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Addictions Counseling Certification: An Emerging Counseling Specialty
Author(s) -
Page Richard C.,
Bailey Jennifer B.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1995.tb01844.x
Subject(s) - certification , specialty , addiction , addiction medicine , association (psychology) , professional association , medical education , family medicine , psychology , medicine , political science , psychiatry , public relations , psychotherapist , law
This article summarizes the national standards for addictions counseling of 4 different professional groups or boards. The new addictions specialty certification standards that are being developed jointly by the National Board for Certified Counselors and the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (a division of the American Counseling Association) are compared with the standards of 3 other groups.