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How to Become a Substance Abuse Counselor – Step by Step Video
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Whether you are an undergraduate student considering a career in substance abuse counseling, or a graduate student contemplating the possibility of changing careers, this video will give step-by-step instructions to become a substance abuse counselor in the US.
You can follow the instructions while watching the video. Simply open a new tab where you can do each step.
For substance abuse counselors in Texas (LCDC), visit the Eligibility Criteria and Application Requirements, in the LCDC page under the Counseling Licenses tab.
LCDC Checklist: Eligibility and CI Registration
Applying for registration as a counselor intern (CI) is the first step towards becoming a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC)
To be eligible for a CI registration, a person must:
(1) be at least 18 years of age…read more Counselor Interns HeadQuaters: LCDC
LCDC Jobs Listing
Visit the new LCDC Jobs Listing!
Go to my home page and you will find it on the left sidebar, next to my profile picture. When you click on any of the links, you will be redirected to Recovery Today Online main page. Go to the Jobs Listing tab for more information about these jobs.
Happy job searching!
The First Session: What is it all about?
How was your first individual session? Do you remember how you felt before and after your first interaction with your client?
Share your thoughts, we want to hear about it!
Some of you may be wondering what to expect during your first session with a client. In this article, I am going to share my personal knowledge and experience with you on this topic. There are two main goals for the first session–to establish a therapeutic relationship and to gather information.
The most important thing to remember during the first session is, simply put, to be with the client. What I mean by this is that you must focus on what the client is saying at all times. Do not try to think of what to say next. You actually don’t have to. If you are with the client, this will come naturally. It may help to tell yourself you are going to have a conversation with the client. During the first session, you will employ everything you learned in your counseling skills course. Using these skills will not only…
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Welcome!
Welcome Counselor Interns from San Antonio, Tx!!
Hello and welcome!
This site was created for prospective and current counselor students and is designed to serve as a kind of a “safe house” for you to come to get information before, during, and immediately after completing a program in counseling. Though we’ll try to anticipate and post on topics you may be interested in, please feel free to send us requests for topics you’d like us to post on. Also, if you have some information you’d like to share, let us know and we’ll make arrangements for you to get your information to out there. I hope you find that this site resourceful and beneficial. Don’t forget to tell your friends and classmates about us. We look forward to helping you along your journey!
How do I find a Practicum or Internship Site?
How many of you have the same question?
Finding a practicum or internship site for most counseling students is a daunting task. We all hear the stories of how difficult it is to secure a site, let alone a site that is a great fit for us. For some programs they match you with a site but if you are in a program like mine, the responsibility to secure a placement for your internship is left up to you. Here are some tips to help you and maybe give you peace of mind as you start this journey.
1. Start Early! Seriously, I’m not joking you have to start as soon as possible. Everyone says start early and you may even think you are ahead of the game, but in reality you probably should’ve started when you began your program. I started looking for a site in January 2012 when I was scheduled to start to my practicum in August 2012 and every person I contacted said they were…
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Meet The Counselor Interns From San Antonio, Texas
Hello everybody!
I invite you to visit Counselor Interns HeadQuaters. Two of my colleagues, Tunisha Potter and Brittany Duncan, and I got together to create a blog were we can publish information about the different fields and licenses in counseling, such as the LPC. LMFT, and LCDC.
Some of you (subscribers) have requested that I publish information about the LPC, including a study guide for the certification exam.
Tunisha, Brittany, and I are academic advisors at San Antonio College in San Antonio, Tx. When I met Tunisha and Brittany, they expressed to me their dream of creating a blog where they could share with others all kinds of valuable information that they are receiving from working on their master’s degrees. So, since I have experience with creating and managing blogs, and they have all this knowledge they want to share, we decided to collaborate.
Come visit the new blog and let us know what you would like to get from this site and how we can provide information and guidance that will help you make a better decision when choosing your career path. Tunisha, Brittany, and I would love to read your comments, ideas, and suggestions. Just as I was excited when I created my first blog, and even happier when I received the very first comment, Tunisha and Brittany will be happy to receive a “welcome to blogging” message and lots of support from future students, counselor interns, professional counselors, and everybody out there with a genuine passion for helping others.
I hope that you like Counselor Interns HeadQuaters as much as you liked LCDC Exam Review.
– Samantha Delint-Neely
Tunisha Potter, Brittany Duncan, and I (Samantha Delint-Neely) are three counselor interns (CIs) working on our licenses in San Antonio, TX. Together we will share with all of you the experiences and knowledge we are getting from our internships. We invite you to get to know each of us better by reading our Bios.
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