Turns Out I Don’t Hate Addictions Counselling By: Laura Oviedo-Guzmán Years ago (wow, “years”), I started the Addictions Counselling program on the advice that it would “help me get into grad school easier.” At the time, I wanted to pursue a Master’s degree to become a private practice therapist. So, when a professor who had hired me as a research assistant stated this, I took it as a sacred decree. Big mistake. Big. Huge! Or at least I thought for the two middle years of my program. Most recently, I’ve become largely neutral about it. Call it senioritis–’cause I’m just interested in finishing my last semester without burning out–or maturing,…



