Drug Addiction Counseling NBCC, NASW approved

Drug Addiction Counseling NBCC, NASW approved is organized by Homestead Schools, Inc. This course has been approved for a maximum of 10 Contact Hour.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completing the course, you will able to:
• Describe the beliefs and philosophy of 12-step approach to recovery.
• Distinguish between addiction counseling and psychotherapy.
• Discuss the logistics of the individual drug counseling model to treat cocaine addiction, such as frequency, duration, target population and setting of sessions.
• Describe the application of Addiction Severity Index in the assessment of drug addiction.
• Describe the patient-counselor relationship and list behaviors that the counselor should not indulge in.
• List behaviors that a counselor should not indulge in.
• List 12 objectives of individual drug counseling.
• Describe 4 stages of addiction treatment: Treatment initiation, Early abstinence, Maintenance of abstinence, Advanced recovery.
• List some of the erroneous beliefs that a patient experiencing denial may exhibit.
• Outline 3 goals of the treatment plan and make detailed plans for introductory sessions.
• List 5 goals of the second stage in the treatment of addiction, i.e., abstinence, and discuss 10 treatment issues with the patient.
• Establish goals for maintaining abstinence and discuss various treatment issues with the patient as part of the ongoing recovery program.
• Identify 11 steps that will carry a patient toward relapse.
• Define codependency and enabling behavior and explain how they can contribute to a person’s continued abuse of drugs.
• Identify “character defects” that are obstacles to further recovery and outline the process for working on changing defects.
• Discuss with the patient patient’s thoughts and feelings about ending treatment in the final active treatment session.
• Explain the purpose and goals of treatment booster sessions.
• Identify 3 levels of severity of relapse and list appropriate interventions to be used in each case.
• Discuss strategies for dealing with crises and relapses.
• List ideal personal characteristics of an addiction counselor.
• Explain the purpose and application of adherence scale in the IDC model.
• Identify 6 important features of cognitive-behavioral therapy that make it particularly promising as a treatment for cocaine abuse and dependence.
• Distinguish between cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and 12-step or disease-model approach.
• Compare CBT to other psychosocial treatments for substance abuse, such as cognitive therapy, community reinforcement approach, motivational enhancement therapy, 12-step facilitation and interpersonal psychotherapy.
• Discuss two critical components of CBT: functional analysis and skills training.
• Define various parameters of CBT such as format, length, setting, patients and compatibility with other adjunctive treatments.
• List essential and unique interventions of CBT, interventions that are recommended but not unique, acceptable interventions and interventions that are not part of CBT.
• Describe 7 strategies a counselor would use to help the patient master new skills.
• Enunciate the basic principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy and describe how functional analysis and skills training are used to treat cocaine addiction.
• Describe the CBT principle that holds forth the three ways individuals learn to use drugs: modeling, operant conditioning, and classical conditioning.
• Describe the structure and format of a typical CBT session using the “20/20/20 Rule” and list tasks to be completed during each part of the session.
• List 8 skill topics covered in CBT for cocaine dependence.
• Outline the pharmacotherapy approach as used in cognitive-behavioral therapy.
• Explain the treatment goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
• List six strategies a counselor can use during a treatment session to enhance motivation and avoid resistance.
• Outline the CBT model providing an explanation and rationale for the treatment.
• Help the patient understand craving.
• Elicit from the patient the experience of craving.
• List 5 strategies to cope with cravings.
• Provide key interventions to shore up motivation and commitment to stop.
• List three basic principles in effective refusal of cocaine and other substances.
• Identify examples of Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions and their relationship to high-risk situations.
• Help the patient identify high-risk situations and develop a coping plan.
• Help the patient practice problemsolving skills within the session by listing 5 basic steps
• Develop a concrete support plan for addressing psychosocial problems that present a barrier to treatment.
• Assess the patient’s risk for HIV infection and build motivation to change risk behaviors.
• Set behavior change goals.
• Formulate specific HIV risk-reduction guidelines
• Involve significant others so that they can help patients become and remain abstinent.
• Identify 6 strategies in which the significant other can offer support to the patient in his or her recovery.
• Explore strategies through which significant others in the patient’s life can help the patient become and remain abstinent.
• List guidelines for effective supervision.
• Identify some of the common problems encountered in supervision.
• Review clinical research supporting CBT and compare its effectiveness against Interpersonal Therapy and Clinical Management.
• Relate the efficacy of CRA+Vouchers approach over standard drug counseling and cite research studies to support this conclusion.
• Adopt a counseling style and techniques consistent with the CRA+Vouchers treatment program.
• List 3 categories of patients generally acceptable for the CRA+Vouchers program.
• Outline the intake process listing various self-administered questionnaires.
• Conduct the initial treatment session taking the patient through several steps.
• List the tasks a therapist should complete in Sessions One and Two of the program.
• Explain the concepts and procedures concerning functional analysis as the first step of CRA+Vouchers treatment plan.
• Instruct the patient on the four components of the functional analysis.
• Help the patient develop self-management plans for handling triggers to reduce the risk of cocaine use.
• Instruct the patient in five components of effective refusal.
• List at least 6 lifestyle change components for cocaine abusers in treatment.
• Explain the importance of time management in achieving and maintaining abstinence from cocaine, and help the patient develop time-management skills.
• Provide a rationale for working on lifestyle changes in social and recreational areas.
• List 5 basic steps for problem-solving.
• Help patients develop assertiveness skills, and distinguish between passive, aggressive and assertive behaviors.
• Describe the purpose of relationship counseling and take the patient through various steps to improve the quality of his or her relationship.
• Outline the general strategy for dealing with concurrent alcohol and cocaine use.
• Introduce disulfiram protocol and develop compliance procedures.
• Outline the general strategy for dealing with marijuana use concurrent with cocaine.
• Describe the treatment protocol for dealing with depressive symptomatology and anxiety
• following abstinence from cocaine.
• Describe the function of clinical supervision of therapists in the CRA+Vouchers program.
• Describe the behavioral treatment in drug abuse treatment as contingency management.