ADDICTION COUNSELING THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES

Catalog description

This course will include the study and practice of theories, principles, and techniques of counseling. Major counseling theories to include Adlerian, Cognitive Behavioral, Reality, Client-Centered, Gestalt, and others. We will also cover counseling techniques to include attending skills, reflective feedback, paraphrasing, summarizing, therapeutic confrontation, and empathy development. (LADC Clock Hours-45).