The Space Between Stimulus and Response. Reflections on addictions counseling and creating change. Addiction, treatment and pregnancy. My co-worker demonstrated strength and ethics by identifying her bias, by sharing it in supervision, and by actively working to correct for it. Too much stress, and the overuse of self-control resources. The courage to change the things I can. Also has a lot of meaning to me, as I am only recently getting to.

Are We All Addicts? God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference. One Day at a time. Follow My Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Follow Are We All Addicts? My attitude toward use of substances as a Child. One Day at a Time.

Discuss the complexity of working with clients who are also pregnant. How would a pregnancy change your approach to treatment? What issues might come up for you as a counselor? How might you talk about these risks with your client? How would you respond if your client continued to heavily drink or use substances while pregnant? What does it mean to you to advocate for clients and challenge bias? How do you feel about taking on that role? Does that reflect on your own beliefs and values? .

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