Addiction Counselors Can Play a Big Role in Helping Someone

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Addiction Counselors Can Play a Big Role in
Helping Someone
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There are many misconceptions about what
addiction is, making it a highly misconstrued
condition. Addiction refers to a wide range of
mental disorders called Substance Use Disorders,
including Alcohol Use Disorder, Stimulant Use
Disorder, just to name a few.
Frequent use, prolonged use, cravings to use, and
an inability to stop are some of the common
symptoms of Substance Use Disorders. Addiction
develops over time, as an individual continues to
use a substance and grows more dependent on it,
he/she can go to great lengths to hide their drug
or alcohol use from others, thus making it
difficult to detect.
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Proper treatment can enable someone with a
Substance Use Disorder to effectively get rid of
their symptoms and put their disorder into
remission, regardless of the severity of their
disorder.
There are a range of available treatments,
including treatments provided in outpatient
settings, inpatient settings, and treatments that
may incorporate individual, family, and/or group
therapy.
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Counseling is an integral part of overcoming
addiction. Addiction counselling, New York City
can be instrumental in changing old patterns and
developing new systems that are more helpful and
constructive. Modern therapeutic techniques used
by counselors these days not only provides the
opportunity to talk, but also helps in building
skills that you can be put to good use throughout
ones life.
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Modern counselling is more goal-oriented with
some common therapy goals being improved
self-esteem, elimination of drug and alcohol
abuse, improved relationships with others,
reduction of depression and stress, restored
sleep, healthy eating patterns and increased
productivity. However, for someone to experience
its true benefits counseling is more effective
with multiple sessions over several months.
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1. Identification of negative thoughts (ways to
constructively deal with them) 2. Skills
training (you can focus on specific tasks which
you usually find difficult to complete, such as
chores, planning an outing, talking to strangers,
etc.) 3. Use of incentives (in the form of gym
memberships, movie passes, yoga class passes) to
overcome addiction
The length of addiction therapy treatment varies
from person to person, depending mainly on the
individual and on the nature of the addiction.
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