Framework for Supporting Recovery with Counseling

Course overview

Course Description: This course is based on material published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and is available as an open-access article. Recovery-oriented counseling calls for counselors to possess certain competencies to work with clients effectively and empathetically. Counselors need to take into account a range of sociocultural considerations when assessing and working with clients in or seeking recovery, which requires cultural responsiveness and an awareness of treatment barriers and inequities stemming from sociocultural factors. A strengths-based approach is fundamental to recovery-oriented counseling, beginning with client intake and continuing throughout the duration of care. Recurrence of substance use happens, but recovery-oriented counseling can help clients avoid it or confidently return to recovery when it does occur. Counselor participation in recovery-oriented systems of care can benefit clients by promoting holistic, coordinated, and nonepisodic services. Depending on the setting, counselors providing or thinking of providing recovery-oriented counseling may need to consider the ways that payment systems can affect delivery of care. This course on counseling approaches for supporting recovery from substance use disorder is designed for clinical social workers, psychologists, professional counselors, nurses, and substance abuse counselors who do clinical work. This course is appropriate for intermediate and advanced level practitioners who wish to develop their expertise with counseling approaches for supporting recovery from substance use disorder. The course material includes a literature review of interventions. It may also be useful for licensed clinicians who require continuing clinical education courses for license renewal. The course is based on a journal article that includes research. It contains statistical analysis and data that some clinicians enjoy reading and others do not. A significant benefit of reading peer reviewed research-based articles for continuing education is that they provide practitioners with the latest findings in their field. Authors: SAMHSA Learning Objectives: This course will provide the practitioner with detailed information regarding counseling approaches for supporting recovery from substance use disorder. Specifically, a professional will: Identify competencies for recovery oriented counseling. Recognize sociocultural considerations in recovery oriented counseling. Describe principles and benefits of strengths based counseling. Citation: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Framework for Supporting Recovery with Counseling. Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. https://store.samhsa.gov.