27 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC Renewal)

In this addiction counselor course, you’ll be introduced to the history and evolution of substance use, diagnosis, and treatment; the effects of ATOD ingestion on the brain and body; the signs and symptoms of substance use, including intoxication, tolerance, and withdrawal; and the physical, psychological, and pharmacological effects of alcohol and substance use. Learn more

28 Credit Hours (Initial NYS CASAC; CASAC Renewal)

This SUD counselor course will discuss the terms and concepts related to theory, research, practice, and faith-based treatment approaches. The basic concepts of social, political, economic, and cultural systems impact drug-taking activity. The continuum of substance use services, prevention, treatment, recovery, and relevant levels of interventions and care; The Developmental Stages of Recovery. Learn More

6 Credit Hours (Initial NYS CASAC; CASAC & Renewal)

In this course, you will be introduced to the screening and assessment tools that help addiction counselors collect the diagnostic criteria used to determine whether a person has a substance use disorder and its severity. We will discuss various diagnostic tools used in determining SUD, including but not limited to the current DSM-5, the ICD standards, the ASI, and many more. Learn More

4 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This course will uncover the historical overview of the self-help movement, present-day functioning, and the use of self-help and other recovery options as support systems for maintaining a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle through twelve-step fellowships. We will also identify other mutual aid fellowships, such as SMART Recovery, Refuge Recovery, and other sober fellowships. Learn More

20 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This CASAC training course will explore what counseling is, who is a counselor, and what is known about changing behavior in both individual and group settings. The course will focus on a variety of counseling approaches, the therapeutic relationship, legal and ethical issues, and the realities of therapeutic practice. Skills and techniques of counseling, crisis intervention, and group therapy will be discussed as part of the concept of professional practice. Learn more

20 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

In Individual Counseling, you will be introduced to the addiction counseling profession. You’ll explore the profession’s history, philosophy, theoretical foundations, scope of practice, credentialing, and other professional issues. This CASAC training course focuses on students as future substance use counselors, and students receive an overview of the mental health counseling program, the profession, and professional competencies. Learn more

25 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC Renewal)

Upon completing this CASAC training, you will be able to confidently build rapport with the diverse populations in your treatment programs. This training will help ensure that you provide culturally proficient counseling skills, along with the ability to understand, communicate with, and engage with individuals from special populations and various cultures. Learn how to assess your self-awareness, worldview, and attitudes toward the populations you serve, while gaining insight into different cultural responses to alcohol and substance use disorders. Learn More

15 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

The course examines approaches, integration, and special populations using family therapy to treat SUD. It includes an overview of family-based treatment methods and family approaches to support ongoing recovery. You will also learn the basic theory and skills needed by Substance Use Disorder counselors to work effectively with individual family members, significant others, and whole families. Learn More

10 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Upon completing this drug counselor training in Crisis Management, you will have enhanced your knowledge of appropriate responses and care for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, ranging from short-term intervention to emergency management of life-threatening situations and their impact on recovery. This substance abuse counselor certification course will also address other specific areas in crisis management, such as employing crisis intervention techniques related to overdose and acute withdrawal symptoms, as well as leveraging crises to support the recovery process. Learn More

15 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

An active relapse prevention program is essential for recovery from substance use disorder. In this relapse prevention training, you will learn how to encourage your clients to focus on the new life skills and emotional anchors that support them during difficult times. This substance abuse counselor certification training is crucial for your clients’ positive outcomes because it impacts many aspects of individual recovery from addiction and serves as an indispensable resource. Learn More

24 Credit Hours (Initial NYS CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Treatment planning is an integral part of the therapeutic process for individuals and the families that we serve. The treatment plans you write serve as roadmaps for the clients’ recovery process while in your care. In this addiction counselor training course, you will learn how to write patient-centered treatment plans and document all client interactions in clear and concise notes. The course also includes the proper procedure for preparing your clients for discharge. Learn More

