Program Outcomes:

Program Outcome #1: Use therapeutic communications in professional relationships.
Program Outcome #2: Apply counseling theories and techniques in the human service field.
Program Outcome #3: Develop personal and client behavioral health and wellness strategies.
Program Outcome #4: Use effective case management skills and documentation.
Program Outcome #5: Develop strategies for treating and intervening on behalf of victims of violence.
Program Outcome #6: Integrate cultural competency standards into delivering the human service field.
Program Outcome #7: Apply proper ethical and legal guidelines for the confidentiality of client information.

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Objective #1: Demonstrate Knowledge of theories, research, best practice literature & effective approaches to substance use disorders.
Learning Objective #2: Demonstrate Knowledge of the role of the counselor & therapeutic uses of power & authority.
Learning Objective #3: Provide definitions of warmth, respect, genuineness, concreteness & empathy.
Learning Objective #4: Demonstrate techniques for dealing with transference, counter-transference & projective identification.
Learning Objective #5: Learn to carry out the actions necessary to form & facilitate a group.

Core Abilities

- Communication
- Personal/Professional-Responsibility
- Critical Thinking/ Problem-Solving
- Information/Technological Literacy

The group has only two rules. First, there will be no physical violence. We need to feel free to express ourselves without fearing physical harm. The second rule is confidentiality. What you see here, what you hear here - let it stay here. We will begin the session by introducing ourselves and stating why we are in treatment.

Perkinson, Robert R.. Chemical Dependency Counseling (p. 99). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition.

As the counselor, you should talk very little in the group. Intervene only when necessary to keep the group moving along therapeutically. So long as the truth is coming out and people are accepting, the group is doing well. It is a common early mistake for counselors to talk too much. This type of counselor engagement discourages the other members from sharing. It is also common for the clients to get into the habit of talking only to the counselor. When this happens, draw other people into the discussion. "John, how do you feel about that?" is enough to take the focus off of you and onto other group members. Let the silent periods raise the group's anxiety. Someone will talk if you wait. If you always talk, then no one else will.

Perkinson, Robert R.. Chemical Dependency Counseling (p. 100). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition.