Substance Abuse Counselor Programs

Washburn University

• Students are trained for a career as a substance abuse counselor when they obtain a degree in human services from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. The degree may also prepare students for a career as a registered alcohol and drug abuse counselor, a mental health worker, an agency volunteer coordinator, youth service worker, community support worker, prevention specialist, case manager, community outreach worker or victims' advocate. Financial aid is available through the university for qualifying students in the program, as well as career placement services and counseling. Admission into the substance abuse counseling program at Washburn University is accessible through the website. On-campus tours are encouraged, and admissions counselors are available to students.

  Washburn University
  1700 SW College Avenue
  Topeka, KS 66621
  785-670-2116
  washburn.edu/sas/human-services/index.html

University of Mary

• The University of Mary is a Catholic college located in Bismarck, North Dakota, that offers a degree in addiction counseling. A degree in addiction counseling is much like a substance abuse counseling degree and will prepare the student for professional practice as an addiction counselor as well as a potential leadership role in their community. Students who graduate with a degree in addiction counseling from the University of Mary are able to demonstrate competence in the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Certification Commission standards area. Those areas include treatment admission, clinical assessment, ongoing treatment planning, counseling services, documentation, case management, legal and ethical issues, professional growth issues and discharge and continuing care. During the four-year program, students take classes such as theories and practice of advanced counseling, pharmacology of addiction, marriage and the family, and Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-step recovery programs.

  University of Mary
  7500 University Dr.
  Bismarck, ND 58504
  701-355-8030
  umary.edu/degrees/specific/addiction_counseling/traditional.php

Drexel University

• The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University offers undergraduate, master's and Ph.D programs in psychology that concentrate on areas such as drugs and human behavior, health psychology, neuropsychology and directive studies in psychology. Students commonly graduate from the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University and go on to practice addiction counseling and substance abuse counseling, or monitor rehabilitation programs. Admission to both the undergraduate and master's programs can be applied for via the web.

  Drexel University
  3141 Chestnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  215-895-1895
  drexel.edu/psychology/phd/practicum.html