This book fills an enormously important gap in the field with well-structured, organized, and useful content on competency-based addictions counseling. Through combining case scenarios, key credentialing requirements, and evidence-based practices, the authors make a vital contribution toward serving the needs of individuals who use drugs. This book will help create trained, thoughtful, and engaged addiction counseling professionals who can hit the ground running in
their addictions counseling jobs. It can (and should) serve as a resource for students and professionals well beyond the classroom.
Cynthia A. Faulkner, PhD, MSW, LCSW, is the Program Director for Indiana Wesleyan University's online MSW program. She has over 35 years' experience as a social worker, and has served as a private practitioner, administrator, and clinician in a variety of for-profit and non-profit agencies.
Samuel S. Faulkner, PhD, MSSW, MS, is Associate Professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He has over 40 years' experience as a substance abuse counselor and educator working in inpatient, outpatient, and long-term residential settings.