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Addiction Counselors Can Play a Big Role in Helping Someone

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.

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Addiction Counselors Can Play a Big Role in Helping Someone

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  1. Addiction Counselors Can Play a Big Role in Helping Someone

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 one’s life.

  5. 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.

  6. 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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