Posted in Substance Abuse on Jan 7th, 2012
People often come in to see their substance abuse counselor after the festive season suffering from the post Christmas blues. The holidays are over and now it is back to routine. It can be time of risk for relapse if people see life as a chore, feel that they would be happier if life was [...]
Posted in Oxycontin Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse Counselor on Aug 20th, 2011
Counseling families can be a challenge to the substance abuse counselor unless the ground rules of working successfully with families are both firmly understood and adhered to. It is all too easy for a counselor and parents to inadvertently collude to bring about results that appear to be harmonious and beneficial – the voice of [...]
Posted in Oxycontin Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse Counselor on Jun 24th, 2011
A substance abuse counselor often finds substance abuse and depression occur as concurrent disorders. Pervasive feelings of depression are often a basis for people resorting to substance abuse in an attempt to self medicate so as to alleviate the gloomy feeling of a depressed mood. Generally depression is a disorder of mood, and depressed feelings [...]
Posted in Oxycontin Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse Counselor on Apr 27th, 2011
Wellness and good health in the substance abuse counselor is essential if the counselor is to be able to provide optimal counseling services to his client. Although issues of work related and personal stress can arise for people in any profession, substance abuse counseling is one of the vocations where the specific problem of vicarious [...]
