May require in-person courses to obtain full certificate
Completed with any 6 courses
$375 per course
16 CEs Approved by NBCC
*Graduate students may take these courses for elective credit.
Other courses may be listed in quarterly schedules.
For more information about the program, email: admissions@swc.edu or call: 1.877.471.5756
To self-register for a class, use this link: NEI Registration Form
Or call the registrar directly at 1.505.467.6809 or email collegeregistrar@swc.edu
PLO 1: Explain primary processes of addiction and recovery theory, including trauma-based origins, neurological effects and changes, and resiliency factors.
PLO 2: Apply traditional, alternative, and emerging theories on addiction in the implementation of assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of addiction issues in ethical and culturally sustaining practice.
PLO 3: Examine and appraise the role of the counselor/therapist within a framework of cultural context, utilizing reflective practice to develop an embodied, heart-centered, authentic, transformational approach to treatment.
The goal of the Addictions, Abuse, and Recovery Certificate Program is to provide reflective practitioners with an integrated approach in the treatment of addictions within an individual, and in families and communities. Special attention will be given to the utilization of evidence-based practices in cultural contexts that lead to meaningful outcomes.
The mission of Southwestern College is Transforming Consciousness Through Education. This mission has guided the College’s success in preparing practitioners to take a deeper look at the relationship between consciousness and compulsivity. Conscious awareness is the path to choice and freedom, whereas compulsivity leaves us in trances in which little freedom is possible.
For persons interested in seeking licensure as a Licensed Substance Abuse Associate (LSAA) or Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (LADAC) in the state of New Mexico, this certificate provides hours that will pertain to either license. This certificate provides each student with 16 hours per class in the field of addiction, for a total reaching 96 hours. To apply for the LSAA license, applicants need only 90 clock hours in the field of Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse. For the LADAC license applicants will need 276 hours.
Students and community members pursuing this Certificate must complete all required classes within six (6) years of taking the first class.
Richard Pelfrey has been holding space for the resolution and reintegration of trauma and addictions of all forms for the past 12 years. He started his career in non-profit treatment facilities working under the traditional “Johnson Model” of inpatient care. While becoming licensed as an addictions counselor, Richard expanded his work beyond traditional models, exploring alternative methods for trauma resolution. His journey includes modalities such as Superhealth Kundalini Yoga, Trauma, Grief and Renewal therapy, and training in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Wim Hoff method, and Brainspotting. He also incorporates a decade of apprenticeship in Toltec wisdom and earth-based ceremony into his work with individuals and groups for healing and personal growth.
Southwestern College & New Earth Institute is approved by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board (#CCE0111661) and the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP No. 7520) as a Continuing Education Provider. If you are not licensed as a mental health professional in New Mexico, please check with your state’s licensing board to see if they will accept approved CEs from these two accrediting bodies.
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