Date of Award
1-1-2010
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
School of Social Welfare
Content Description
1 online resource (xiii, 163 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Barry Loneck
Committee Members
Elga Wulfert, Heather Larkin
Keywords
Counselor, Disclosure, Education, Experience, Recovery Status, Working Alliance, Counselor and client, Substance abuse, Self-disclosure, Recovering addicts
Subject Categories
Counseling Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work
Abstract
Although evidence shows that between 30 and 75 percent of alcohol and other drug (AOD) counselors are themselves in recovery from a substance use disorder, dated research comparing the effectiveness of recovering and non-recovering counselors failed to control for education, experience, and use of disclosure. Given that the strength of the working alliance between client and counselor is highly predictive of outcome and utilizing interpersonal influence theory as an organizing framework, a path model was hypothesized which posited (a) counselor recovery status and its disclosure impact counselor attractiveness which, in turn, impacts working alliance; (b) counselor education impacts counselor expertness which, in turn, impacts working alliance; and (c) counselor experience impacts counselor trustworthiness which, in turn, impacts working alliance.
Recommended Citation
Roland, Brian D., "The impact of counselor recovery status, disclosure, education, and experience on the working alliance in the treatment of substance use disorders" (2010). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 247.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/247