Addiction Counselling

Skills the market pays for

Learn assessment, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, and family engagement — tools recovery programmes require. Includes gambling, gaming, and social media addictions.

Rehabilitation centres, faith-based recovery ministries, and county health programmes recruit trained counsellors.

In-demand skills you will apply

• Addiction models
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention planning
• Behavioural addiction support
• Family engagement

Who should enrol

• Teachers, pastors, HR and community workers
• Aspiring counsellors and social service staff
• Professionals adding counselling tools to their role

What you will be able to do

• Screen and assess substance and behavioural addiction presentations
• Facilitate recovery-oriented conversations using MI
• Develop relapse prevention plans
• Support gambling, gaming and social media addiction concerns
• Work within multidisciplinary teams

Practical coverage

1. 1 Introduction to Addiction Counselling
2. 2 Addiction Science, Models, and Continuum of Care
3. 3 Screening, Assessment, and Case Formulation
4. 4 Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change
5. 5 Brief Interventions and Structured Counselling Skills
6. 6 Behavioural Addictions: Gambling, Gaming, Social Media, and Technology
7. 7 Relapse Prevention and Recovery Planning
8. 8 Family, Community, and Multidisciplinary Engagement
9. 9 Ethics, Culture, Safeguarding, and Helper Self-Care
10. 10 Case Management, Support Planning, and Final Practical Assessment