Understanding Violence and Self-Harm for the Addictions Professional

The new addictions course that is available on-line this week at PAHA is "Understanding Violence and Self-Harm". This is a 6-hour course that is available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the topic of violence and self-harm with a Read More...

Mood Disorders for the Addictions Professional

The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is part of our DSM-IV TR for the Addictions Professional Series: "Mood Disorders". This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime Read More...

Why take care of our brothers and sisters?

A young man is walking on a sea shore. Ahead of him he sees a very old man picking up something in the sand and throwing it into the ocean. “What are you doing?’ he asks. The old man replies, “I am throwing this starfish into the sea so that it can live. If I don’t do this, it will die on Read More...

On-line Addictions Course in Relapse Prevention

The course that is being presented this week in our face-to-face Substance Abuse Counselor Training at PAHA is "Understanding Relapse Prevention". This is a 6-hour course that is also available at our on-line training center anytime at http://substanceabusecounselortraining.com which covers the Read More...

Gratitude

Well, 2009 is winding down as one for the books. Found love; lost work. Love has saved me; work was eventually going to kill me. Due to being out of work, it looks like we might lose some material possessions that have been good to us, but which have been also been causing great emotional Read More...