Substance Abuse Group Counseling: difficult situations
How to handle challenging and unexpected situations in group
Description
In this course, you will learn how to handle difficult, unexpected and challenging situations that commonly occur in substance abuse group therapy. This course will help any who will be facilitating substance abuse group counseling whether in an inpatient, outpatient or forensic setting. This course discusses de-escalation, redirecting, expressing empathy and handling unexpected situations with poise.
What You Will Learn!
- Be able to effectively manage difficult and unexpected situations effectively during substance abuse group therapy
- Effectively manage angry clients and arguments
- Effectively manage the group when a client (or the whole group) is grieving
- Effectively redirect group when they get off task
- Use appropriate and simple de-escalation techniques
- Know how to handle client's who are not participating
Who Should Attend!
- Substance abuse counselors
- Substance abuse counseling student
- Mental health counselors
- Mental health counseling students
- DUI/OVI course instructors
- Anyone who will facilitate some time of group session with individuals struggling with substance use disorders
- Addiction counselor
- alcohol and drug counselor
- substance abuse group facilitators