Rolande Anderson

Alcohol and Addiction Counsellor

Alcohol/Addiction Counsellor.

Dr. Rolande Anderson

Has been working in the field of Addiction since 1978. He was the Assistant Director, of the Alcohol / Chemical Dependence Programme, in St. Patrick’s Hospital, where he worked from 1978-1997. He was also Assistant Director at the Rutland Centre, from 1997-1999. He has been in part-time private counselling Practice since November 1999.

He is also National Alcohol Project Director, for the Irish College of General Practitioners since March, 2000. He was a founding member and first P.R.O. of the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors. He is also a full member of the Irish Association of Social Workers. He completed a Motivational Interviewing Training Course in June 2001. He has extensive Training and Lecturing experience at home and abroad. He was the author of a Chapter on The Family in Dr. Cooney’s book on Alcohol Dependence [Under the Weather[ (Gill and McMillan reprinted 2002).