| There are many different addictions that a person | | | | training courses in a number of accredited Addiction |
| may suffer from and for as long as recorded history | | | | Training Institutes. Choosing the correct institute or |
| people have suffered from them. Worldwide, there are | | | | counselling course is vital in learning process and in the |
| millions of individuals with nicotine, drug, alcohol or other | | | | acquisition of the skills and nuances of addiction |
| addictions who need help to overcome them. As | | | | treatment. In addition to this, a career in addiction |
| many as one in six of those who drink alcohol will | | | | counselling / psychological counselling offers numerous |
| become addicted and an even higher number of drug | | | | benefits to the trained counsellor and in next few |
| users, one in four, will become addicted. Of those who | | | | years it is expected to grow further. |
| smoke tobacco, almost all will become addicted to the | | | | Training in addiction counselling / psychological therapy |
| nicotine they contain. Addiction and its causes are not | | | | teaches you the appropriate methods for engaging, |
| easy to eliminate and it can be extremely hard to | | | | communicating and supporting the addicted individual |
| break the behavioural and psychological cycle of | | | | effectively. This provides great job satisfaction for the |
| addictive behaviours. Each person's addiction is | | | | individual working in the field. Addiction counselling and |
| individual to them and whilst there are factors that are | | | | training have gained much greater recognition in recent |
| present in most sufferers of an addiction, the best | | | | years and it has emerged as one of one of the best |
| solution available is to recognise and handle such | | | | means for people to overcome addictive behaviour |
| addictions and related behaviour individually. This is | | | | and similar behavioural patterns. Many rehabilitation |
| where the addiction counsellor comes in. | | | | centres, clinics, community centres and schools have |
| Over the past number of years, the demand for | | | | begun recruiting addiction trainers or counsellors. |
| addiction counsellors has increased dramatically and | | | | Choosing a career in this field is the best option |
| addiction counselling / psychological counselling has | | | | available for those interested in helping people with |
| become a very credible career option. The training | | | | addictions. |
| required for such a career is provided via specialised | | | | |