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BASIC’s counselor training program is legendary in St. Louis. Well over 30 counselors have completed our training program and become certified counselors in Missouri. The training coordinator, Keturah Ibrahim, has over 35 years” experience in training and preparing counselors” for the certification test.
KETURAH N. IBRAHIM, CRAADC
TRAINING COORDINATOR
BASIC is the only comprehensive, evidence-based training program that gives professionals the skills needed to provide the most effective approach to treating clients with co-concurring substance use and mental health disorders, by taking into account the cultural context in which the use and misuse developed.
BASIC combines best practices in substance use and mental health therapies. The interventions used throughout each of the 35 training modules include evidence-based therapies such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, Twelve Step facilitation, and culturally specific counseling and understanding of PTSD. (Post Traumatic SLAVE Disorder)
Counselor trainees will learn all the competencies available to become a qualified counselor including core functions of counselors, and which counseling methods work best with different cultures.