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3 Strategies for Working with Dual Diagnosis Clients After Addictions Counselor Training

If you’re motivated to help those in your community affected by addiction, your motivation, an enduring, supportive nature, as well as the right training can help make recovery possible. You can devote your career to encouraging individuals to overcome addiction and achieve lasting physical,...
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How Graduates Put Their Addictions Counselling Training into Practice in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Communities

“When I was six years old I was snatched from my home and sent to Residential School in Marieval, Saskatchewan,” recalls Robert Kakakaway. “I went from a warm and loving environment to a lonely cold world where I was called a Pagan and a Heathen. The nuns slapped us and pulled our...
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Helping Clients Overcome Prescription Drug Abuse with Addictions Counsellor Training

According to the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), harm associated with prescription drugs has emerged as a leading public health and safety concern across North America. Here in Canada, some First Nations organizations have even declared states of crisis owing to the prevalence of...
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3 Relapse Prevention Strategies You’ll Learn in Addictions Counsellor Courses

What is addiction? Essentially, addiction has two main criteria: difficulty controlling use and duration of use of substances such as alcohol or drugs, and the inability to discontinue use, even after negative impact on one’s life, including the impact on relationships. The challenge for addiction...
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