ACTS Consulting Online School

Group therapy is at the heart of addiction counseling because it is only within the context of a group that an addict can find the hope and help necessary for the best chance at recovery. However, today’s addiction group therapy is much more complex than the “good old days” of just providing a basic support. Clients and their issues are much more complex, necessitating the need for the counselor to increase their skill level and have a broad base of knowledge and techniques from which to draw. This workshop focuses on training in group therapy for addiction counselors with experience in group work. Themes include group theory, working with difficult and complex situations and clients (e.g. dual diagnosis), projection and projective identification, and how to utilize the appropriate group style based on the group's configuration and level of functioning

 This workshop focuses on training in group therapy for addiction counselors with experience in group work. Themes include group theory, working with difficult and complex clients (e.g. dual diagnosis), projection and projective identification and how to utilize the appropriate group style based on the group's configuration and level of functioning

Course Modality. This is an independent home-study course. Students will take the course according to their own timeline. 

CE’s: 6 hours. (Reading course text / articles and Application to Practice). To receive the course completion certificate, each student is required to complete and submit Learning Contract, read all text-based materials, view any media posted, complete and submit chapter discussion questions, complete and pass course examination, and complete and submit course evaluation.

Text / Student Resources. 

• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 41. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 15-3991. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2005.
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Based on TIP 41. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 15-4024. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Revised 2015.