Family Counseling Skills

COM HLT X 470.10

This course presents an overview on assessing and implementing the basic counseling skills needed for treating substance use disorders in family systems.

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Summer
Live Online
Starting at $850.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0
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What you can learn.

  • Explore not only the theoretical, but also the practical aspects of treating substance use disorders
  • Apply skills from this course by tracking behavior patterns in your own family of origin
  • Assess the impact of substance use disorders upon the entire family system, not just the addict
  • Understand evidence based methods to treat substance use disorders

About this course:

This course provides a brief overview of the theoretical and practical methods of assessing and implementing the basic counseling skills for treating substance use disorders in family systems. Information is presented through lectures and interactive discussions. Students are expected to acquire a knowledge base to apply treatment models in counseling, supporting interventions and collaborating with other professionals. The course inspires students to connect their own experience with family systems by tracking behavior patterns in their own family of origin and the relationships they have inside and outside of the family.
Prerequisites

COM HLT X 470.5 Introduction to Counseling and the 12 Core Functions, COM HLT X 470.7 Individual Counseling Skills, COM HLT X 470.9 Group Counseling Skills.

Summer 2025 Schedule

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Notes

Required course in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Certificate. Restricted course. Web enrollments automatically generate a "Permission to Enroll" request.

Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: June 29, 2025. Materials required. 

Enrollment is typically reserved for adult students 18 years of age and older. Students under 18 years of age may receive consent to enroll based on special academic competence and approval by the instructor. If you are a student under 18 years of age, you must submit a request to enroll in the course 8 weeks before the course start date to mentalhealth@uclaextension.edu for your request to be considered.

Refund Deadline
Refunds only available from April 28, 2025 to July 06, 2025
Course Requirements
Book: Substance Abuse and the Family Assessment and Treatment
ISBN 9781138625976
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Thu Jun 26, 2025
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Thu Jul 3, 2025
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Thu Jul 10, 2025
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Thu Jul 17, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Jul 24, 2025
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Thu Jul 31, 2025
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Thu Aug 7, 2025
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Thu Aug 14, 2025
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Thu Aug 21, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Aug 28, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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Thu Sep 4, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
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This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling
alcohol and drug about counseliing
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