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2020-2021 Graduate Bulletin 
    
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2020-2021 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COUN 5993 - Addiction Counseling

Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: Admission into the MS in Counseling program or permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on identification, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of addictive behaviors and disorders.  Students will be introduced to the prevailing theories around addiction as well as treatment modalities that are most often utilized.  Experiential activities will be integrated throughout the course.  Students will be encouraged to consult and integrate the current scientific literature on substance abuse and addiction as well as the literature on empirically validated treatments for substance abuse.  The curriculum for the course will be infused with a strengths-based, diversity oriented, social justice perspective that encourages students to identify barriers to treatment for individuals of marginalized or disenfranchised populations.