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Course Description:

This course will provide basic group counseling skills that apply evidence-based addiction research into real world practice. Skills that address heterogeneous group populations (e .g., stage of the recovery process, age, gender, cultural diversity, sexual orientation, dual diagnoses, socioeconomic status, education, and support systems) unique to substance use treatment will be provided. This course also includes four live interactive web-conference calls (1 per week) with the instructor as an additional course resource for the participants.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course participants will be competent in the following areas:

• Knowledge of the basic structure and principles of organizing and developing a clinical group.
• Identification of the steps needed to build group cohesiveness.
• Development of realistic, achievable group goals consistent with achieving and maintaining recovery.
• Facilitation of the development of basic and life skills associated with recovery for group members.
• Application of group counseling skills to meet the individual needs of each member while creating a “whole” resilient group.

Target audience:

Addiction Counselors, Health Providers, Behavioral and Mental Health Providers, Family Therapists, Certified Addiction Professionals, Adolescent Treatment and Juvenile Offender Providers, Rehabilitation Providers, and Social Workers.

Additional Information:

The New England ATTC in partnership with Brown University has a state-of-the-art Distance Learning Program (DLP). This course was developed by Dee Lexandra, PhD., MSW, LCSW, CAP for the DLP. Designed as a public service training for the substance use disorder treatment workforce, this course is offered FREE of cost by the New England ATTC. The duration of this course is 8 hours over a period of 4 weeks. The DLP is administered by the New England ATTC at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS). This course is approved by the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) for 8 CEUs.

Note: Registration is limited to the first 50 students.