Addiction Counseling

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Author: Stan DeKoven

In this book, we are going to cover the most important aspects of effectively counseling people that are suffering from substance addiction. Further, we are going to look at many of the controversial issues and treatment models that go along with substance abuse: the disease model, the sin model, and the social model.

Some important statistics falling under the heading of etiology are worthy of consideration. The statistics would indicate that potentially 87% of all Americans are raised in a dysfunctional family. Thus, a significant number of the American population have suffered from some sort of severe psycho-social trauma in their upbringing.

People do not want to admit these problems. They include divorce, abuse of various kinds, being raised in an alcoholic or drug addicted family system or being raised in a family where one or both parents were mentally ill. These life circumstances can cause a great deal of difficulty for people.  They need the help of a trained and equipped counselor.