Is It True You Only Need a High School Diploma and Certification to Be a Substance Abuse Counselor?
Question by noname: Is it true you only need a high school diploma and certification to be a substance abuse counselor?
Hi, I’m a 31 year old mom and wife that is about to finish my associates degree in psychology next year and I want to get into counseling. I decided to return to college because I’m tired of dead end jobs and want to finish something I started years ago. As soon as I returned to college, I started getting straight A’s in all my classes and have so much enthusiasm to continue, yet I don’t want to be stuck in college until I’m 40 for my career to begin. The maximum I would like to invest is three more years, perhaps even four. I heard that with a bachelor’s in psychology you can’t really do much =-/. I want a better future for my family but I won’t settle for studying something I don’t like just because it’s short…like medical asst. I heard that to be a substance abuse counselor you don’t even have to have a master’s degree and some people only need a high school diploma in addition to some training to get certified…is that true? If so, where can I find out more? How much do these substance abuse counselors w/o the master’s make anyway? Or should I just stick to getting a bachelor’s in psychology and aim for the master’s while working in a job my bachelor’s can qualify me for?
How Does Addiction Occur?
Question by Dopamine: how does addiction occur?
i want to know as much as possible about addiction,how does it work and what defeats addiction
Best answer:
Answer by q
google is your friend.
it’s also addictive. be careful.
Answer by Nikola
addiction occur by a source for begining and then process and finally addiction. Works like a puppet master , you must gain the control of your mind and body. What defeats addicition in my theory are :
Time , Mind , Your presence , ignore it , stay away from it , etc
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Maryland Addiction Recovery Center Makes Addiction Treatment More …
Maryland Addiction Recovery Center Makes Addiction Treatment More …
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Maryland Addiction Recovery Center, the new substance abuse treatment center in Towson, MD that is bringing the latest in comprehensive addiction treatment solutions to the Baltimore area, is proud to announce it's latest initiative: the "Alumni … Read more on PR Web (press release)
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On the other hand, some give them credit for helping to raise awareness, notably in the U.S., of governments' addiction to deficit financing — living beyond their means. Gregory … But the article states signs are authorized “for a determined period … Read more on Montreal Gazette
Linking violence, illness can foster bias
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Medicaid Expansion Is Expected to Strain Mental Health Services
Medicaid expansion is expected to strain mental health services
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WASHINGTON — As millions of Americans gain health coverage through the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, experts say their higher rates of mental health and substance abuse disorders will be difficult to treat due to a lack of counselors and … Read more on Kansas.com
GLRC receives coalition grant
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MARQUETTE – Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc. received a grant from the Marquette Coalition for Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention to update its collection of alcohol awareness educational DVDs at the Marquette Outpatient Services Office. Read more on Marquette Mining Journal
Too Many Americans Are Incarcerated for Too Long
Too many Americans are incarcerated for too long
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The bill would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for many nonviolent drug offenses and make retroactive a 2010 law reducing sentences for the possession of crack cocaine, a change that could benefit as many as 8,800 prisoners. The huge … The … Read more on Los Angeles Times
Give Those With Mental Health Issues and Addiction Problems a Break; Elect …
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Stop Having the Same Conversation Again and Again
Stop Having the Same Conversation Again and Again
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In the worst of these scenarios, we become harvesters of politics, power, control, arrogance and egos that fill organizations with invisible signs that say, don't go there, you can't do this, you don't know that, save face, blame, protect, win at … Read more on Entrepreneur
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Is the “Silent Treatment” a Form of Passive Aggressive Emotional Abuse?
Question by Jason: Is the “silent treatment” a form of passive aggressive emotional abuse?
I apologize for the length. Is the “silent treatment” a form of passive aggressive emotional abuse? I have someone in my life (or used to be at least that completely gives me the silent treatment. It’s my ex girlfriend. We work at the same place so we see each other daily. We broke up almost 10 months ago, but we stayed “friends” for about three months. We would even go out on dates together and she even started to want to have sex with me again (which was probably unwise), but I thought that maybe we were going to get back together. But she made it very clear that she did not want to get back together, that we had a “no strings attached relationship,” and that she didn’t mind if I dated other girls. Meanwhile, I began talking to this other girl from work, and we began to date (After all, my ex said that she didn’t mind.) Well, I guess when it was all said and don, my ex did mind because she got very angry and jealous. She began to say nasty things about me and the new girl I was seeing. She told me that seeing another person from work was the lowest of the lows, but she herself dated a guy from work before she dated me so I thought that was a bit hypocritical on her part. So I got mad at her for being mad at me. After all, she was the one that ended the relationship in the first place. All I did was move on. So I started saying mean things about her which I know was wrong. Anyway, she has been giving me the silent treatment for about seven months now, and it hurts. I’ve even tried apologizing to her for my part via e-mail (I didn’t want to confront her at work). She took my e-mail, which was very innocent and told my boss that I was “harassing her.” She just does very passive aggressive things to hurt me. I guess I could understand her hatred for me if I had cheated on her, was physically abusive, if I had left her financially ruined, or if I had a substance abuse or gambling addiction. But none of that occurred. As a matter of fact, I was always there for her whenever she needed a friend, a helping hand, or a shoulder to cry on. How can she live with herself? It just hurts because I truly loved this girl and I think that I deserve better.. Yeah, I leave her alone, but it still hurts.
Heroin on the Rise in Reno
Heroin on the rise in Reno
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“Heroin was nothing when I started,” said Reno police Lt. Joe Burfield of his narcotics investigations in Reno during the early 1990s. “Meth was just getting started. Most all of our seizures were cocaine and rock cocaine. Meth became popular in the … Read more on Sparks Today
Use of drugs, alcohol in Butte County deemed main challenges
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NIDA Releases Guide on Treating Teen Substance Abuse and Online Education for …
NIDA releases guide on treating teen substance abuse and online education for …
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Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released today by the National Institute on Drug … Read more on News-Medical.net
With one of the highest substance abuse rates in the country, NH grant focuses …
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