ADDS - 4220 Clinical Techniques in Substance Abuse (3)

Provides instruction in clinical skills and techniques that are basic to interviewing, assessing and counseling substance-abusing clients. Students will recognize and identify techniques and work toward applying positive skills in counseling situations as well as learn to recognize personal strengths and counseling situations as well as learn to recognize personal strengths and weaknesses. These skills will serve useful to almost any counseling or communication situation and can be used with most counseling approaches. Prerequisite: 60 or more undergraduate semester credit hours.