Analyzes the minimum professional training requirements of 32 state certifying bodies for substance abuse counselors. Only 14 of the certifying boards included any of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs core knowledge areas in their training components. The lack of specific drug and alcohol training brings…

Delineates how a self-efficacy approach can be adapted to provide time-limited or brief therapy substance abuse counseling. States that the structure of self-efficacy theory promotes development of valid, reliable, and objective techniques that counselors can use to assess and document counseling outcomes. (Author/JDM)

The author examined correlates of social support among 101 offenders in corrections-based treatment programs. Respondents perceived high levels of support despite numerous interpersonal problems. Social support was significantly associated with visits, letters, arrests, and days in treatment. The author describes strategies for implementing…

Examines the impact of substance abuse counselor (SAC) recovery status and education level on SAC's sensitivity to ethical dilemmas and extent to which training might help resolve dilemmas. Results revealed a significant difference between SACs with a graduate degree and SACs with an associate's degree/high school diploma regarding sensitivity to…

Reviewed 120 closed client folders from the Family Counseling Service of Northern Nevada to study outcomes related to anxiety level. Indicated clients with higher state-anxiety and trait-anxiety generally benefited less from treatment. Showed test scores could be used to predict treatment-outcome group. (FC)

Examines premise that women's addiction groups should be facilitated by females. Study indicates that attitudes of participants towards men in groups facilitated by men were more positive than those of participants in groups facilitated by women. Results may provide information for revision of clinical practice, and for examination of options…

The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) and the International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors (IAAOC) developed a master's level certification for addictions counselors. While NBCC and IAAOC's position is that skills necessary for general counseling are sufficient for an addictions counselor, specific knowledge about…