July 2023 University Catalog

COUN5266 Family Systems and Psychoeducation in Addiction

Learners apply the lens of systemic thinking to examine how addiction impacts family systems. Learners assess the role of psychoeducation in treating and preventing addiction with individuals and families as well as other complex facets of addiction that include the role of family dynamics, the relationship between professional systems, models of recovery, and pathology. Learners also develop psychoeducation-informed family group therapy lesson plans. For MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MS in School Counseling degree program and Contemporary Theory in Addictive Behavior graduate certificate learners only. 

Credits

4

Prerequisite

MS in School Counseling learners must have completed COUN-R5861.