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What qualifications are needed to be a substance abuse counselor? 

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Despite their lack of substance abuse training, counselors were highly confident in their ability to provide quality substance abuse services.
Last, substance abuse counselors are highly likely to be secondarily exposed to traumatic events through their work with traumatized populations, and many experience at least some symptoms of secondary traumatic stress.
Clinically oriented, interactive faculty development courses in substance abuse education can contribute to increased confidence in clinical skills in substance abuse as well as teaching about substance abuse.
Findings suggest that clearly defined procedures and sufficient staffing of qualified substance abuse counselors could lead to better programs.
This comprehensive program can serve as a model for substance abuse counselor educators developing SACE programs at other universities.
Findings raise concerns about the scope and quality of clinical supervision available to substance abuse counselors.
In order to provide effective supervision of substance abuse counselors, it would be helpful for the supervisor to use an existing model of supervision.