A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction (CBA-1) Module 1 (4 hours)
- Credit Hours: 4 Hours
- Author: Robert Shearer
- Price: $52.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Describe the key components and active ingredients of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for cocaine addiction.
• Explain the basic principles of functional analysis as applied to cocaine use patterns.
• Compare CBT with other evidence-based treatment approaches for substance use disorders.
• Apply the 20/20/20 rule to structure a CBT session into three functional segments.
• Outline the goals and key interventions of an initial CBT session with a cocaine-dependent client.
• Discuss the integration of CBT with pharmacological treatments for cocaine addiction.
• Describe the structure of a CBT session, including the recommended activities for the first, second, and final third of each session.
Package Contents
Course Update
Cognitive-Behavioral therapy has been used for treatment of a wide variety of psychological and substance use disorders. The effectiveness of the approach is supported by hundreds of research studies and investigations. The current course materials were produced in 1998, but the approach developed into the “New Wave” of cognitive behavioral therapy and remains very current in its application. Consequently, the student can remain confident in the efficacy of the treatment approach in treating substance use disorders. Note the following studies:
McHugh, R.K.(2010). Cognitive behavioral therapy for substance use disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol 33, pp. 511-525.
Tolin, D.F. (2010). Is cognitive-behavior therapy more effective than other therapies?: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, Vol 30, pp. 710-720.
Callaghan, R., Taylor, L., Victor, J.C. & Lentz, T. (2007). A case comparison of readmission patterns between primary methamphetamine-using and primary cocaine- using adolescents engaged in inpatient substance abuse treatment. Addictive Behaviors, Vol 32, pp. 3101-3106.
About the Instructor
Robert A. Shearer
Dr. Robert A. Shearer is a retired professor of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. He received his Ph.D. in Counseling and Psychology from Texas A & M University, Commerce. Prior to teaching Criminal Justice, he taught Educational Psychology at Mississippi State University on campus and in the extension program across rural Mississippi during the civil rights era.
He has been teaching, training, consulting and conducting research in the fields of Criminal Justice, human behavior, and addictions for over thirty-six years. He is the author of over sixty professional and refereed articles in Criminal Justice and behavior. He is also the author of Interviewing: Theories, techniques, and practices, 5th edition published by Prentice Hall. Dr. Shearer has also created over a dozen measurement, research, and assessment instruments in Criminal Justice and addictions.
He has been a psychotherapist in private practice and served as a consultant to dozens of local, state, and national agencies. His interests continue to be substance abuse program assessment and evaluation. He has taught courses in interviewing, human behavior, substance abuse counseling, drugs-crime-social policy, assessment and treatment planning, and educational psychology. He has also taught several university level psychology courses in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, led group therapy in prison, trained group therapists, and served as an expert witness in various courts of law.
He has been the president of the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counseling and the editor of the Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling as well as a member of many Criminal Justice, criminology, and counseling professional organizations prior to retirement.
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CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)
