Addiction Counseling (ADCN)
ADCN 500 Orientation to Addiction Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course introduces students to concepts regarding the professional functioning of addiction counselors, including history, roles, professional organizations, and credentialing processes. It also provides an introduction to the essential concepts, theories, and practices involved in addiction counseling. Students will explore the nature of addiction, including its psychological, biological, and social aspects, while also focusing on evidence-based treatment approaches used in the field. The course covers other key topics such as assessment techniques, ethical and legal considerations, and the role of the counselor in working with individuals struggling with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.
Registration Restrictions: Students pursuing the M.A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling are unable to register for the course.
Offered: Online
ADCN 501 Ethical and Legal Issues in Addiction Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course introduces students to concepts regarding ethical and legal issues in addiction counseling, including ethical principles, professional codes of ethics, identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas, ethical decision-making models, and legalities of the profession. Current issues in therapeutic practice in a variety of professional settings are explored.
Registration Restrictions: Students pursuing the M.A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling are unable to register for the course.
Offered: Online
ADCN 505 Techniques in Addiction Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: CEFS 501 or COUN 501 or MAAC 501
This course provides students an understanding of effective addiction counseling interventions from individual, relational, and systems perspectives with unique emphasis on motivational interviewing. Students also examine personal characteristics and their effect on individual, couple and family counseling using case discussion and analysis.
Offered: Online
ADCN 510 Theories of Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: ADCN 501 or CEFS 501 or COUN 501 or MAAC 501
This course provides in-depth exploration of selected theories of counseling and psychotherapy, including empirically supported treatment modalities. Through this course, students learn about the nature and process of therapy, and begin to learn how to conceptualize client presentations and select appropriate interventions while considering issues of diversity. Students are encouraged to begin to define their own theoretical approach to their work with individuals, couples, and families.
Registration Restrictions: Students pursuing the M.A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling are unable to register for the course.
Offered: Online
ADCN 512 Group Dynamics 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: ((CEFS 501 or MAAC 501 or COUN 501) and (CEFS 504 or MAAC 504 or COUN 504) and (CEFS 510 or MAAC 510 or COUN 510) and (ADCN 505 or MAAC 505))
This course enables students to understand the types of groups, their purpose, development of dynamics, counseling theories, and group counseling methods and skills. Ethical and legal considerations are also explored. Group work specific to addiction counseling is highlighted. Students are required to participate in small groups for educational and self-assessment purposes.
Offered: Online
ADCN 521 Assessment Techniques in Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course is designed to provide an understanding of individual and group approaches to assessment and evaluation in a multicultural society. Comprehension and application of basic concepts of standardized and nonstandardized testing and other assessment techniques, including norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessment, environmental assessment, performance assessment, inventory methods, psychological testing, and behavioral observations are examined. Social and cultural factors related to the assessment and evaluation of individuals, groups, and specific populations are discussed. Identification of applicable ethical strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessment and evaluation instruments and techniques in counseling are evaluated.
Registration Restrictions: Students pursuing the M.A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling are unable to register for the course.
Offered: Online
ADCN 546 Psychopathology 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course studies psychological disorders and normalcy across the lifespan. Students are prepared to responsibly and competently assess, diagnose, conceptualize, and counsel clients as defined by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual classification system. Concepts and constructs, assessment processes, etiology, cultural factors, differential diagnosis, decision-making, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches are emphasized. Clinical and scientific research is integrated through the course with a biblical worldview so that students will have a robust biopsychosocial-spiritual lens to understand and treat mental disorders.
Registration Restrictions: Students pursuing the M.A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling are unable to register for the course.
Offered: Online
ADCN 601 Theories of Family Systems 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: ((ADCN 501 or CEFS 501 or COUN 501 or MAAC 501) and (CEFS 504 or COUN 504 or FSPC 504 or MAAC 504) and (ADCN 510 or CEFS 510 or COUN 510 or MAAC 510) and (ADCN 505 or CEFS 505 or COUN 505 or MAAC 505) and (ADCN 500 or CEFS 500 or COUN 500) and (CEFS 502 or COUN 502 or FSPC 502) and (ADCN 505 or CEFS 505 or COUN 505 or MAAC 505))
This course considers the dynamics of marriage and family relationships from a systems perspective. The emphasis is on understanding family and other systems theories, the structure and function of marriage, various aspects of the marital relationship and family systems, and models of family and systemic interventions. Considerations from a historical perspective are presented along with current developments within marriage and family systemic models. Students will engage in critical thinking regarding the application and integration of spirituality within marriage and family counseling.
Registration Restrictions: Students pursuing the M.A. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling are unable to register for the course.
