Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Family Counseling Approaches
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Course Summary
Series Overview: This course is part of a 3-course series on Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Family Therapy
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are complex and far reaching, affecting not only the individual with SUD, but also their family. This series provides information that clinicians can use to provide SUD treatments, services, and programs that best meet the needs of those seeking addiction treatment as well as those supporting recovery. The courses in this SUD Treatment and Family Therapy series are:
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Working with Families
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Family Counseling Approaches
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Family and Organizational Cultures (coming soon!)
Substance use disorders (SUDs) within families not only change the life of the individual with the SUD, but may also create issues for the entire family system. There are specific family-based treatments that can effectively help families improve their functioning and support individuals with SUDs in their recovery. This learning material uses Chapter 3 (Family Counseling Approaches) and Chapter 4 (Integrated Family Counseling to Address Substance Use Disorder) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) publication TIP 39 Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Family Therapy.
The purpose of this learning material is to present clinicians with the different family counseling approaches available for SUD treatment and ways to integrate these family-based counseling techniques into SUD treatment. Chapter 3 reviews the multiple forms of family-based treatment models that are currently available, while Chapter 4 discusses how to integrate treatment models based on families’ and clients’ needs, readiness for change, treatment setting, and other factors. In this learning material, clinicians will learn how to determine the most appropriate course of treatment to help develop more targeted treatments that directly address families’ and clients’ challenges for improved outcomes.
Course Format
This course contains downloadable online lessons (PDF) and a practice test. When you're ready, purchase the course by clicking the "Add To Cart" button. This will let you take the test, complete the course evaluation and receive your certificate for CE credits.
Learning Objectives
- Identify methodologies specific to different family-based SUD intervention models.
- Explain the appropriate family-based SUD intervention for specific clients and families based on the intervention’s goals and outcomes.
- Explain when integrated family counseling approaches are contraindicated and when they are appropriate.
- Apply tools and methodologies necessary for effective family counseling for SUDs.
Course Syllabus
Family Counseling Approaches
Overview of Family-Based SUD Treatment Methods
Family Approaches To Support Ongoing Recovery
Where Do We Go From Here?
Integrated Family Counseling To Address Substance Use Disorders
Appropriateness of Integrated Family Counseling for SUDs
Whom To Involve in Integrated Family Counseling for SUDs
Screening and Assessment in Integrated Family Counseling
Goals of Integrated Family Counseling for SUDs
Where Do We Go From Here?
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