Addiction Psychologist Course
What will I learn?
This training for addiction psychologists will help you improve your knowledge about addiction, especially if you are already working as a psychologist. You will learn about how addiction affects the brain, the difference between depending on something in your mind and in your body, and about different types of addictive substances. You will also become good at using tools to assess people with addiction, and ways to help them like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and talking to them to encourage them to change (motivational interviewing). You will also learn how to check if the treatment is working well. This training will teach you how to make a good treatment plan, including getting support from other services, and using research to help you in your work. Join us so you can help people with addiction even better.
Apoia's Unique Features
Develop skills
Enhance the practical skills listed below
Check if treatment is working: Learn how to follow progress and change the way you are helping someone if needed.
Understand addiction well: Learn about different types of substances, what dependence is, and how it affects the brain.
Make good treatment plans: Create plans that can be changed easily, with goals for the short-term and long-term.
Use research in your work: Use good research to make your work better.
Use tools to find out about someone's addiction: Use standard tools and talk to people well to understand their situation.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before beginning, feel free to change the chapters and the workload.
- Choose which chapter to start with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can add
You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below
This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not akin to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.