(GB)Addictions: Helping Clients Grow Beyond 12-Step Dependency

Course overview

Topics included in this course are: Effects of Alcohol Abuse on Physical Health; Behavior of the Addict; Addiction and Personality; Resistance Self-efficacy; Emotional Processing; Decision-Making; Addiction and Relationships; Addiction Relapse; Addiction and Dependence; Overcoming Adolescents' Resistance; Denial; 12 Step and Autonomy; Addiction and 12 Step; Dependence and 12 Step; Twelve-Step Programs as an Addiction; The "One Day at a Time" Approach in Alcoholics Anonymous; Myths and Metaphors of Alcoholics Anonymous; Framing AA as a Narrative Community; Types of Narratives of Recovery from Addiction; Reframing the "12-Steps" of Addiction; Strategies for Clients with Multiple Addictions; "Instructions" for Recovery; Group Interventions with Low-Income Women Recovering Addiction; Natural Recovery from Addiction Beyond the 12 Steps; 12-Step Dilemma: Barriers to Seeking Substance-Abuse Treatment; and Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Addiction Health Care Professional Resource Guide and Addiction Counseling Competencies.