You can see the thinking. Young people, heavily drunk, are turning up broken and bleeding in casualty. Therefore they must have a drink problem.
So they need to see someone.
But it demonstrates a woeful ignorance of youth counselling. Does someone in the Government think that counselling is something that young people can be obliged to undertake?
Have they never sat while a youth counsellor, making fearsome eye contact, patiently explained the importance of client self-governance, of negotiated contracts, self-directed involvement, ethics, integrity and the paramount need of freely given consent?
Do you have an agreeable personality? Are you altruistic, modest, friendly and sensitive to the need of others? If so, you may be fouling up your career.
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