May 30, 2024  
2023-2024 Catalog 
  
2023-2024 Catalog
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COU 213 - Ethics in Addictions Counseling


Ethics in Addictions Counseling will introduce students to ethical issues pertinent to Addictions Counseling.  Students will be exposed to a comprehensive view of ethical issues including how to identify ethical issues and how to address a wide variety of ethical situations.  Students will review codes of ethics for the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) as well as for the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the National Association of Social Work (NASW). Particular emphasis will be placed on credentialing and regulating agencies; client and counselor rights and responsibilities; confidentiality and its limits; professional relationships; professional boundaries; dual and multiple relationships; boundary crossings; and boundary violations.  Specific emphasis is placed on the unique ethical issues faced in addictions counseling, including but not limited to: counselors who are in recovery, and the challenges of working with mandated client populations.
Credits: 3



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