Alcohol and Drug Counseling
Graduate Certificate
What you study
IU Online’s Graduate Certificate in Alcohol and Drug Counseling is open to Indiana residents only. It offers instruction in the 12 core functions of an addiction counselor and also explores the history, major theories, techniques, and strategies in the field of substance addiction and intervention.
How you benefit
Students in this program evaluate and critically analyze professional scholarship in the field. They apply the counseling skills needed to address the mental health needs of diverse clients—concentrating on prevention, intervention, and crisis management. They apply strategies for helping clients identify addiction’s impact on their life, relationships, and health, and the benefits of living without addiction. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of one’s own previous attitudes and beliefs surrounding mental health issues, substance use, and culturally diverse groups—and how these may influence future clinical work.
This program is taught by IU Bloomington, IUPUC, IU Kokomo, and IU South Bend.