Partners and Spouses in Office-based Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Part 1
This course has been approved for Continuing Education credit by the Missouri State Committee for Social Work.
Topics:
- Partners as motivation for treatment
- Partner involvement in office-based treatment
- Understanding and addressing codependency
- Rebuilding trust in relationships affected by addiction
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to give at least two reasons for involving partners in office-based SUD treatment.
- Participants will be able to define codependency and describe its role in reinforcing addiction.
- Participants will be able to describe to couples the difference between love and trust.
- Participants will be able to describe for couples how the rebuilding of trust after active addiction is achieved.