Drug, Solvent & Alcohol Abuse Counselling (Level 4)
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Distance
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Course
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Level
Advanced
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Class hours
120h
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Duration
12 Months
This course provides your opportunity to gain a qualification that will enhance your career and counselling practice. This course focuses on the ethics, skills, approaches and techniques of providing a counselling service to users of drugs, solvents and alcohol. More attention will be placed on the psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural and person-centred approaches, which will give students a greater working knowledge and understanding of advanced counselling skills.
This Level 4 Course will be of particular interest to those working in healthcare professions. It will also be relevant to people in social work areas, teachers and those involved in pastoral work.
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Price for Emagister users: The enrolment fee for the Drug, Solvent & Alcohol Abuse Counselling home study course is £387.50, though for a limited time we are offering you the o
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Key Topics
The Level 4 Drugs Solvent and Alcohol Abuse Counselling course is divided into six comprehensive units:
Unit 1: The counselling relationship and basis for addictive behaviour
Unit 2: Substance abuse
Unit 3: Alcohol abuse
Unit 4: The cognitive approach
Unit 5: The psychodynamic approach
Unit 6: The person-centred approach
The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Drug, Solvent & Alcohol Abuse Counselling and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.
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- IT
- Counselling
- Drug Counselling
- Alcohol Counselling
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Course programme
COURSE OVERVIEW
How is this course structured?The Level 4 Drugs Solvent and Alcohol Abuse Counselling course is divided into six comprehensive units:
Unit 1: The counselling relationship and basis for addictive behaviour
- Exploring substance misuse
- Review of counselling skills and theory
- Psychodynamic approach
- Behavioural and cognitive approach
- Humanist approach
- What is dependence?
- Theory specific to substance dependence
- The counselling relationship: ethical considerations
Unit 2: Substance abuse
- Classification and effects of psychoactive drugs
- Some background physiology
- Working with substance misusers
- Assessment and approach
- Basic assessment criteria
- Initial session suggestions
Unit 3: Alcohol abuse
- Introduction and discussion
- Models and approaches
- Pathological components of alcohol misuse
- Working with people who have alcohol related problems
- The twelve step approach
- Specific issues
- Counselling tools
- Challenges
- Alcoholism
Unit 4: The cognitive approach
- Theoretical perspectives
- Pavlov and Skinner
- Behaviour and learning review
- Case formulation
- Analogies
- Modelling
- Role reversal
- Imagery
- Problem-solving skills
- Behavioural tasks
- Ending the CBT programme
Unit 5: The psychodynamic approach
- Theoretical perspectives
- Karl Jung
- Object relations and ego psychology
- The psychodynamic model in substance and abuse counselling contexts
- Brief psychodynamic therapy
Unit 6: The person-centred approach
- Rogers and the person-centred approach
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs
- The existentialist approach
- Case studies
- Discussion about the person centred approach
Course Assessments
The Drug, Solvent & Alcohol Abuse Counselling course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following ABC guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.
Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation ABC Awards, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.
Course Fees
Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore any registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Drugs Solvent and Alcohol Abuse Counselling home study course is £436.25, though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £349 which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.
You can also opt for our Easy Payment Plan and enrol online today by paying a deposit of £87.25 and then 4 equal payments of £87.25 per month. The first instalment is paid about a month after you receive your course.
Online Version : £349
Paper Version : £369
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Drug, Solvent & Alcohol Abuse Counselling (Level 4)