Moderation in Addiction: It is an Effective Intervention?
Moderation refers to a person’s ability to engage in a potentially addictive behavior, such as drinking or gambling, without falling into the downward spiral of addiction. In the world of…
Understanding PTSD as a Community Mental Health and Addictions Worker
If you decide to pursue a career as a mental health and addictions worker, you will be responsible for helping patients in a variety of settings, such as: group homes…
The Importance of Routine in Addiction Recovery: A Mental Health Worker’s Guide
In Canada, approximately one in five people suffers from addiction. Of those who do eventually try and beat their addiction, it is estimated that between 40 and 60 per cent…
Community Service Worker’s Guide to Self-Care
A career as a community service worker is deeply rewarding, but it is also challenging. In community support worker training, you will learn how to counsel people who may be…
New Year, New IPEs
Hi everyone, I hope all of your Holidays were loving and full. I would like to start the New Year with the topic of IPEs and what they have done…
Inside Addiction and Involuntary Commitment Acts
No one wants to see a loved one self-destruct as a result of substance addiction. While you might want them to independently seek help from someone with addictions worker training,…
Self Care: Taking Care of Myself
For this post I am going to be writing about what I do in my free time and what I do for some self-care. With my busy schedule, between work…
My Courses So Far
Hello faithful readers, I am back. I just wanted to take some time and reflect on my courses over the last 5 going on 6 months. We started off the…
Integrated Practice Experience
So something that my course offers that made Stenberg a top choice for me is a part of our curriculum called our Integrated Practice Education. So ever Wednesday we go…
Instructors Making an Impact
Hi everyone, guess who? I hope all faithful blog readers are doing well. I was presented with somewhat of a problem as I was given the idea to write about…
Month 4 Realizations
I have been in school for roughly 4 months now. I want to let you into my world a little bit and share what it’s really been like for me…
Where I Am Now
It came to a point in my life where I needed to make a change in my career. Work was getting slow for me and I lost the overall enjoyment…
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