The Underrated Superhero - Tools for Substance Use Counselors

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Quick Clinical Tools

Two professional tools you can use right now—no signup, no email, just help.

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Brief Symptom Addiction Checklist

Quick automated screening with instant clinical feedback and professional PDF report.

  • ✓ 5-7 minute assessment
  • ✓ Instant recommendations
  • ✓ Printable PDF report
  • ✓ Use in sessions today
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Inpatient vs. Outpatient Decision Tree

Clear level of care guidance based on clinical presentation.

  • ✓ ASAM-informed criteria
  • ✓ Step-by-step pathway
  • ✓ Clinical decision support
  • ✓ Downloadable PDF
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Free Professional Tools for New Addiction Counselors - The Underrated Superhero
Free Professional Resources + Membership Account

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Stop scrambling for resources every session. The complete toolkit for new addiction counselors who are ready to focus on what matters - their clients.

🎉 New! Your Free Membership Now Includes:

Member account dashboard
4 exclusive member pages
Points earning system
All original resources

Sound familiar?

  • Spending weekends creating worksheets and handouts
  • Freezing when you need to discuss substance use with clients
  • Staring at blank relapse prevention templates wondering what you're missing
  • Feeling unprepared for sessions with complex cases
  • Wondering if you're doing this right
Core Resources

Your First-Year Survival Kit

Four foundational resources that bridge the gap between theory and practice. Start with confidence, handle difficult conversations, master core treatment planning, and get weekly support for challenging moments.

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"I Said Yes...Now What?" Toolkit

Foundation Builder

Complete client-ready toolkit for treatment navigation. Everything your clients need when they accept treatment - organized, professional, ready to print and share.

What clients get: Treatment setting expectations, essential questions for their team, self-advocacy tools, first-week strategies, and barrier navigation guides.

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"How to Talk About Substance Use"

Conversation Confidence

Research-backed conversation starters for school-age clients. Never freeze when substance use comes up - know exactly what to say and how to keep conversations safe.

What you get: Age-specific scripts for elementary through high school, self-check guidelines, safety tips, and research-backed principles for productive conversations.

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"My Relapse Prevention Plan"

Clinical Planning Tool

Structured template that turns overwhelming relapse prevention into a clear, fillable plan. No more staring at blank templates wondering what you're missing.

What's included: Trigger identification, coping strategies, warning signs, intervention steps, emergency planning, and goal-setting sections.

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New Clinician Survival Kit Series

Weekly Support Series

Weekly honest support for the thoughts every clinician has but rarely talks about. "I hate group," "I can't do this," and more brutal truths with practical solutions.

What you get: Weekly posts with personal stories, practical strategies, and professional development insights specifically for new clinicians navigating difficult moments.

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Complete Free Membership Benefits

Your free account includes instant access to our full collection of professional resources plus new exclusive member features.

"I Said Yes...Now What?" Complete Toolkit

Multi-part treatment navigation toolkit with worksheets, guides, and client-ready materials to support treatment acceptance and engagement.

"Are You Already Treating Addiction?" Series

5-part weekly blog series with downloadable tools to help mental health professionals identify hidden substance use in their caseload.

"Justice-Involved Treatment Mastery" Series

8-month monthly blog series with downloadable tools to help mental health professionals navigate harm reduction approaches with court-mandated clients and justice-involved populations.

"How to Talk About Substance Use" Guide

Research-backed conversation starters for school-age clients with age-specific scripts, safety guidelines, and self-check questions to ensure productive discussions.

"My Relapse Prevention Plan" Template

Structured, fillable template covering triggers, coping strategies, warning signs, and emergency planning for comprehensive relapse prevention.

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High-Caseload Success Guide

Complete 22-page guide covering 6 proven systems for managing 80+ clients with top retention rates. Includes digital mastery, workflow optimization, and engagement strategies.

Professional Insights & Research

Access to "The Underrated Dispatch" - monthly strategies for clinicians, featured blogs, and curated insights on evidence-based practices that work in real sessions.

Q&A Podcast Hub

"The Underrated Podcast: Ask & Explore" launching January 2026 - answering real clinical questions with practical strategies from experienced practitioners.

