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Steven L. West, Ph.D., C.R.C.

Steven L. West is an associate professor of rehabilitation counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University. He currently teaches on topics such as marriage and family therapy and substance use and misuse. He received his undergraduate training in psychology at the University of Tennessee. He also received his master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling with an emphasis on substance abuse counseling from Tennessee, where his studies focused on the rehabilitation of individuals with substance use disorders and coexisting disabilities. West completed his doctoral work at Texas Tech University, concentrating his studies on addictions etiology and family dynamics of addiction. He has published in the areas of substance abuse treatment and prevention, substance abuse services for persons with disabilities and vocational rehabilitation of substance users. Dr. West can be reached by email at slwest2@vcu.edu