Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People With Co-Occurring Disorders, Module 3 (Revised 2025) (6 hours)
- Credit Hours: 6 Hours
- Author: John Tinsley
- Price: $78.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Describe rapport-building strategies for establishing therapeutic relationships with clients who have co-occurring disorders.
• Explain how feelings of mistrust, shame, and stigma affect treatment engagement in clients with co-occurring disorders.
• Apply empathy and supportive techniques to build a therapeutic alliance that is responsive to the full range of clients’ needs.
• Describe relapse prevention and skill-building strategies as critical components of comprehensive COD treatment.
• Apply cognitive-behavioral techniques and behavioral activation strategies for treating clients with co-occurring depression and substance use disorders.
• Explain the role of medication evaluation as a core service for clients with co-occurring depressive disorders.
• Describe how safety and trust serve as cornerstones of effective treatment for clients with co-occurring trauma and PTSD.
• Analyze how co-occurring disorders affect the recovery process and identify strategies for maintaining treatment gains.
• Develop treatment plans that integrate substance use disorder and mental health interventions for clients with CODs.
Package Contents
Course Update
About the Instructor
John Tinsley
Dr. John H. Tinsley is a former assistant professor of Medical Physiology at the Texas A&M University System College of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; M.S. from the University of North Carolina; and his B.S. from the University of Oklahoma.
He has been teaching, training, consulting and conducting research in the fields of Medical Physiology and Behavioral Biology for over twenty-nine years. Dr. Tinsley has authored over twenty-five professional and refereed articles, including invited reviews. He has been a member of the American Society for Physiology, and work done in 2001 led to an international award from The European Society on Microcirculation. Dr. Tinsley has received research funding from the Veteran’s Administration, American Heart Association, and Scott and White Hospital. In addition, he has served on numerous review committees for national grant-funding agencies and scientific journals.
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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)
