COUNSELING BASICS The role of the counselor in addiction counseling is to provide support, education, and non – judgmental assistance to enables change. Counselors must

Drug Addiction Counseling As a counselor, you are going to play a very important role in supporting your clients to take responsibility for themselves by

Principles In Drug Addiction Counseling Similar to HIV services, the success of drug addiction services in the community relies very much on the number of

Counseling Skills In order to help you understand the difference between skills and techniques, I would like first to discuss “techniques”. A technique is a

Counseling Techniques Sometimes a counselor might know the skills and techniques required for doing effective drug addiction counseling, but that does not necessarily mean that

Counseling Procedures This unit will cover the basic procedures for drug addiction counseling. Building an alliance with your client is crucial to the success of

SHORT DEFINITION OF ADDICTION Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic