Subject matter addressed includes;
- basic knowledge of substance and process addictions, specifically food addiction as a substance use disorder;
- clinical intake, screening, assessment, and individualized treatment planning;
- professionally recognized counseling theories & techniques;
- understanding of abstinence programs, trauma & crisis intervention, overeating prevention, education and relapse prevention;
- 12 step-recovery, codependency and the family;
- ethics; and biology of food addiction and recovery.
