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Isn't teen drinking normal?

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  • Judith Welles Cousins
    Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practitioner
    judithwellescousinslcsw.com  
    703-921-1166

    Judith has worked in the field of mental health and substance abuse since 1988,  She received her Masters in Social Work from Virginia Commonweatlh University in 1991 and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 1994.  In her private practice, Judith sees adults, families, children and adolescents, and couples. She addresses such issues as substance abuse, depession, anxiety, family discord, couple conflict, poor school performance, and  life transitions. Judith believes that within each individual, family, and couple are the resources to change, heal, and thrive.  Through the process of psychotherapy, she assists clients to identify and use these resources to gain personal and relational well-being.      

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    <p>Host: Isn't teen drinking normal?</p><p>Judith Welles Cousins: Teen drinking and drug use is normal in a sense that it's normal for teenagers to, to want to know about alcohol, to want to know about drugs, to want to know what it tastes like, what it feels like, if they are using.</p><p>So there is a certain amount of experimentation and curiosity that goes along with being a teenager. 1</p>

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