Alcoholism Counselor
An Alcoholism Counselor, as the title of the career implies, facilitates counseling programs for people who are dependent on alcohol. Alcoholism counseling programs can be held either in private, together with the patient’s family and peers, or in a group whose members are alcohol dependents. As a counselor, he or she is expected to have strong communication and interpersonal skills, and display a strong ability to understand, interpret, act, and respond to people’s thoughts, views, and emotions.
Alcoholism is a physical and a behavioral tendency. An Alcoholism Counselor is also responsible to recommend to their patients concrete programs through which their body can heal from the severe addiction to the substance. He or she is to serve as a committed guide of patients towards a new, healthy lifestyle, illuminating the personal and public consequences of alcoholism in one’s life and reminding them of the relations with and responsibilities to their family, relatives, friends, and the society in general. An Alcoholism Counselor evaluates the progress of patients, determining their level of recovery and the respective resolutions to be done in such phases of recovery.
An Alcoholism Counselor job requires a University degree on Psychology or Behavioral Sciences. He or she also must be a qualified professional of the Chemical Dependency Counselor Certification Board, and be recognized by other institutions that provide certifications on Alcohol-dependency counseling. An average Alcoholism Counselor in the United States receives a paycheck of an average salary of $45,000 per year.
