AC 218 - Alcoholism Fieldwork II

Credit Hours: 3

Second required semester of supervised practice in alcoholism counseling. Course requires a minimum of 150 hours of clinical activities plus a supervision seminar during class time.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will:

demonstrate an increased knowledge of their learning of intake, individual and group counseling skills;
demonstrate an increased awareness of how the recovery process is impacted by other psychoactive substance dependencies, psychiatric disorders and developmental conflicts including children of alcoholics’ residual issues and object relationship impairment;
demonstrate an increased self-understanding of their own issues as they relate to becoming a substance abuse counselor through agency supervision, privileging and clinical internship seminar; and
demonstrate an understanding schema therapy and its application to addictions clients.

Prerequisites: AC 217 or SA 116
F/S (C)