Chemical Dependency is drug and alcohol addiction disease in which people addictions begin slowly and raise until the life of addict becomes gradually uncontrollable.

The Chemical Dependency Program is designed to train people to overcome their dependency on drug. This program includes courses that are planned to give students for information of the field through focusing on the growth of counseling.

The aim of chemical dependency program is to facilitate the youth and their families and grow efficient relationships that result in healthy functioning at school, workplace and also in family.

There are so many chemical dependency program runs today. These programs are intensive outpatient program, hospital program, and residential treatment. The intensive outpatient program runs after the school. Partial hospital program is planned for the youth who has problem in maintaining abstinence and functioning effectively at school and residential treatment is for the teens that has problem in stopping drug use in outpatient treatment.

These programs open a way to build career for youth. After completion the program effectively students will become entitled to practice in direct service positions in approved chemical dependency services. Opportunities also survive in outpatient, intensive outpatient, residential, institutional, detoxification and healing services.

In chemical dependency programs treatment is given to the addicts. These programs include:

• Treatment planning
• Alcohol and drug abuse education
• Interactive group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Stress management
• Family therapy
• Parenting skills
• Selected readings/videos on addiction
• Education
• Relapse prevention counseling

When patients are admitted to these programs, they first undergo a medical examination to determine suitable treatment for them.