Relapse Prevention Counseling (12 hours)

About This Course Your Course Instructors Course Formats This 12 hour is designed to help clinicians and other providers understand and facilitate the process of recovery and reduce the risk of relapse among clients or patients with substance use disorders, including those with co-occurring psychiatric disorders. The primary goal is to provide clinical strategies and tools to use in individual, group or family sessions. Sources of information for this course include clinical trials, meta-analyses of treatment studies, clinical literature, treatment manuals, recovery literature, our extensive experiences as clinicians, researchers and educators, and our experiences developing clinical programs and materials for individuals and families that focus on recovery and RP. Goals/Objectives By participating in this Distance Learning Course the trainee will: Identify concepts of recovery, definitions of lapse and relapse for SUDs, and relapse and recurrence for psychiatric disorders. Examin