CE Courses for Addiction Counselors and Prevention Specialists

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Brief Interventions for Problem Gambling-A Meta-Analysis 1 credit

This course covers a meta-analysis of several studies, systemic reviews and other meta-analyses of brief interventions for problem gambling. It includes: problem gambling vs pathological gambling, numerous studies and a...

Evidence Based Interventions, Gamble, Counseling Services

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sociocultural Context for Sex Differences in Addiction 1 credit

This review discusses the importance of investigating both sex and gender differences in addiction and relapse in studies of humans and in animal models. Addiction is both a cultural and...

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Seeking Safety Vs Relapse Prevention Training for Women With Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders 1.5 credits

This course examines a singular effective treatment for co-occurring PTSD and addiction. The authors chose to study women, as they prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder is markedly higher in women...

Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression, Evidence Based Interventions, Alcohol, Relapse Prevention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Emotional Disregulation, Counseling Services

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Culturally Competent Prevention and Treatment 1.5 credits

This research intensive course examines various aspects of treatment in racial and ethnic groups and sexual minorities. Evidence-based practices were used to study alcohol use, abuse, and dependence in ethnic...

Indigenous communities, Prevention, Evidence Based Interventions, Alcohol, Cultural Adaptation, Prevention Cultural Competence

Treatment Planning

Education (Client, Family, and Community)

Prevention

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Dissociation Debates-Everything You Know Is Wrong 1 credit

This course examines the controversy over Dissociative Identity Disorder. There is a historical retrospective of dissociation and amnesia. Dissociative theoretical models are outlined. It discusses the history of dissociation, dissociative...

Clinical Evaluation

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Creating a Climate for Therapist Improvement-A Case Study of an Agency Focused on Outcomes and Deliberate Practice 1.25 credits

This course examines quality improvement of therapist effects through routine outcomes monitoring. The study was longitudinal lasting 7 years, using 153 therapists treating 5,128 patients in Canada. An agency used...

Supervision

Professional Readiness

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Reading-Based Online

An Argument for Change in Tobacco Treatment Options Guided by the ASAM Criteria for Patient Placement 1.25 credits

This article examines the idea of treating tobacco use disorder like substance use disorder. While smoking kills over 480,000 people in the US annually, treatment has been nominal compared to...

Clinical Evaluation

Treatment Planning

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Individual Versus Group Female-Specific Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder 1 credit

This course examines female specific Cognitive Behavior Therapy in individuals and groups of women seeking treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Female specific therapy was more effective than standard treatment...

Group Counseling

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Group Therapy for Substance Use Disorders-A Survey of Clinician Practices 1 credit

This course is a study of the modalities and modes of treatment in clinical practice for substance use disorder treatment and whether they are evidence-based or treatment as usual. This...

Application to Practice

Group Counseling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Sexual-orientation Differences in Drinking Patterns and Use of Drinking Contexts Among College Students 1.25 credits

This course examines the effect of sexual orientation and gender on alcohol use, using graduated frequency measures and drinking contexts. Binge drinking patterns were studied. Sexual identity was shown to...

Understanding Addiction

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Adolescent Alcohol Treatment Interventions 1 credit

This course examines alcohol treatment options in the adolescent population. The first article discusses brief intervention motivational interviewing in youth ages 14-20. The second article was a pilot RCT studying...

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Outpatient Counseling Models 1.25 credits

This course explores outpatient substance abuse counseling. The first article outlines the history of substance use therapy, and discusses a relational model, specifically the application of an integrated relational approach,...

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Treatments for Smoking Cessation 1.5 credits

This course explores smoking cessation and depression. The articles look at the rate of abstinence for patients with mild and moderate/severe depression compared with patients without depression. Nicotine Replacement Therapy...

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Brief Motivational Interviewing and Adolescent Alcohol Use 1.5 credits

These articles discuss the use of motivational interviewing (MI) as a treatment for adolescent alcohol use. One article focuses on MI's impact of heavy drinking days and the other looks...

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Does One Day of Drinking Matter 21st Birthday Drinking Predicts Subsequent Drinking and Consequences 1 credit

This course examines the effects of high peak (binge) drinking on the 21st birthday. The study included a large sample of 599 college students. Surprisingly those who drank less at...

Treatment Knowledge

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

On Mourning and Recovery-Integrating Stages of Grief and Change Toward a Neuroscience-Based Model of Attachment Adaptation in Addiction Treatment 1 credit

Interpersonal attachment and drug addiction share many attributes across their behavioral and neurobiological domains. Understanding the over-lapping brain circuitry of attachment formation and addiction can lead to a better understanding...

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Understanding Addiction

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Conceptualizing Gambling Disorder With the Process Model of Emotion Regulation 1 credit

Nowadays, gambling disorder (GD) is a worldwide health issue and there is a growing need to both improve our understanding of this disorder and to tailor specific interventions for its...

Emotional Disregulation, Gamble

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Application to Practice

Gambling

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Free Will in Addictive Behaviors-A Matter of Definition 1.5 credits

This article explores free will in addiction, positing that it reflects likelihood of choices, not lack of capability to act. It enumerates the factors that place people at susceptibility for...

Counseling (Theory and Techniques)

Understanding Addiction

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Alcohol Treatment 1.25 credits

This course explores brief interventions for alcohol treatment in adolescents. The first article focuses on computer vs therapist brief interventions(BI). Reviews of strategies such as refusal skills, protective behavioral strategies,...

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Behavioral Couples Therapy Versus Individually-based Treatment for Drug Abusing Women 2 credits

Behavioral couples therapy (BCT) is a couple-based therapy for adults with substance use disorder (SUD) that aims to help the SUD patient and their partner build support for the patient’s...

Treatment Knowledge

Family/Couple

Application to Practice

No Cost Materials

Reading-Based Online

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