There is a great need for addiction professionals in America today. The Lewin Group, a Maryland-based consulting firm, reports that 5,000 new addiction counseling professionals are needed each year just to replace those who are leaving the field. The need for professionals with an addiction counselor degree is created by the rising number of addicting materials created and used each year. Individuals all over the world are fighting a battle with drug and alcohol abuse, substance abuse, or other addictive behaviors.
At Indiana Wesleyan University, we offer a 48-credit-hour master’s in addiction counseling that allows participants to gain hands-on experience while being clinically supervised by men and women of diverse cultural backgrounds with doctoral degrees in a variety of areas related to counseling. IWU’s goal is to provide the world with highly qualified Christian counseling professionals who are equipped to serve their communities in character, scholarship, and leadership.
Why Pursue My Master’s in Addiction Counseling Online at IWU?
Our master’s in addiction counseling program helps prepare students to meet credential requirements. The program adheres to current evidence-based practice, integrating a Christian worldview with a behavioral and social sciences orientation. Our Christian faculty teach from the same biblical worldview valued on our campus, so that students can implement these principles in a fulfilling career. Through our addiction counselor degree programs, IWU is an Approved Education Provider of NAADAC, the National Association for Addiction Professionals. Our graduate-level addiction counselor degree is also accredited through NASAC, The National Addiction Studies Accreditation Commission. Participants in this program qualify for student membership and Addiction Professional in Training national certification through NAADAC and will be academically qualified to seek accreditation upon graduation.
What Will I Learn in a Master’s in Addiction Counseling Program?
Upon completion of the master’s in addiction counseling program, you’ll be prepared to articulate a clear understanding of CADC professional identity and deliver mental health services with multicultural competence. You’ll develop essential counseling skills that will prepare you to apply relevant research findings and evaluation models to inform treatment and intervention strategies in addiction counseling. Our addiction counselor degree program will help you demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental domains in addictions counseling and deliver addictions counseling services with multicultural competence and sensitivity while integrating faith into your addictions counseling practice in a clinically appropriate, sensitive, and ethical manner.
Your Master of Arts in Graduate Counseling may be closer than you think! Learn more about the Graduate Counseling programs at Indiana Wesleyan, and the incredible faculty team dedicated to making helping you take the next steps in your counseling career!
What Makes IWU Different?
IWU has provided on-campus education for more than 100 years.
Faith-integrated curriculum and a commitment to changing the world.
Center for Student Success for counseling, tutoring, and more!
Financial aid is available in the form of grants, loans, scholarships, veterans’ benefits, and employer reimbursement.
These courses contain the program-specific knowledge. Upon completion, you should have the tools to conquer your new career with confidence.
These courses contain the program-specific knowledge. Upon completion, you should have the tools to conquer your new career with confidence. For a full list of courses required to complete your degree, please visit the course catalog. Click on a course below to view the description.
CNS-502,CNS-503,CNS-504,CNS-506,CNS-507,CNS-508,CNS-509,CNS-511,CNS-512,CNS-533,CNS-535,CNS-545,CNS-550D,CNS-551D,CNS-552D
NOTE: The graduate admissions committee retains the right to waive an admission requirement for special circumstances. Successful graduate coursework may be substituted for the GRE.
Up to 35% of a program's required credit hours may be transferred from an accredited institution into a graduate-level counseling program at Indiana Wesleyan University.
SPECIAL NOTE:
Indiana Wesleyan University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org, 312-263-0456. Other accreditations and associations of Indiana Wesleyan University are available at www.indwes.edu/about/iwu-profile/accreditation.
The addictions counseling specialization at Indiana Wesleyan University is an Approved Education Provider of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, 1001 N. Fairfax St., Suite 201, Alexandria, Va. 22314, 800-548-0497, and the Indiana Association for Addiction Professionals (IAAP), 1829 Cunningham Rd., Indianapolis, Ind. 46224, 317-481-9255.
