Partners and Spouses in Office-based Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Part 1

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This course has been approved for Continuing Education credit by the Missouri State Committee for Social Work.

Topics:

1. Partners as motivation for treatment
2. Partner involvement in office-based treatment
3. Understanding and addressing codependency
4. 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.