hi, my name is stacie royer, and i'm a careerspecialist from austin, texas. i'm going to talk to you today about becoming a substanceabuse counselor. this is a very emotionally and stressful job, but it's also very rewarding,so you'll want to take up some positive activities such as yoga or running or something likethat to stay positive in your own mind. what you'll want to do is study sociology or psychologywhile you're at your four-year university. from that point, you'll want to start by volunteeringat other substance abuse centers or addiction treatment centers to gain the knowledge andexperience that you'll need, and to also see how other counselors work with the -- excuseme -- work with the patients or clients at that point in time. then you'll...then you'llwant to start working or talking to the certification
board of addiction professionals about becomingcertified. once you have received the necessary information and fulfilled the necessary requirements,then you can sit for the state exam and take that. and once you pass it, then you can startpracticing.
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