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Family Solutions for Substance Abuse

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About the Course:

Family Solutions for Substance Abuse provides a clear, competency-focused intervention model for families and couples in which someone is struggling with addiction. Through rich clinical examples, the authors give practical strategies to include families in treatment, discover their strengths, and help them use those strengths to support competency.

This course is based on the book, Family Solutions for Substance Abuse created by Eric E. McCollum, PhD. and Terry S. Trepper, PhD.

Journal/Publisher:

The Haworth Clinical Practice Press

Publication Date:

2001

Course Material Author

Eric E. McCollum, PhD. and Terry S. Trepper, PhD.

Eric E. McCollum, PhD, is Associate Professor and Clinical Director in the marriage and family therapy program at Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia Center. Dr. McCollum has spent the past ten years doing research and training in the area of family therapy of substance abuse, including consulting to the state of Washington and being co-investigator on a five-year NIDA-funded research project in Phoenix, Arizona. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and the Journal of Family Psychotherapy and is a contributing editor for The Family Therapy Networker.

Terry S. Trepper, PhD, is Director of the Family Studies Center, Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, Indiana. He is Editor of the Journal of Family Psychotherapy and Editor-In-Chief of The Haworth Clinical Practice Press.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about family counseling for substance abuse. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

  1. Explain why therapy outcomes can be improved by treating a substance abuser within the context of his or her family.

  2. Identify the three stages of family substance abuse counseling.

  3. Describe specific techniques and interventions which can be used in each stage.

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American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders (AAHCPAD)

8 CE credit hours

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American Psychological Association (APA)

8 CE credit hours

CE Learning Systems is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)

8 CE credit hours

This course has been approved by CE Learning Systems, service provider of Addiction Counselor CE, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #107243, CE Learning Systems is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

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National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

8 CPD hours

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Course Number 101008
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