Addiction Counselling

Skills the market pays for

Learn assessment, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, and family engagement — tools recovery programmes require. Includes gambling, gaming, and social media addictions.

Rehabilitation centres, faith-based recovery ministries, and county health programmes recruit trained counsellors.

In-demand skills you will apply

• Addiction models
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention planning
• Behavioural addiction support
• Family engagement

Who should enroll

• Teachers, pastors, HR and community workers
• Aspiring counsellors and social service staff
• Professionals adding counselling tools to their role

What you will be able to do

• Screen and assess substance and behavioural addiction presentations
• Facilitate recovery-oriented conversations using MI
• Develop relapse prevention plans
• Support gambling, gaming and social media addiction concerns
• Work within multidisciplinary teams

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Admission Requirements
    A copy of KCSE certificate / result slip
    2 colored passports
    A copy of national ID / passport
    1 ream of papers
    1 spring file

Practical coverage

1. Introduction to Addiction Counselling
2. Addiction Science, Models, and Continuum of Care
3. Screening, Assessment, and Case Formulation
4. Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change
5. Brief Interventions and Structured Counselling Skills
6. Behavioural Addictions: Gambling, Gaming, Social Media, and Technology
7. Relapse Prevention and Recovery Planning
8. Family, Community, and Multidisciplinary Engagement
9. Ethics, Culture, Safeguarding, and Helper Self-Care
10. Case Management, Support Planning, and Final Practical Assessment