AGENCY AD 6 Helping the Client Help Themselves
ong before his position as a New Perspectives counselor, Glenn Smith had a crack cocaine addiction. After getting clean, he was unsure of what to do with his new lease on life. He went back to school for criminal justice and received a bachelor's degree but was unable to nd gainful employment. He thought his inability to nd work might have something to do with the criminal record he accrued during his years of using crack cocaine. Smith pondered his future again. He wanted to work in a eld where his skills would be useful and where he could be helpful to others. “I asked myself, ‘What is it that I know well?’ I know a lot about addiction, but do I know anything about counseling?” Smith says he wondered. New Perspectives counselor doesn’t beat clients up to see progress
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