CCOG for AD 142E Winter 2025


Course Number:
AD 142E
Course Title:
Addiction Counseling Skills
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
40
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Covers skills required for addiction counseling of individuals. Emphasizes in-class practice and feedback. Prerequisites: AD 120E, AD 121E, and AD 122E. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Identify transference and countertransference in client and clinician relationships.
  2. Use active listening strategies and techniques to engage with clients.
  3. Counsel clients with substance use disorders individually.
  4. Make constructive responses to client’s reactions and responses.
  5. Apply key components of client-centered, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed individual addiction counseling.