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Life Design and People with Experience of Substance Abuse
Adults with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) experience many barriers
and challenges in their work and social inclusion. Moreover, use and abuse of drug
is related to vocational and occupational problems and to difficulties in planning
one\u2019s own future life in personal and professional domains. Based on the Life
Design paradigm that emphasizes human diversity, uniqueness, and purposiveness
in work and career, in this chapter attention was paid to possible paths in career
counselling in order to help people with vulnerability to re and co-construct a new
narration of self to improve a social and work inclusion. Taking into account the
need and the importance to promote the conditions for work inclusion for people
with vulnerability, attention was also paid to resources like career adaptability, courage,
and hope and their role in supporting the personal and professional future planning
of individuals with experience of substance abuse