Addictions Counseling - Portland State University

Addictions Counseling from Portland State University is a Campus Certificate Counseling degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. We offer this graduate certificate for mental health and addictions treatment professionals. Individuals with this certificate can not only better serve their clients, but also increase their employment options. Mental health professionals need additional training in addictions counseling to provide services for substance-abusing clients. And addictions professionals increasingly need graduate-level studies and graduate degrees to either qualify for treatment positions or to advance into program administration. Advantages: An opportunity to continue your education in a way that demonstrates your initiative and interest to employers and increases your knowledge Graduate-level sequence of classes that organizes knowledge and information relevant to one aspect of a discipline Successful performance in a graduate certificate program can be applied to a master\\\'s degree program in the same discipline General Information The PSU Graduate Certificate in Addictions Counseling is an academic series of courses providing a broad overview of addictions counseling , concepts of treatment, and clinical skills. It can also be taken as a noncredit Certificate of Completion. This certificate prepares participants for work with substance-abusing clients. The program is intended for mental health and addictions treatment professionals in the community and graduate students in related fields enables participants to acquire training and education in science-based practices and provides the knowledge essential to working with addicted populations. Licensed mental health professionals, such as social workers or professional counselors, can greatly increase their employment opportunities by obtaining addictions treatment training. Many addiction treatment programs are beginning to require a master\\\'s degree qualification for hiring as a minimum as well as training and education in addictions treatment. It has also become increasingly important for healthcare professionals to have the ability to work with clients who present both mental health and substance abuse issues. Designed for: Counselors and therapists Clinical social workers Psychologists Nurses Students in graduate social service, mental health, and healthcare programs, including social work, counseling, school counseling , and community health. View more details on Portland State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling courses.