October 7, 2024

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, October 7, 2024 — Centenary University Professor of Counseling and Director of the Graduate Counseling Programs Keith Morgen, Ph.D., LPC, ACS, has published the second edition of his book, Substance Use Disorders and Addictions (Sage Publications, Inc., September 2024). The book examines co-occurring psychiatric disorders as the norm with substance use disorders and addictions. With more than 25 years of experience in the field as a clinician, researcher, program developer, and instructor, Dr. Morgen encourages a holistic approach to working with individuals.

This new edition has been updated with current research, as well as new areas of clinical assessment such as post-traumatic growth, recovery capital, co-occurring pain, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and long COVID. Content has also been expanded to include social justice and cultural considerations including the care of older adults, LGBTQIA+ persons, and people with disabilities.

“Dr. Morgen’s pioneering work on Substance Use Disorders and Addictions exemplifies Centenary’s academic mission: to not only learn, but to do, and in so doing, to serve,” said Interim Chief Academic Officer and Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert M. Battistini, Ph.D. “In preparing a second edition with such significant improvements, Dr. Morgen reminds us that worthwhile intellectual work is never finished.”

A practicing licensed professional counselor in New Jersey, Dr. Morgen operates a counseling practice with clients diagnosed with substance use and mental health disorders. Earlier this year, Dr. Morgen was elected President of the New Jersey Addiction Professionals Association (NJAPA). The organization is the New Jersey affiliate of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, which represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals in the United States, Canada, and abroad.

Dr. Morgen is also a former President of the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC) and currently serves on the NAADAC older adult practice standards subcommittee, which is focused on older adult substance use disorders care. In addition, he was the winner of the 2022 Society for Social Work and Research Book Award for his book, Aging Behind Prison Walls: Studies in Trauma and Resilience (Columbia University Press, 2020), co-authored with Tina Maschi, Ph.D., of Fordham University.

As Director of the Graduate Clinical Counseling Program at Centenary, Dr. Morgen oversees graduate programs in clinical counseling (with an addictions track approved as an educational provider by the Addiction Professionals Certification Board of New Jersey) and school counseling (CAEP accredited). Dr. Morgen is also a past recipient of the University’s Distinguished Teaching Award.

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