Online Course » MAR1.5 Marital Therapy - Alcoholic Spouse (inactive)
Course Description:
Addictions and marital therapy.
Course Objective:
This program provides clinicians with the opportunity to learn about:
• A new treatment protocol from a systemic perspective, in which alcohol is viewed by a couple as “the invader,” and the couple bands together to fight it.
• Difference between 12-step model and solution model
• Solution model and relapse
Intended Audience:
Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Therapists
Author Bio:
MICHAEL ROHRBAUGH, Ph.D.- Dr. Michael Rohrbaugh is professor of psychology and family studies at the University of Arizona. His professional experience with substance abuse dates to the mid nineteen-seventies, when he co-directed a drug and alcohol treatment program for Vietnam era servicemen.  His current research focuses on family assessment and intervention. With his wife and collaborator, Varda Shoham, he has studied the role of couple and family interaction in maintaining alcohol abuse and has developed a couple-based treatment approach that incorporates systemic principles and practices. This integrative systemic treatment approach was used in an N.I.A.A.A. funded study comparing family systems and cognitive behavioral treatments for alcohol problems. 
Course Prerequisite(s):
Credits:
1.00
Hours:
1.00
Certificates:
ASWB - view details
NBCC - view details




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