24 Clock Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This addiction counselor training course addresses the requirements for drug and alcohol screening and assessing adults and adolescents. In this addiction counselor training program, you will be required to understand the components of each tool, emergent care, subject screening options, level of care determination, interviewing techniques, and a review of the DSM-V Criteria for Substance Use Disorders. You will develop the skills necessary for effective screening & assessment. Learn More

12 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

The goal of this course is to teach you Case Management. As a substance abuse counselor, you must collaborate with people from other fields who may help your client achieve sobriety. Your clients need referrals and support to receive the services necessary to function in society. This is important for improving treatment effectiveness because clients are more likely to succeed when their needs are met. Learn More

16 Credit Hours (Initial CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

In this self-directed online addiction counselor training, you will gain knowledge of the therapeutic alliance as a unique relationship between counselor and client, integrating basic counseling skills, critical thinking, ethical standards, and professional responsibilities to the client. You will also understand the importance of staying consistent in the professional role at all times, both in interactions with colleagues and clients, as well as in professional and community settings. Learn More

9 Clock Hours (Initial NYS CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

In the substance abuse treatment field, confidentiality is governed by federal HIPAA regulations and 42 CFR Part 2. These articles outline the limited circumstances under which an individual’s drug or alcohol treatment may be disclosed without the individual’s consent. In this training, you will learn about the purpose of confidentiality and support, when you can break these rules, and the information needed to release consent. Learn More.

Initial NYS CASAC; CASAC & NAADAC Renewal

Working as an addiction professional can be both challenging and rewarding. For many, burnout has replaced the feeling of satisfaction. Self-care helps you address and prevent burnout. Your wellness directly impacts how effectively you work with and advocate for your clients. Can you give 100% if you’re burned out? In this training, you will learn the principles of effective self-care, develop a self-care plan, and much more through this substance abuse counselor certification course. Learn More

CASAC & NAADAC Renewal

Nearly all jobs have stressors that contribute to job burnout, affecting the performance of mental health professionals. In healthcare, reduced performance directly impacts patient outcomes, posing a serious risk. This training covers compassion fatigue, burnout, vicarious traumatization, and job-related stress, including the effects of clients’ high-risk behaviors despite interventions. Learn More

22 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Alcohol use disorder is one of the oldest and most commonly abused psychoactive substances. It affects nearly every organ except the ear, displaying theatrical effects from consumption to withdrawal. Counselors must consider these factors when treating alcohol-dependent patients. The course offers historical, cultural, psychological, and neurological perspectives to understand alcohol use disorder, its symptoms, and treatment approaches. Learn More

15 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This training is designed to help substance abuse counselors better understand and respect the cultural identities of racially and ethnically diverse clients. In this training, you’ll learn how to identify clients’ unique cultural backgrounds, values, beliefs, traditions, social practices, and customs. You’ll also learn strategies for assessing clients’ identity development and cultural strengths and resources. You will then apply these principles in clinical settings by developing culturally competent treatment plans with culturally diverse clients.

15 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This course will provide addiction counselors with practical strategies to engage diverse and special populations. Populations discussed include older adults and seniors, women, men, LGBTQ+, adolescents and youth, incarceration and parole, and people experiencing homelessness. Races include African Americans, Native Americans/Alaska Natives (NAN), Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), and other groups. Issues unique to these diverse population groups will be identified, and appropriate strategies for treatment engagement will be explored.

12 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This course examines, identifies, and defines infectious diseases among substance-using populations. The course will cover STIs, HIV, and Hepatitis, along with other infectious diseases found in people with substance use disorders. It includes an overview of current approaches and challenges to preventing and treating infectious diseases for people with SUD, recent evidence on the effectiveness of programs and strategies to prevent infectious diseases among people with SUD, and how to develop treatment goals and objectives for people with co-occurring disorders, how to select and implement evidence-based interventions for people with infectious diseases and substance use disorder, as well as how to monitor progress and evaluate outcomes.

