在康复过程中，成瘾咨询员在支持沉迷于毒品或酒精的个人中起着不可或缺的作用。拥有休斯敦透明湖大学的成瘾咨询理学学士学位，您将使人们能够解决构成吸毒障碍的情感问题，并以健康的方式解决个人挑战。咨询领域的许多职位都需要获得执照和专上教育。因此，您获得UHCL的学位将使您对潜在雇主更具吸引力。您将完成毕业所需的课程，并向德克萨斯州卫生服务部申请执照。获得许可后，您就可以担任许可的化学依赖性咨询师。UHCL是德克萨斯州唯一提供此学位的公共机构。
The Bachelor of Science in Addictions Counseling is a 120-semester hour degree program that provides the student with a comprehensive understanding of addiction and its effects, along with counseling techniques and methods to prevent relapse. Successful completion of the addictions counseling degree ensures the student has completed the coursework required to graduate and apply for licensure with the Texas State Department of Health Services to become a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor.