PSY645 Family & Marriage Counseling
This course will focus on theoretical approaches to understanding the role of the family in treatingsubstance abuse, as well as the impact of substance use disorders on the family unit and significant others. Graduates will learn evidence-based theoretical approaches to addiction-focused counseling, and how those approaches directly apply to substance use and abuse as well as the impact of the family unit through a biopsychosocial framework. Graduates will review current research focused on motivational methods of working with families of substance abuse clients and related issues of crisis intervention, relapse prevention, and ethical concerns. Graduates will learn how to administer intake assessments and screening tools to determine client readiness, designated improvement areas, appropriate theoretical approach, and overall course of treatment as well as documenting intake data. Graduates will learn to effectively provide psychoeducation to family members on how to sustain healthy relationships, and how family members can engage in the recovery process.
Prerequisite
PSY633