Counseling Alcohol and Drug Dependent Men: Insights and Interventions (3 hours)

About This Course Your Course Instructor Course Formats This 3 hour course by David Powell will introduce students to key concepts and issues in treating alcohol and drug dependent men, along with implications and interventions specific to counseling and treatment program design for men. Goals/Objectives By participating in this Distance Learning Course, the trainee will: Be provided a brief introduction to why treatment works for men, including recent findings of what brings about change in a therapeutic relationship. Discuss the traditional roles of men and the implications of these role on substance-use and abuse related behavior. Review an overview of the profession, with the focus on the percentage of male patients vs. female caregivers in the field. Examine the facts about the epidemiology of addiction and men; discuss the biological aspects of men and substance use and abuse. Discuss the implications of these issues for treatment of men for chemical dependency disorders.