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Chpt 1: Introduction to the Class Notebook
Chpt 2: Registration & Pre-registration
Chpt 3: Required 500 Level Courses
- MAC 502 (Group)
- MAC 503 (Individual)
- MAC 512 (Family Systems)
- MAC 514 (Developmental)
- MAC 521 (Gender/Ethnicity)
- MAC 522 (Abusive Rel.)
Chpt 4: Required 600 Level Courses
- MAC 601 (Psychopathology)
- MAC 602 (Assess/TX)
- MAC 620 (Ethics)
Chpt 5: Elective 500 & 600 Level Courses
- MAC 651 Syllabus
- MAC 661 (Marriage/Family)
- MAC 671 (Expressive)
- MAC 691-692 Internship
- MAC 560 (Children)
- MAC 570 (Career)
- MAC 695 (Clinical)
- MAC 695 (Statistics)
Chpt 6: Independent Study Courses
Chpt 7: Transfer Courses
Chpt 8: Internship Classes
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Master of Arts in
Counseling Psychology ("MAC")
MAC 651:
"Treatment of
Substance Abuse"
Sample Syllabus (Subject to
Change)
Faculty Member:
Leticia Nieto,
PsyD
Course
Description:
This course examines various
chemical dependency models, treatment perspectives and recovery
processes.
The goal of the course is to provide students with opportunities to
examine traditional and alternative perspectives in the treatment
of chemical dependency. The emphasis in this course will be on
the function of shame as the primary emotion connected to
addictive patterns. We will focus on face to face counseling
strategies through role-playing.
Objectives for the course include:
- To become familiar with the foundations of substance
abuse treatment, including: psychopharmacology, phases of
recovery, clinical issues, interventions, and special
populations.
- To create a model of healing and recovery that attends to
individual needs.
- To uncover your own assumptions and style in treating
substance abuse.
- To enhance self-knowledge and therapeutic competence
through writing for recovery and personal growth.
- To examine issues of race, class, age and gender as
related to chemical dependency, addiction and recovery.
Required Textbooks:
(Please do
not order your books for the current semester from this list. It may not
be up-to-date.)
- Kasl, Many Roads, One Journey, Harper Perennial.
- Richards, H. (1993). Therapy of the Substance Abuse
Syndromes, Aronson.
- Peele, Brodsky, Arnold. The Truth About Addiction and
Recovery. Simon & Schuster
- Solly & Lloyd, Journey Notes.
Harper/Hazelden.
- Dostoevsky. The Brothers Karamozov (also
available at any bookstore.)
- Readings on reserve in the library; part of required
readings
- Suggested additional reading, as needed by
student:.
Requirements:
Each
requirement is worth one-eighth of your grade.
- Complete assigned reading and reading seminars.
Participate in reading discussion seminars of at least
two, and no more than four students. You will need to
schedule this outside of class time. Be prepared to
individually report on your learning.
- Prepare a guided journal entry for each class session
with thoughtful questions,
reactions, and responses to the reading
material, experiences and class discussions.
- Complete 5 recovery interviews, submit a one-page summary
of findings.
- Complete a brief thought paper on the book, The
Brothers Karamozov, by Dostoevsky, as it
relates to your understanding of healing and recovery
from chemical dependency.
- Present a brief film, literary or music review addressing
chemical dependency treatment and recovery from
addiction.
- Make a psychopharmacology presentation: choose one
substance; research and discuss it from pharmacological,
sociological and mythic points of view.
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