I like the study of the brain too. Its fascinating to take a course on phsyciological psychology. It was a hard yet interesting course. You sound very eager. I enjoyed reading (I can't find it right now). I think it is called Delivering Dr Amelia or something like that. It is written by a counselor about a composite of patients. I find it interesting how he doesn't really know where to go with her and so he is encouraging her to just lead the way for a while. I suspect that addiction counseling might have a stronger focus on brain/body physiology than regular counseling. In counseling, one educates the client on his/her problem. Illegal drugs will effect the brain and so I suspect I might be able to use some of my interest in neural stuff in that area. As for research, I might get into that some day. I would prefer the talk stuff though. I find that my T is no smarter than me. She just has the advantage of see me from another point of view and with less of a negative bias than I do. She also knows more techniques than I do.