Addiction Counselling

Addiction affects thousands of people and comes in all shapes and sizes. Yet despite this obvious growing need for help, there is sadly a national shortage of therapists capable of helping people to overcome their addictive behaviours.

Fortunately our Addiction Counselling Level 3 course, can lend you the tools, the knowledge and the insight so you can successfully lend your support to those dealing with gambling, alcohol, drug, shopping as well as numerous other addictions, so they can receive the professional help they need.

This course is designed to complement your existing practical work by supplying you with the theoretical knowledge to expand on your current skills and broaden your specialisms within counselling.

For those with no prior experience, you can discover what it takes to assist those in need and develop credible plans that will enable them to overcome their addictions.

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Course Benefits

During this course, you will:

• Learn how to combat workplace challenges and assess addictions on a patient by patient basis (by developing your knowledge, understanding and skills).
• Expand your level of counselling specialisms and approaches, so you can assist numerous types of addictions.
• Be able to raise counselling standards and reduce the shortage of counsellors.

More importantly, you can lend support to those in need so they can learn to recognise and overcome addictive tendencies.

Course Units

• Unit 1: Introduction to Counselling – covers core skills and competencies of counselling; the aims and objectives of counselling; key theoretical principles, and the scope of counselling.
• Unit 2: Approaches and Models of Helping – establishing and maintaining counselling relationships; importance of relationship boundaries in addiction counselling; ethical principles and how to apply them.
• Unit 3: Post Traumatic Stress Counselling – theoretical principles of each approach; specialist skills required, and key similarities and differences between approaches.
• Unit 4: Understanding Addiction – the physiology, psychology and predisposition of addiction, and the processes of relapse.
• Unit 5: Types of Addiction – substance and alcohol addiction; common features of addiction; adapting approaches to different types of addiction, and the challenges of each addiction (including impact on social, family etc.).
• Unit 6: Client and Support Issues in Addiction Counselling – challenges of co-occurring diagnoses; how stereotyping and labelling affects counselling processes; challenges of denial and ambivalence; social and family support systems, and how they affect recovery.

Support

From the guidance of our personal tutors whose industry experience within counselling can help to support and mentor your studies, to our comprehensive study guide and course materials; from day one we will go above and beyond to help you succeed in your studies.

With twelve months tutor support, you have the option of completing in as little as three months, or using the full twelve months.

Required Knowledge

No prior knowledge or experience is required, making this course a fantastic asset to those looking to take their first steps into counselling or whom solely want to specialise in addiction.

This course is aimed at an individual who is looking to go into a role in counselling or someone who is already employed and is looking to reinforce their knowledge.

There are no requirements to join this course, it is open to anyone.

Students will be able to apply for counselling related roles, upon completion of the course.