ISI - PSYC 5760 - Relapse Prevention in Chemical Addictions Counseling
Course Description
Relapse Prevention in Chemical Addictions Counseling provides an overview of addictions relapse, issues and triggers related to relapse, prevention of relapse, and issues related to addictions relapse in general.
This course is designed to help students understand and facilitate the process of recovery and reduce the risk of relapse among clients or patients with substance use disorders, including those with co-occurring psychiatric disorders. This course will provide the students with tools for individual or group settings, treatment models and therapies, and group sessions for substance use or co-occurring disorders.
Sources of information for this course are clinical trials, meta-analyses of treatment studies, clinical literature, and treatment manuals. The authors review information from G. Alan Marlatt's extensive research on Relapse Prevention.
Joint-listed with PSYC 4760, additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit.
Learner Outcomes
The primary goal of this course is to provide clinical strategies and tools to use in individual, group or family sessions. Information provided include:
- An overview of recovery
- An overview of relapse prevention treatment models
- Strategies to promote recovery and reduce relapse risk
- Counseling tools that can be used in individual, group or family sessions
- Group interventions and formats
- Structured groups on Relapse Prevention
- Process therapy or problem-solving groups
- Relapse and the Family
Required Course Materials
Dennis C. Daley, PhD and Antoine Douaihy, MD. (2015). Relapse Prevention Counseling: Clinical Strategies to Guide Addiction Recovery and Reduce Relapse. PESI Publishing. ISBN: 9781937661687
Expected Course Timeline
Most ISI courses are designed so that students can complete them within 3 months to 1 year. If you are attempting to complete a course more quickly than this, please contact ISI to explore your options.
Sponsor Institution
Credits earned for this course are included in a University of Idaho transcript.
This is an INDEPENDENT STUDY IN IDAHO course
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COURSE NUMBER NOTICE
Beginning with the 2025-2026 Catalog year, the University of Idaho transitioned to 4-digit course numbers. As ISI works through this transition, you may continue to see 3-digit course numbers during this time. A crosswalk is available online.
Prerequisites
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology- ISI - PSYC 1101 - Introduction to Psychology (Complete)
- EP0034 - ISI - Pre-Req of PSYC 1101 Tra