Blog Access

Full access to our professional blog covering addiction counseling topics, clinical insights, and practical strategies for daily practice.

Email Support

Access to professional guidance and technical support for implementing any of the resources in your practice, with priority response for paying members.

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Member Dashboard

Your personal account dashboard to track resource downloads, manage preferences, and monitor your points progress.

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Exclusive Member Resources

Access to member-only tools, templates, and professional development materials not available to general visitors.

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Credits & Rewards System

Earn points for downloads, engagement, and participation. Redeem credits for premium resources and special perks.

"Having these resources eased so much of my early-career anxiety. It's such a relief to know other counselors feel the same uncertainty I did - and now I don't have to reinvent the wheel every time I need materials. The new member dashboard makes everything so easy to find!"
- Stephanie V., LCPC, CRADC, MAC

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Cultural Competency Guide – Coming Soon

This practical guide equips clinicians with the tools needed to deliver culturally responsive, equitable addiction treatment. Through real-world examples, reflection prompts, and actionable resources, it supports providers in building empathy, reducing disparities, and honoring client identities and lived experiences.

Covers:

  • Cultural humility framework
  • Bias recognition strategies
  • Sample cultural assessment forms
  • Case studies from diverse communities

This upcoming guide delivers practical tools to strengthen inclusive, respectful client care.

Join the waitlist to get notified when it’s released and gain early access to exclusive companion tools.

Estimated Release: Spring 2026

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Cultural Competency Waitlist

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CE Course Coming Soon – Coming Soon

This 5-hour self-paced course is designed to enhance clinical awareness and confidence when working with individuals in early addiction, co-occurring conditions, or unclear diagnoses. It provides an in-depth look at how addiction presents across populations and offers practical strategies for recognizing early, acute, and masked symptoms.

You’ll explore:

  • The difference between signs vs. symptoms

  • Clinical red flags often missed in intake or early treatment

  • Cultural, behavioral, and neuropsychological indicators of substance use

  • Case-based decision-making to strengthen recognition skills

📚 Already Available: The full resource guide is live in our store and can be used now

Coming Soon: This course is currently pending CE approval through NAADAC. You’ll earn 5 CE hours upon launch.

🗓 Estimated CE Release: Mid to Late Summer 2025

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CE Course - Recognizing and Addressing Signs and Symptoms in Addiction Waitlist

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Breaking Barriers – Coming Soon

This upcoming guide offers clinicians a compassionate, evidence-informed framework for supporting LGBTQIA+ clients through the addiction and recovery journey. Developed with cultural humility and intersectionality at its core, Breaking Barriers includes:

  • Clinical guidance on affirming care across diverse identities and experiences
  • Scenarios and case studies for reflective practice
  • Tools to help clients explore identity safety, stigma, and resilience
  • Strategies for addressing minority stress and internalized shame in treatment

Designed for individual therapists, group facilitators, and programs ready to do better by queer and trans clients.

Estimated Release: December 1, 2025

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Breaking Barriers Waitlist

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Closing the Divide – Coming Soon

This enhanced eBook explores the deep-rooted gender disparities in addiction care—and offers concrete strategies for closing the gap. Designed for seasoned clinicians, advocates, and program directors, this guide includes:

  • Data-driven insights on gender differences in access, engagement, and outcomes
  • Real-world case studies and reflection prompts
  • Worksheets and trauma-informed tools tailored by gender identity
  • Strategies for building inclusive, gender-responsive recovery systems

Join the waitlist to get notified when it’s released and receive early access to exclusive companion tools.

Estimated Release: October 31, 2025

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Closing the Divide Waitlist

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Parenting in Recovery – Coming Soon

This upcoming resource is designed to help clinicians support clients navigating both recovery and parenthood. The Parenting in Recovery workbook explores strategies for rebuilding trust, establishing stability, and fostering meaningful communication between parents and children.

Whether used in family therapy or individual treatment, this guide includes:

  • Evidence-informed parenting strategies

  • Tools for restoring structure and safety at home

  • Guided activities to promote connection and resilience

  • Session-ready prompts and clinician insights

Built for therapists, counselors, and parenting specialists, this resource will be released in Spring 2026.

Want early access or release updates? Fill out the form below.

Parenting in Recovery Waitlist