Abstract
ABSTRACT The authors surveyed psychologists and addictions counselors concerning their assumptions about alcoholism and how it might be treated. Issues of therapist personal recovery, multiple diagnoses, use of referrals, and combining psychotherapy with more specific addictions treatment also were examined. The two professional groups were very similar in referral use, accepting a disease analogy for alcoholism, use of a 12-step model of recovery, and strong spiritual and/or religious beliefs. The two groups snowed contrasts with psychologists more willing to accept controlled drinking as an alternative goal to abstinence, and addictions counselors having more personal experience with problem drinking.
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