Substance Abuse/ Mental Health Counselor Resume Example

My goal is to obtain employment that embraces versatility, job advancement, ethical standards, to promote growth as an effective helping professional. I eagerly embrace the challenges of my academic and personal experiences as I obtain a Masters Degree in Rehabilitative Counseling at Thomas University and subsequently taking all that I have learned onto further my educational journey as well as my duties to serve my community. I have served the substance abuse and mental health population since 2008 and am certified in the state of GA as an addiction Counselor level Two.

I am passionate about what I do. I am employed by the agency, but work for the population of the people in which I serve. I am competent and skilled as a counselor dealing with substance abuse, domestic violence, and social factors leading to lack of optimal functioning. I am a change agent. My goal is to present the population of people that I serve, with the knowledge and education as well as the tools to move beyond there current status and into a more desirable status; therefore yielding the outcomes in which they seek. I am able to maintain professional boundaries, yet treat each client like the deserving human beings that they are. I believe in people, despite the situation. I am a hopeless optimist of the human race. Meeting each individual where they are in there situation is my goal and assisting them towards, their goals is my mission.