Not exact matches
She has
also worked as an employee assistance program
counselor and a
substance -
abuse professional.
Specialized in clients dealing with: teen pregnancies, self - harming behaviors («cutters,» etc.), transitioning back into the community after residential treatment (including juvenile sex offenders), and dual diagnoses (clients
also working with a
substance abuse counselor).
We
also provide individual
substance abuse counseling with a certified addiction
counselor.
She has
also worked as an employee assistance program
counselor and a
substance -
abuse professional.
My career in counseling started as a crisis
counselor working with suicidal clients, and most of my career has focused on self - harm and suicide, which
also includes issues with adjustment and
substance abuse.
I have
also completed the Louisiana Association of
Counselors and Trainers program, receiving specialized training in
substance abuse.»
Practicing addiction /
substance abuse counselors may
also need to take continuing education courses to maintain licensure.
According to Amos Sales, Ed.D., a
substance abuse counselor is one part of a larger treatment plan that may
also include a community support group such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), alcoholism education, halfway houses and / or medication as prescribed by a psychiatrist or other medical doctor.
Counselors also help couples with problems related to parenting, infidelity,
substance abuse and domestic violence.
The premier professional organization for LPCs and PLPCs in the state is the Louisiana Counseling Association, which
also represents
counselors in marriage and family, school, college,
substance abuse, career, multicultural, and religious fields.
Indiana's
substance abuse and behavioral disorders
counselors also devote considerable time to prevention, as do mental health
counselors and marriage and family therapists.
Jobs in Florida for other counseling specialists
also projected to grow:
substance abuse and behavioral disorder
counselors by 22.3 %; mental health
counselors by 23.4 %; rehabilitation
counselors by 14.4 %, and educational, vocational and school counseling positions by 15.2 %, according to FRED.
Some states
also mandate animal control officers, veterinarians, commercial film or photograph processors,
substance abuse counselors, and firefighters to report
abuse or neglect.
Also,
counselors often ask about religious preferences or spiritual beliefs, past
abuse, and
substance abuse history.