Courses Details

• Lectures 8
• Quizzes 1
• Duration 3 months
• Skill level Beginner
• Language English & Yoruba
• Students 32
• Assessments Yes

Course Description

Mental health counselling typically involves treating conditions such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other mental health disorders. Addiction counselling, on the other hand, focuses on substance abuse disorders, such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and other addictive behaviors.

Mental health and addiction counselor help individuals suffering from mental health disorders and addiction achieve recovery and improve their quality of life.

It is the role of counselors to identify underlying issues, develop coping strategies, and manage symptoms with their clients.

Mental health and addiction counselors are to provide compassionate and effective care that helps clients recover and improve their mental health.

Employment opportunities:

• Hospitals/ Clinics.
• Community mental health centers.
• Substance abuse treatment centers.
• Private or Foundation centers.
• College and university counseling centers.
• Correctional facilities
• Living residences.

Course Benefits:

• Recognize physical, mental, and differentiation between individual and group addiction counseling.
• Accessing and interpreting Client’s requirements, Traumatic - specific care.
• Understand addiction and tips on dealing with it in the workplace.
• Technical and professional knowledge when dealing with people/patient.
• Suffering from mental health and addiction problems. This program will improve your career.

Role as a mental Health and Addiction Counsellor includes:

• Assessing clients to determine their needs, identify underlying issues, and develop an appropriate treatment plan for individual.
• Providing individual and group therapy sessions to help clients.
• Develop coping strategies and methods.
• Improve communication skills, and manage symptoms of mental health disorders and addiction.
• Developing Treatment Plans.
• Monitoring Progress.
• And working as a team with other health care practitioners to improve the wellbeing of the person.