controlled by thoughts and feelings. Consequently, when somebody simply quits the behavior of using and does nothing to undo how their thoughts and feelings control their behavior, it is often just a question of time before they relapse. In other words, it is crucial to dismantle the cognitive and emotional structures that have kept their addiction going. Without this crucial step, a person can never truly overcome an addiction. Our addiction training program for counselors will take you through everything you need to know to be effective at helping clients through their addiction issues using a model that is simple and easy for clients to relate to.