Remaining unbiased is pivotal to a substance abuse professional’s success. Discrimination comes in many shades. Taking an issue with or treating someone differently because of their age, economic condition, gender, handicap, national ancestry, race, religion, or sexual orientation constitutes discrimination. Per the Ethical Principles of Conduct all substance abuse professionals adhere to, we are not…
How important is trust? Think about it. Really think about it. If you had to rate how important trust is in a generic relationship on a scale of 0 to 10, 10 being most important, what numerical value would you assign it? When it comes to relationships, some say trust is more important than love….
Every job comes with a set of responsibilities. Most of the time, how well you handle them dictates whether your employment is short or long and whether you ever see a raise. And it’s rare for your responsibilities to impact a paying customer directly in a very negative way. After all, a bad customer service…
The substance abuse counselor is a unique professional. Taking a front row seat to the impact of drug and alcohol abuse and dependency, they work closely with people in recovery. It’s a bumpy road fraught with emotions and sometimes the stuff of movies. Ethics and values weigh heavily on every move a counselor makes, and…