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  #1 Niebuhr Handberg on 23 Jul 13

   

  Research and clinical practice has shown that co-occurring disorders mental health issues and (habits occurring together) will be the rule, not the exception. Going To website likely provides warnings you should tell your girlfriend. This leaves a lot of people have been trained as psychologists, mental-health counselors and marriage and family therapists in a great problem, both clinically and professionally. They are in a downside, since addictions counseling needs a completely different counseling method than most counselors use. Professionally they are at a disadvantage since agencies, many insurance companies and Medicaid are beginning to require certification in addictions counseling to utilize customers who have addictions.
  
  Therefore, what're the options? The majority of us do not desire to get back to college to get still another stage. The good news is that having your precertification education for addictions guidance is easy. You can take on line courses including those provided at or go to meetings or take college courses. In most states, any addictions certification is sufficient. The National Association for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) and the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) both offer national addictions certifications. Your other choice will be to get licensed at home state. Several states now have as an addictions professional boards offering certification. The down side to state certifications is that they do not move if you move from state.
  
  But I am doing addictions therapy now and am maybe not qualified. Why can I jump through all those hoops? Well, there are several reasons: Ethics, efficiency, making potential. All professional codes of ethics suggest that you must be appropriately trained to supply services for your target population. Thus, if you're registered or certified in mental health or psychology, you are likely to get the extra knowledge necessary to effectively serve your population. Addictions counseling is much different than old-fashioned Rogerian talk therapy, as i stated earlier. To work as an addictions counselor, you must understand the dependency, how it has become the people best fiend, why they do not need to give it up and cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused ways of help them make the change. Finally, earning potential. Habits certifications open up an entire new pair of job opportunities. Additionally, many agencies will probably pay more for someone with an addictions accreditation, versus someone with only a mental-health counseling license or no license at all.
  
  Within this age of the world wide web, drugs, eating disorders, gambling, addictive behavior: alcohol and sex, it is very important that clinicians can identify and address addictive behaviors. In individuals with co-occurring disorders, it is even more significant, because alcohol or drug-abuse and eating disorders all influence the dosage and effectiveness of psychotropic drugs. Visit NAADAC at: to learn more.The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc.
  2400 Niles-Cortland Rd SE Suite # 4
  Warren Ohio 44484
  Phone: 330-652-7776
  Email: info@aihcp.org
  Site: www.aihcp.org

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Research and clinical practice has shown that co-occurring disorders mental health issues and (habits occurring together) will be the rule, not the exception. Going To <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aihcp.org/crisis-intervention.htm">website</a> likely provides warnings you should tell your girlfriend. This leaves a lot of people have been trained as psychologists, mental-health counselors and marriage and family therapists in a great problem, both clinically and professionally. They are in a downside, since addictions counseling needs a completely different counseling method than most counselors use. Professionally they are at a disadvantage since agencies, many insurance companies and Medicaid are beginning to require certification in addictions counseling to utilize customers who have addictions. <br /> <br /> Therefore, what're the options? The majority of us do not desire to get back to college to get still another stage. The good news is that having your precertification education for addictions guidance is easy. You can take on line courses including those provided at or go to meetings or take college courses. In most states, any addictions certification is sufficient. The National Association for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) and the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) both offer national addictions certifications. Your other choice will be to get licensed at home state. Several states now have as an addictions professional boards offering certification. The down side to state certifications is that they do not move if you move from state. <br /> <br /> But I am doing addictions therapy now and am maybe not qualified. Why can I jump through all those hoops? Well, there are several reasons: Ethics, efficiency, making potential. All professional codes of ethics suggest that you must be appropriately trained to supply services for your target population. Thus, if you're registered or certified in mental health or psychology, you are likely to get the extra knowledge necessary to effectively serve your population. Addictions counseling is much different than old-fashioned Rogerian talk therapy, as i stated earlier. To work as an addictions counselor, you must understand the dependency, how it has become the people best fiend, why they do not need to give it up and cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused ways of help them make the change. Finally, earning potential. Habits certifications open up an entire new pair of job opportunities. Additionally, many agencies will probably pay more for someone with an addictions accreditation, versus someone with only a mental-health counseling license or no license at all. <br /> <br /> Within this age of the world wide web, drugs, eating disorders, gambling, addictive behavior: alcohol and sex, it is very important that clinicians can identify and address addictive behaviors. In individuals with co-occurring disorders, it is even more significant, because alcohol or drug-abuse and eating disorders all influence the dosage and effectiveness of psychotropic drugs. Visit NAADAC at: to learn more.The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. <br /> 2400 Niles-Cortland Rd SE Suite # 4 <br /> Warren Ohio 44484 <br /> Phone: 330-652-7776 <br /> Email: info@aihcp.org <br /> Site: <a href="http://www.aihcp.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.aihcp.org</a></div>

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