Offered: Online
ADCN 605 Client, Family, and Community Education in Addiction Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: (CEFS 501 or MAAC 501 or COUN 501) and (CEFS 510 or MAAC 510 or COUN 510) and (ADCN 505 or MAAC 505)
This course provides an overview of the process of providing clients, families, significant others, and community groups with information on risks related to psychoactive substance use, as well as available prevention, treatment and recovery resources. Cultural diversity is appreciated and highlighted. Factors that increase the likelihood for an individual, community, or group to be at-risk for, or resilient to, psychoactive substance use disorders are described, as well as health and behavior problems related to addiction including infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, and STDs.
Offered: Online
ADCN 606 Pharmacology of Addiction and Recovery 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course focuses on the pharmacological aspects of addiction and recovery and how addiction affects the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of the person. In addition to the addictive nature and properties of various substances and behaviors, pharmacological treatment approaches to withdrawal, treatment, recovery, and relapse prevention are also reviewed.
Offered: Online
ADCN 607 Case Management and Relapse Prevention in Addiction Counseling 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: (CEFS 501 or MAAC 501 or COUN 501) and (CEFS 510 or MAAC 510 or COUN 510) and (ADCN 505 or MAAC 505)
This course emphasizes the coordinated approach to the delivery of substance abuse and addiction services. Effective case management focuses on the whole person, addresses other client psychosocial problems, and is associated with treatment retention which leads to better outcomes. The role of effective documentation, referral, and relapse prevention are highlighted.
Offered: Online
ADCN 608 Diagnosis and Treatment of Behavioral Addictions 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course provides an overview of the history, theory, and current research perspectives in the etiology, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of behavioral addictions. Specific attention will be paid to examining the similarities and differences between substance addictions and behavioral addictions. Physiological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects will be explored.
Offered: Online
ADCN 667 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Addictive Disorders 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: (CEFS 501 or MAAC 501 or COUN 501) and (CEFS 504 or MAAC 504 or COUN 504) and (CEFS 510 or MAAC 510 or COUN 510) and (CEFS 515 or MAAC 515 or COUN 515) and (CEFS 521 or MAAC 521 or COUN 521) and (CEFS 546 or MAAC 646 or COUN 646) and (CEFS 691 or COUN 691) and (ADCN 505 or MAAC 505) and (ADCN 512 or MAAC 512)
Students become knowledgeable of the principles of clinical diagnosis and the development of treatment plans. The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is emphasized, with consideration also given to dimensional, relational, and systemic issues important in diagnosis and treatment planning. Substance related and addictive disorders are emphasized with special consideration given to co-occurrence with other disorders.
Offered: Online
ADCN 693 Addiction Counseling Internship I 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: ((CEFS 501 or MAAC 501 or COUN 501) and (CEFS 504 or MAAC 504 or COUN 504) and (CEFS 510 or MAAC 510 or COUN 510) and (CEFS 521 or MAAC 521 or COUN 521) and (CEFS 546 or MAAC 646 or COUN 646) and (CEFS 601 or MAAC 601 or COUN 601) and (CEFS 691 or COUN 691) and (ADCN 667 or MAAC 667))
This course involves an intensely supervised experience in the student's designated program area at an approved site. Students are required to complete a total of 300 clock hours of addiction counseling and related services, 150 of which are direct client contact hours. While gaining direct service experience with clients, students regularly meet with an approved supervisor. Student counseling performance is evaluated throughout the internship. The student's professional development along with the dynamics of the counseling relationship, diagnosis, treatment, and legal/ethical issues are primary areas of focus.
Offered: Online
ADCN 694 Addiction Counseling Internship II 3 Credit Hour(s)
Online Prerequisite: (CEFS 501 or MAAC 501 or COUN 501) and (CEFS 504 or MAAC 504 or COUN 504) and (CEFS 510 or MAAC 510 or COUN 510) and (CEFS 521 or MAAC 521 or COUN 521) and (CEFS 546 or MAAC 646 or COUN 646) and (CEFS 601 or MAAC 601 or COUN 601) and (CEFS 691 or COUN 691) and (ADCN 667 or MAAC 667) and (ADCN 693 or ADCN 699)
This course completes the supervised experience for students whose state board requires 600 total internship hours of addiction counseling.This course involves an intensely supervised experience in the student's designated program area at an approved site. Students are required to finish the 600 clock hours of addiction counseling and related services, 240 of which are direct client contact hours. While gaining direct service experience with clients, students regularly meet with an approved supervisor. Student counseling performance is evaluated throughout the internship. The student's professional development along with the dynamics of the counseling relationship, diagnosis, treatment, and legal/ethical issues are primary areas of focus.
Offered: Online