الخميس، 30 يناير 2014

Become The Best Substance Abuse Counselor Pasadena Has

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By Eliza Mendoza


Is helping individuals with drug or alcohol addictions something you want to do? Does being the finest substance abuse counselor Pasadena offers have a nice ring to it? If your answer is yes, there are many schools who offer classes in this field.

Therapy sessions of substance abusers are either done as individuals or in groups. An abuser's counselor can treat patients who have an addiction as well as help with the prevention of addiction in possible patients by creating awareness as to how one succumbs to addiction. A good description of this field would be patients who are treated in various settings within a group or as an individual by a substance abuser counselor.

These places might include facilities such as; social agencies, rehabilitation centers, health care facilities and correctional institutes. You will provide crisis care, addiction prevention courses and recovery care. You will be required to treatment people who are not addicted to the normal drugs and alcohol only but also those people who have eating disorders or food addictions and those people who have gambling addictions.

As a counselor you duties will include holding interviews with future patients, give drug tests, and counseling of patients with addictions. The assessment of your patient's records to determine their method of treatment will be required of you, as well as retaining all records of these treatments and determining if the treatment is helping the patient, and creating plans for treatments because of the person's needs and their history. It will be your responsibility to assist the patient to leave treatment and create aftercare treatment plans.

Through evaluation and treatment you will help those who are addicted overcome their need for it and help them to fight the battle that will be a consistent one throughout their lives. You will have to empower them through coping skills as well as communication skills so that they can cope at work, when they are at home or out in the community. The majority of the time you will work with drug addicts in groups, and also be helping the families of these addicts.

The requirements of your education level will differ dependent on where you wish to work. Some agencies that are state related will accept a mere high school diploma. But should you wish to get a larger scope of job opportunities then a post- secondary education might be best.

During a bachelor's degree course in this sort of counseling, you will be taught the basic things of how to work with people who have addictions. Therapy methods, assessment, psychology and counseling ethics are all taught in this course. You will also be required to learn about how addiction affects the brain and behavior patterns, welfare policies and how to plan programs. Experience can be gained by doing internships.

Also available are masters' degrees on this subject. These degrees run far deeper into how substance abuse affects societies and psychoanalytical theories. Being the sort of substance abuse counselor Pasadena offers is a very good career choice.




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