12 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Vocational rehabilitation counseling for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) is committed to helping them recover and obtain employment. Employment is a key part of recovery. It requires developing strong working relationships with individuals in recovery, state agency partners, and the community of providers, including treatment programs and recovery centers. By working together, we can turn this commitment into action and help more people in recovery achieve their goals. The principle of recovery is an experience that encompasses the belief, hope, and expectation that a person with a substance use disorder can move beyond the limitations of the disorder and engage in the process of healing.

18 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Co-occurring disorders” refer to co-occurring substance use (abuse or dependence) and mental disorders. Clients said to have co-occurring disorders (abbreviated as COD) have one or more mental illnesses and conditions relating to alcohol and other drugs.This course aims to use the TIP 42 Quick Guide to highlight the significant developments in the addiction treatment field relating to co-occurring disorders to help substance abuse and mental health professionals develop a plan for a more integrated treatment community that can better address the needs of clients with COD.

7 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Clients mandated for service, and involuntary, often appear resistant or uninterested in changing. The impact of legal coercion on the therapeutic relationship and feelings of stigma is widely regarded as harmful and detrimental to treatment outcomes. Mandatory treatment does not necessarily have to result in perceived coercion and reduced satisfaction with treatment. In this 7 -hour substance use counselor training on mandated clients, you’ll understand that mandated treatment reduces recidivism in offending behavior.; parole and probation; confrontation; toxicology; and much more.

27  Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This training is designed to provide an overview of the science behind substance use. The course will begin by providing a historical perspective on the epidemiology, prevalence, and trends of alcohol and other drug use in the United States. It will also examine how genetics and neurobiology contribute to the development of addiction and strategies for treatment. In this training, you will be introduced to the history and evolution of substance use, diagnosis, and treatment; the effects of ATOD ingestion on the brain and body; the signs and symptoms of substance use, including intoxication, tolerance, and withdrawal; and the physical, psychological, and pharmacological effects of alcohol and substance use.

4 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal) 

This course examines the role and implementation of telehealth in treating Substance Use Disorders (SUD.) It includes an issue brief, what the research tells us, guidance for implementing evidence-based practices, examples of treatment implementation in treatment programs, and documentation of best practices. At the end of this training, you will have a better understanding of telehealth.

• best practices
• ethical considerations
• confidentiality, other legal aspects of telehealth
• client boundaries
• what tools you can use without violating HIPAA when engaging in telehealth counseling.
  

19 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Substance use disorders are commonly seen in patients in medical practices and are frequently comorbid with other medical and psychiatric disorders. Considerable societal stigma exists toward patients with use disorders; healthcare providers frequently have negative attitudes toward these patients. The identification, assessment, and referral for treatment of patients are strongly influenced by physician attitudes and life experiences with personal, family, or prior patients’ substance use. Effective tools and strategies help clinicians recognize the physiologic and behavioral red flags of use disorder and elicit a substance use history in a nonjudgmental manner, so they can make the appropriate diagnosis and develop a patient-specific plan for treatment and referral.

12 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal) 

This 12-hour training provides practical strategies based on theories of human development for working with clients in early recovery. Understanding these theories will help addiction counselors recognize stages of recovery and better select appropriate interventions for every phase of treatment of people with use disorders. Some of the topics related to human development and addiction covered in this course include developmental deficits and developmental arrest in recovering clients, delayed reactions to sexual abuse and other childhood trauma, stages in recovery from use disorders, developmental issues in the professional’s own life, and multi-problem and multigenerational history of substance use.

NYS CASAC  Renewal

This course covers professional ethics for substance use counselors, social workers, and criminal justice members. It draws on ethical codes in addiction treatment and social work. We examine the counselor-client, counselor-employer, and inter-professional relationships. Ethical obligations to society and considerations for those who teach, publish, consult, or conduct research are addressed. The course details ethics, confidentiality, and boundaries specific to substance abuse counselors.

15 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal) 

This course covers professional ethics for social workers, addiction counselors, and criminal justice professionals. It draws on various information sources and existing ethical codes. We discuss applying ethical principles in daily situations counselors face, including counselor-client, counselor-employer, and professional relationships. The course details guidelines on ethics, confidentiality, and boundaries, while reviewing essential health care ethics principles and resolutions for ethical dilemmas in care delivery.

3 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Just like women, men have unique needs when it comes to addiction treatment. They often face cultural stereotypes and stigma; many men feel judged or viewed as weak for entering addiction treatment. Gender-specific programs offer a more comfortable and accepting space for men.

Men also typically require more time than women to open up and voice their struggles or emotions. Therefore, specific therapy methods are more helpful to men than others. For example, men respond better to cognitive-behavioral therapy than introspection, meaning individual and group therapy sessions must be structured differently.

Male sexual abuse is another serious issue that gender-specific treatment addresses that is often overlooked in traditional treatment settings. Sexual abuse is a sensitive issue for men that can be handled more openly and honestly in a single-gender environment.

115 Credit Hours (NYS CASAC Only)

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9 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This course will review cultural respect, cultural competence, health disparities, health-related experience, complementary approaches, patient-centered care, trans-cultural communication, and skilled-centered approaches to care.

This course is designed to provide the tools you need to provide a culturally competent substance use treatment. We will also review addiction counselors’ cultural respect, cultural competence, health disparities, health-related experience, complementary approaches, patient-centered care, trans-cultural communication, and client-centered approaches to healthcare.

6 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Outpatient treatment allows clients to stay at work, school, and home while getting support for addiction recovery. This training prepares clinicians to work in OTP and IOP settings, focusing on evidence-based care guided by the 14 OTP principles. You’ll learn about core and enhanced services, as well as how outpatient recovery unfolds.

The training will focus on OTP evidence-based treatment approaches while adhering to the 14 guiding principles of OTP. The training describes the core services every OTP should offer, the enhanced services available on-site or through links with community-based services, and the outpatient recovery process.

6 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

This course will cover the importance of record keeping and how to write and communicate clinically with peers and other professionals. Students will learn how to write notes and identify pathology more consistently. The class will review the seriousness of documenting from a legal and ethical point of view. At the end of this training you will have gained knowledge of the following:

• How to write a clinical note
• What to include in a therapy note
• Clinical note types:

1. SOAP
2. DAP
3. BIRP

• Understanding which note formats to use for specific treatments (brief treatment, individual session, group session)
• Collaborative documentation
• Importance of documentation
• If you don’t document it never happened.

6 Credit Hours (CASAC & NAADAC Renewal)

Harm reduction is a public health approach that offers practical strategies and realistic options for people who use drugs. It acknowledges that drug use will never be eliminated and seeks to reduce the harms associated with drug use and the discrimination against people who use drugs. This course provides an in-depth understanding of how to work with people who use drugs through a harm reduction lens. In this training, you’ll learn the core principles of harm reduction and how it can build connections with people who use drugs and people engaged in sex work. Addiction counselors will learn to listen without judgment, create space for honest dialogue, and develop trust and openness. With that foundation established, you’ll learn effective strategies to support people who use drugs. Knowledge of harm reduction strategies that promote open and non-judgmental communication when engaging people with use disorders. Learn more.

10 Credit Hours (CASAC, CAC, CADC Renewal)

A premier trauma-informed care training program equips substance use counselors with the knowledge and confidence to provide culturally competent, trauma-responsive care. This course ensures professionals understand the profound impact of trauma on addiction, mental health, and recovery, empowering them to create safe, supportive environments for diverse populations. Whether you renew your CASAC, CADC, CAC, or NAADAC certification, this training will enhance your ability to integrate trauma-informed principles into treatment, build client trust, and foster healing that respects individual identities and lived experiences. Learn More