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 Details
Course Description: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Disorders, Module 3 (Revised 2025) covers therapeutic approaches for treating substance use disorders alongside co-occurring mental health conditions, with a focus on specific populations and circumstances. Counselors and behavioral health professionals will learn how to build rapport and therapeutic alliances with clients who may experience mistrust or shame, and how to apply relapse prevention strategies and cognitive-behavioral techniques for clients with depression, trauma, and PTSD. The course also addresses the distinct needs of people experiencing homelessness, individuals involved in the criminal justice system, women, and racial and ethnic minority populations, including the barriers these groups face in accessing treatment. Practical service models for addressing both behavioral health and housing needs are included alongside discussion of how untreated co-occurring disorders can affect outcomes such as recidivism.
Date: Ongoing
Distance Learning Method: Asynchronous Reading
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Criminal Justice Professionals
Refund Policy: If you request a refund within 30 days of placing your order (and prior to submitting any exams / completing any courses) we will gladly issue a refund of your money, less the processing fee and handling charge.
Course Interactivity: None
Posttest Requirements: Must score 80% or better to pass. Tests can be taken multiple times to obtain passing score.
Course Completion Requirements: Passing score on posttest. Submission of course evaluation. Course date of completion is recorded at this point.
Certificate of Completion: Issued when course is completed, available for download in Student Center
System Requirements: Internet access
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.
Approved and Widely Recognized
CEU Matrix is approved by the following national and state accreditation boards:
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)
Provider Statement:
CEU Matrix, provider #2726, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 07/23/2026-07/23/2027.