Treating the Chemically Dependent Family - A Systems Approach for Substance Abuse Professionals (12 hours)

About This Course Your Course Instructor Course Formats This newly expanded 12 hour course by John Edwards focuses on how to do therapy with families in which at least one member is dependent on alcohol or other drugs. It presents approaches and methods for therapists to use in organizing their therapy with chemically dependent families, makes suggestions for treatment strategies, and offers specific, systems-based techniques. This is a clinical guidebook for working with CD families in the early stages of recovery from the disease. Goals/Objectives By participating in this Distance Learning Course the trainee will: Learn about the systems orientation to therapy for chemically dependent families. Differentiate between systems vs. individual orientation. Develop understanding regarding chemically dependent families as systems. Identify the advantages of working systematically with families. Explore treatment goals for working with family systems. Learn about the technique for mapp