SW 5734 - Counseling Practice IV

This course builds on the knowledge and skills developed in Counseling Practice I and II. The class will focus on increasing the students’ knowledge of available interventions for helping individuals with addiction enhance motivation and self-efficacy, and build recovery capital and recovery skills to help individuals engage in and maintain recovery. Elements include: 1) Relapse Prevention Models, 2) family education and counseling (e.g. Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT)), 3) Special Populations (Criminal Justice Involved Clients and Youth), 4) crisis and suicide prevention and intervention skills.