Question by sure.: are these normal questions for a drug counselor to ask?
today i went to see some drug counselor for an addiction to coke and weed. well he started asking some seriously personal questions that i dont understand why. he asked me “if i were to observe you at the mall would you be more likely to check out guys or girls” [im a straight 16 year old boy btw] then asked me “so do you look at pornography? what kind do you look at? do you masturbate to it?”
wtf does that have to do with getting counseling? it made me really uncomfortable. i told my mom and she was just like “hes doing his job”.
is asking me that normal?

Best answer:

Answer by Angelia
I worked for a semester as an intern in an assessment office in a psychiatric facility…my job was interviewing patients who came to us with drug/alcohol and/or mental health issues and placing them into the appropriate level of treatment. So based on that experience, I would say that no, that those are not normal questions. I’ve worked with other therapists and I’ve never heard them ask such personal questions (unless it was an issue that was brought up in individual therapy), but different therapists do things differently. I could see why he’s asking about sexual orientation (part of getting an idea of who you are), but I don’t see the point in the questions on the pornography.I don’t see how that relates to drug counseling.

When you go in again, ask him why he was asking those questions. It’s your treatment and you have a right to understand what’s going on with it. If he continues to ask you things that you’re not comfortable with answering, tell him. If he still keeps asking, then find a new therapist. Counseling is not going to work for you if you can’t talk comfortably with the therapist. Hope this helps.

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