From the time a child enters preschool, teachers begin asking a common question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” That dreaded query has always haunted me, mostly because the way it was redundantly asked put a ton of pressure on me and my peers. The question was like a rusty nail being hammered into our head’s by society. I continuously had the cliché answers of becoming a doctor, teacher, or a police officer, but with serious reservations. After years of not having a clue, I started to think about what I like to do after the stresses of work and school were gone at the end of the day. What truly interested me in life? What did I research in my spare time? What kind of books did I read? What do I truly care about? After I started …show more content…
My listening skills will be an advantage for the client because I will be able to customize and individualize each treatment plan to fit the client’s needs to get them the most beneficial treatment possible. I've seen clinicians treat clients like cattle, talk to 20 different people with 20 different problems and diagnoses and write the same treatment plan for every single one of them. I will treat every client like they are my main priority. It’s also important for addiction counselors and mental health practitioners to remember that in many cases, people receive treatment for one disorder while the other disorder remains untreated. You hear of many cases where someone goes in to get help for their depression or bipolar disorder, and once MH practitioner’s find out they have a Substance Use Disorder they totally forget about the mental health aspect and transfer the client to the substance abuse counselor. After that they are never to be seen again by a mental health practitioner. What I will do to make sure no clients fall through the cracks is to make sure that people with co-occurring disorders are served through integrated treatment which can address mental and substance use disorders at the same time. Dually Diagnosed clients need to have a psychiatrist, addictions counselor, and mental health counselor who can work collaboratively to ensure that the client’s needs are
To begin with, is vital to understand the history of co-occurring disorders. Late in 1970s mental health providers started noticing that their clients commonly had mental illnesses and a substance use disorder. Then, “by the 1990s, substance abuse treatment programs typically reported that 50 to 75 percent of clients had co-occurring mental disorders, while clinicians in mental health settings reported that between 20 to 50 percent of their clients had a co-occurring substance use disorder” (SAMHSA, 2005). That being said, one needs to understand that co-occurring disorders affect people from different walks of life, cultures, socioeconomic status, and racial backgrounds. Furthermore, is important to keep in mind that many of the cases that were reported and diagnosed in the past and present are not an accura...
The one thing that is still difficult for me to grasp is the idea that addiction is the heart of the problem and mental health comes second. When touring Lakeside Milam, Mary explained that they treat the addiction first because they believe mental health problems will dissipate along with the addiction and if there are still mental health issues then it will be treated next. As a mental health counseling I understand that it is important for a client to not be under the influence during counseling, but I do not necessarily think substance abuse counseling is more important than mental health counseling and vice versa. I believe a lot of times they go hand in hand.
Working with those with co-occurring diagnosis may require the clinician to have specific training due to the nature of having varying complications. The training may require for those to have a multi-problem view point to cover the multidimensional problems which may or have occurred. Client’s with the diagnosis of depression and substance abuse/dependence need to have a treatment plan which is client-centered. “A client-centered treatment plan is based on a careful assessment inclusive of immediate needs, motivation for change, and readiness to change.” (p 23).
When we were little, we thought the word “Career” was not a big deal, but as a senior in high school, the word has become our reality as we start to finish our last semester. The question we’ve been asked all these years is, what do you want to be when you grow up? But our answer is simple: we don’t want to grow up. As an innocent kid it seemed like the time would never come, but it has. It’s time to get serious and really ponder this question.
As young child we are all asked what we would like to be when we grow up. Usually the answer is a firefighter, a policeman, or nurse. When I was a child I changed my mind multiple times. At first I wanted to be Minnie Mouse, then a dancer. Then, about two years ago, I wanted to be a crime scene investigator. I had all my plans worked out. I was going to attend the University of Memphis and major in criminal justice. However, one day about a year ago, my mind totally changed. I decided to go in the complete opposite direction. I decided that I wanted to be a cosmetologist.
They should have the education and experience to give the best possible suggestions to their patients. They should be patient because they will be working with individuals that are struggling in early sobriety; they should realize that they cannot force their patients to do anything and recovery will happen when their patient is ready. Substance abuse counselors should be
Career Position My career aspirations relating to the field of counseling are to become an expertise in the field of counseling. In addition, becoming part of a schools administration team to assist in supporting the public school system, our school administrations, and our teachers to guide our youth in solid counsel socially, personally and academically. My short-term goals are to become a school counselor, specifically working with high school students.
When people are younger everyone always ask what do you want to be when you are older? Of course when it is children everyone is filled with wonder about their answer whether it’s a model, astronaut, race car driver, etc. Now that I’m older it’s expected for me to know exactly what to do with my life and how to do it. I realized very soon that I sometimes can be an indecisive person when it comes to life-long decisions. This being a huge decision in one’s life you could only imagine how many times I’ve changed my idea on what to go to school for. Although, changing my mind become a norm, I eventually decided a degree in business/marketing is the right path for me. What are my career and educational goals, what will my job would be like, and
Canada, H. (2009, December 16). Best Practices- Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Retrieved from Intergrated Treatment: www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Nobody denies that every client and situation is unique, but there is a general layout out of a treatment plan that can be used thought out the facility to ensure success for the client. The first step in the treatment plan is to screen clients to determine if he/she meets the criteria of the facilities drug, or alcohol program. The facility will use the standard CAGE, of the Substance Abuse Subtitle Screening Inventory questioner as a screening tool. These two screening tools are consist of few questions and require only short answers to determine (American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2012). These tools are easy to use and can be done by any qualified staff according to the ASAM. If more through information is needed then the client will go under an assessment.
Counselors help with people in treatment centers, in jail, and in institutions. They help you see more things that you have in life and how to make things with your family better if they are bad, they help their client admit that they are addicted and how they can recover from these things. Addiction counselors help you talk about your problems and how you are going to fix them. They go day by day to help you to the road of recovery. Addiction counselors also help people with their behavioral and attitude towards their
Growing up I had always been asked the infamous question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?", and my answer had always been a shrug or a simple "I don 't know yet". If I was asked the same question now, I could confidently and very passionately say, "I want to be a doctor; a humanitarian who brings positive change in someone 's life.". It seems like a very general statement but I truly hope to one day become somebody who can use her expertise and profession to help others.
They have to identify and challenge their belief systems by first addressing their defense mechanism, distorted thinking, and the lie and illusions that they have used and told themselves to continue to use drugs. Most of these clients have been abused so much that they now abuse themselves and think that they cannot do any better but it is my job to motivate them to want to do different and see themselves a special unique person that can go anywhere or do anything in life. I will continue to practice and train at my job and attend as many training as possible so that I can continue to work with individuals, their families and groups. I have supervision every week and I continue learn something different every
As you seek help for your addiction, it’s also important to get treatment for all medical conditions. To improve your chances of recovery get a comprehensive treatment plan. By getting combined mental health and addiction treatment from the same treatment provider it would be the option for you.
Most children seem to have ideas of what they would like to be when they grow up. The average person walking into any kindergarten class today would find future teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, astronauts, firefighters, and ballerinas; the list is endless. I never had the chance to even dream about what I wanted to be when I grew up and was given little chance to develop my own tastes and ideas towards this goal. I spent my childhood trying to be the good example to my younger brother and sister that my father demanded in his letters. All the while I was hoping and praying that my mother and father would get back together. The only thing I knew was being a mom and that is what I thought I wanted to be.