Clinicians involved in family therapy are increasingly concerned with the impact of parental alcoholism on individual development and family functioning. With more than 20 million adults raised within an alcoholic family, and with widespread problems associated with parental alcoholism, clinicians providing family treatment have a potentially large number of clients impacted by substance abuse. However, many clinicians lack specialty training. This article reviews the problems associated with parental substance abuse and examines substance abuse certification standards as a blueprint for continuing education and specialty credentialing.