Palm Beach State College Counseling Addictive Disorder Discussion

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Section 1

Post the following:

Identify two strengths you bring to addictions counseling and how you gained those strengths.
Identify one area where you might struggle in the field of addictions counseling (examples might be personal experiences, bias, lack of education, etc.), and why this area might be a challenge for you.
Does your state/country have certification or licensure for addictions counseling? Provide the website if so.
Share whether addictions counseling is a field you would consider for your counseling career, and explain why or why not.
Recommend one resource, technique, or idea from personal experience that your colleague can use to address/improve the area they identified as a challenge. Share why you believe this resource or technique would be helpful.

Section 2):
your personal and professional thoughts on the following three prompts:
- Using your personal lens, where do you stand on the use of medications for treating mental health and substance use disorders?
- Using your professional lens, share three pros of using medications as part of treatment and three cons associated with using medications.
- Using your professional lens, describe your role as a counselor counseling clients who have been prescribed medications for mental health and/or substance use disorders.
  
  Required Readings
  
  Bray, B. (2019, January 28). Workforce projections show a coming surplus of school counselors, shortage of addictions counselors. Counseling Today. Retrieved from https://ct.counseling.org/2019/01/workforce-projec…
  
  National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2018c). Understanding drug use and addiction. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/u…
  
  SAMHSA Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies. (2017). Words matter: How language choice can reduce stigma. Retrieved from https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/wp-content/up…
  
  Villa, L. (2016). Shaming the sick: Addiction and stigma. Retrieved from https://drugabuse.com/library/addiction-stigma

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