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Alderson, K. G. (2019). Addictions counseling today: Substances and addictive behaviors. Sage Publications, Inc.
Read Chapter 2: Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Addiction Counseling (pages 14-37).
This section of Chapter 5 discusses important considerations when working with clients who have two or more diseases or events concurrently.

Read part of Chapter 6 (pages 134-136)
This section lists 28 common mistakes made by counselors, both novice and experienced.

Read Chapter 8 (pages 178-202)
This chapter covers substance use prevention strategies and research, risk factors, protective factors, and ways to evaluate the effectiveness of counseling.

Read Chapter 22 Summary and Conclusions (pages 624-632).
This chapter includes specific risks and protective factors associated with addiction.

Yang, Y., & Hayes, J. A. (2020). Causes and consequences of burnout among mental health professionals: A practice-oriented review of recent empirical literature. Psychotherapy, 57(3), 426–436.
This article describes a review of 44 studies from the past 10 years that focus on risk factors for and effects of burnout among therapists.