Addiction Counseling – North Dakota

Licensed Master Addiction Counselor (LMAC)

North Dakota requires that applicants for this licensure have a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree in addiction studies or a closely related mental health care field.

Course Requirements

• Theories and techniques of counseling that must include content in theories specific to addiction counseling (3 credits)
• Counseling techniques, assessment, and treatment of addiction disorders that must include content on the ASAM criteria and counseling techniques specific to addiction (3 credits)
• Group Counseling (3 credits)
• Psychopharmacology; must include content in all the following areas: drugs of abuse, medication assisted treatment for addictive disorders, and medications used to treat mental health disorders (3 credits)
• Research methods or program evaluation (3 credits)
• Professional ethics; must include content specific to addiction counseling, NAADAC code of ethics, and 42 CFR Part 2 (3 credits)
• Family counseling; must include content specific to methods and techniques for working with families of addicted individuals (3 credits)
• Lifespan development (3 credits)
• Multicultural diversity (3 credits)
• Treatment of co-occurring disorders that must include content in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of substance abuse disorders and other mental health disorders (3 credits)
• Clinical supervision (1 credit)

For more information:

https://www.ndbace.org/licensing/licensure-requirements/

https://www.ndbace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/LMAC-Transcript-Review-Form-7.2023.pdf