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Continuing Education

ADD 203
Counselling Skills for Addiction Professionals

Total Units :
3.0
Course Outlines
This course provides the foundational counselling concepts and practice skills required when supporting individuals in the field of addiction. The focus will be on applying communication skills within the stages of interviewing. Emphasis will be placed on how to engage clients and to cultivate the helping relationship. A basic model of crisis intervention will be examined for a variety of crisis situations that are common in the field of addiction work. Through use of experiential learning and audiovisual demonstrations, students will practice counselling skills using frameworks such as TTM and MI. With the integration of counselling concepts and techniques, students will develop a personal counselling approach.

Available Classes

Online

Jan 12, 2026

to Mar 22, 2026

Section: C21

$910.19

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