BRENDA S. LENZ, MS, is a licensed professional counselor and certified substance abuse counselor with extensive experience assessing and treating clients with co-occurring issues in a wide variety of settings. She specializes in prevention, assessment, early intervention, and the treatment of substance use disorders in college-aged clients.

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, JR., PHD, is Series Editor of the bestselling PracticePlanners^®. He has over five decades experience providing mental health services to inpatient and outpatient clients. He has authored or co-authored over fifty books.

JAMES R. FINLEY, MA, is a mental health and addictions therapist who has conducted individual, couples, family, and group therapy with adults, adolescents, and children in outpatient treatment, foster care, residential, and correctional settings. He is the author of Integrating the 12 Steps into Addiction Therapy and coauthor of The Addiction Counselor's Documentation Sourcebook, Second Edition, and the Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Homework Planner.