Addiction therapist vs mental health therapist

Differences between addiction therapist and mental health therapist duties and responsibilities

Addiction therapist example responsibilities.

• Demonstrate working knowledge of community mental health services identify in the Medicaid guidelines and attain contractual outcomes within designate time frames.
• Conduct psycho-educational support groups on addictive behaviors, patterns and relapse prevention and perform psycho-social assessments on patients.
• Provide individual and group therapy to chemically dependent and mental health patients in a residential setting.
• Perform initial evaluations and intakes, make eligibility determinations, conduct rehabilitation planning and problem solving, and counseling.
• Work closely with a license orthotist/prosthetist to obtain orthotics for children who require them.

Mental health therapist example responsibilities.

• Create and lead PTSD group for women, depression and stress management groups for men and women.
• Collaborate with patients to develop individualize treatment plans and evaluate plans periodically to monitor progress towards achieving identify goals and objectives.
• Provide clinical supervision for MFT intern and participate in peer to peer reviews.
• Receive training in diagnoses, physical restraints and CPR.
• Care for children with autism and document daily data collection.
• Utilize therapy techniques from various modalities including EMDR, TF-CBT, and DBT
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