Framework for Supporting Recovery With Counseling (2 credit hours)

Program Summary:  This course is the second of a 3-part series on recovery from problematic substance use and offers a framework for supporting recovery with counseling.  The course explores strengths-based, recovery-oriented counseling and includes a discussion of values, recovery capital, unconditional positive regard, cues for health and well-being, self-efficacy, and motivation.  The course highlights sociocultural considerations and the importance of cultural responsiveness.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

We do not recommend this course if you completed our previous course, Counseling Approaches to Promote Recovery from Problematic Substance Use and Related Issues (15 credit hours), as it covers the same course material.

“Book  Open the Course Reading Here.

Reading:  Counseling Approaches to Promote Recovery From Problematic Substance Use and Related Issues:  Chapter 2 Publisher:  SAMHSA

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring recovery-oriented counseling.

Learning Objectives:  Describe competencies for recovery-oriented counseling.  Describe sociocultural considerations and the importance of cultural responsiveness.  Identify the principles of strengths-based counseling.

Review our pre-reading study guide.

Course Available Until: November 30, 2028.

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1: Which of the following is NOT a competency for recovery-oriented counseling?
 
 
 
 
2: With culturally responsive approaches, clients are more likely to feel
 
 
 
 
3: Research finds that __________ have less access to SUD treatment.
 
 
4: _________ residents have fewer treatment options.
 
 
5: Which of the following describes a prejudice or bias outside one's conscious awareness that can lead to a negative evaluation of a person based on such characteristics as race or gender?
 
 
 
 
6: Which of the following does NOT illustrate strengths-based counseling?
 
 
 
 
7: The five levels of Maslow's Hierarchy, often displayed as a pyramid, begin with
 
 
 
 
8: The principles, qualities, and beliefs that are most important to an individual and that the individual most wants their life to reflect describe
 
 
 
 
9: Which of the following is an evidence-based, person-centered counseling approach for helping people resolve ambivalence about changing behaviors?
 
 
 
 
10: Which of the following refers to the quantity and quality of resources available to individuals to begin and maintain long-term recovery from problematic substance use?
 
 
 
 
11: How do you reframe the following deficit as a strength?  Client's family is always in crisis.
 
 
 
 
12: Which of the following refers to caring about, accepting, and valuing someone regardless of what they do or say?
 
 
 
 
13: A pair of running shoes could be an example of
 
 
 
 
14: In the context of substance use, a person with __________ self-efficacy has confidence in their ability to abstain or reduce such use in high-risk situations.
 
 
15: The acronym HALT from Alcoholics Anonymous, offers a useful tool to give clients to help them remember to address important needs early on:  Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and
 
 
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: November 30, 2028.
Filed under: Addiction, Clinical