Drug and Alcohol Certificate
Must have a Master’s Degree in counseling or a related discipline
The Drug and Alcohol Certificate is a dynamic, hybrid post-master's certificate that prepares counselors, social workers and other allied health professionals for work with relapsing, addicted clients and their families.
You will learn how to apply relapse prevention methods, understand opiate addiction and medically assisted treatment, co-occurring approaches and the dynamics of addictive families.
You will be immersed in current approaches to relapse prevention and opiate addiction as you work through a relapse prevention workbook. You will watch videos on treatment approaches with co-occurring disorders and the work necessary with addictive families.
This three course certificate addresses the needs of counselors already in the field of counseling who possess a Master’s degree in counseling or a related discipline and are in need of specific information and education on relapse prevention-opiate addiction and treatment methods, issues of concomitant mental health and addiction, and family issues/adult children of alcoholics, relationship impairment due to addiction. For those students who need coursework for re-certification or licensure needs, these courses can be utilized for those purposes.
Course Work for Drug and Alcohol Certificate
These three courses are offered in a blended format over the course of a year (Summer/Winter/Summer) and meet twice for each class face-to-face (one at the beginning and one at the end) with five weeks online in between. The face-to-face classes are offered on weekends which appeals to the full-time practitioner. Upon completion of the third course students will be granted a certificate in alcohol and drug studies by the University. Students may also decide to enroll in all three courses or just one course, the option is available for any combination.