COUN613

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Foundations of Addiction Counseling

Townsend Institute

Course Subject Code

COUN

Course Number

613

Course Description

The study of Addictions counseling, including substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, and addiction, major approaches to identification, evaluation, treatment, and prevention of substance abuse and addiction, legal and medical aspects of substance abuse, populations at risk, the role of support persons, support systems, and community resources. The issues that contribute to various addictive behaviors, as well as various models of recovery.