On The Mark Consulting
Publications
Publications by Mark Sanders
Books
Substance Use Disorders in African American Communities: Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery, Routledge, November 2013
Slipping through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies for Clients with Multiple Addictions and Disorders. Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL, December 2011
Contributing author,
The Ultimate Christian Living,
Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL, March 2010
Recovery Management.
William White,
Ernest Kurtz, & Mark Sanders.
Great Lakes ATTC, Chicago, IL, 2006
Contributing author, Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul (New York Times best seller), Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beech, FL
Contributing author, Alcohol Problems in the United States: 20 Years of Treatment Perspectives, Hawthorne Press, New York, New York, 2002
Treating the African American Male Substance Abuser. Winds of Change Publishing Company, 1993
Preventing Gang Violence in Your School. The Johnson Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1995
Professional Journal Articles
Bechel, T. and Sanders, M. (August 2022). A Recovery Revolution In Madison County. Counselor Magazine, August 2022 Volume 22, No. 4, Pages 26-29.
Sanders, M. & Richie, K. (2017). A cost-effective, evidenced-based approach to adolescent recovery.
Counselor. Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 33-36.
Sanders, M. & Richie, K. (2017). Micro-connecting: 22 strategies for engaging emerging adults in
addictions retreatment. Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery: Paradigm. Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 18-19.
Sanders, M. & Richie, K. (2017). Substance use disorder treatment for emerging adults.
Counselor. Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 29-32.
Sanders, M. “Counseling African Americans With Substance Use Disorders,”
Counselor May – June 2016
Sanders, M. “The Therapeutic Benefit of Humor When Counseling Adolescents and Young Adults”
Paradigm, Volume 19, No. 4, Pages 16 – 17 (2015)
White, W. & Sanders, M. (2013). “Heroism and Addiction Revisited:”
Posted www.williamwhitepapers.com and www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
Sanders, M. & Powell, J. “Multiple Pathways of Recovery for African American Men”
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Volume 30, 2012
“Counseling Resistant Men.” Paradigm, Vol. 16(4), 2012.
“Counseling Resistant Chemically Dependent Men.” JRW Behavioral Health Training and Consultation,
www.randallwebber.com, January 2012.
“Recovery Management in the Hispanic/Latino Community.”
Counselor, November 2012. Co-author Jose Tovar, Jr.
Sanders, M. (2011) “Reflections on Recovery Journalism. An Interview With William White
www.williamwhitepapers.com
Mark Sanders, “Who Will Be the New Trainers?”
Addiction Professional (June 2011) www.addictionpro.com
“A Recovery Revolution: Integrating the Addictions and Mental Health Recovery Movements.”
Addiction Professional, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. N3-N5. September/October 2011.
“The Therapeutic Benefits of Humor.” JRW Behavioral Health Training and Consultation,
www.randallwebber.com, October 2011.
“Who Will Be the New Trainers?”
Addiction Professional, Volume 9, No. 4, pp. 40-43, July-August, 2011.
“Decreasing Conflict in Addictions Groups,” JRW Behavioral Health Training and Consultation,
www.randallwebber.com, July 2011.
“Strategies for Engaging Difficult-to-reach, Multi-problem Clients with Substance Use Disorders,”
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, January 2011.
“Using Motivational Incentives to Help Adolescents Recover.” Counselor, Vol. 12, pp. 40-42, June 2011.
“Recovery Journalism.” www.williamwhitepapers.com, February 2011. Coauthor William White.
“15 Strategies for Engaging Difficult-to-reach Clients with Substance Use Disorders.”
ICB News (Online Article) August 2010.
“Unfinished Business: Counseling Men around Fatherhood and Recovery.” Counselor, Vol. 11, 2010.
“What Did We Miss? Exploring these Often Undetected Areas Can Improve Treatment for Chronic
Relapsers.” (Online Exclusive Article) Addiction Professional, July 2010.
“Recovery Management with Methamphetamine Addicts in Rural America.”
Counselor, February 2010, Vol. 11.
“Fatherhood and Recovery.”
The Source, Vol. 19, #1, University of California at Berkeley, Spring 2009.
“Decrease Conflict in Groups,”
Addiction Professional, Vol. 7, #6, November-December 2009.
“Being Influenced by the Evidence: How Addictions Counselors Can Be Effective Without a Wholesale
Adoption of an Evidence-based Practice.” (Online Exclusive Article) Addiction Professional, July 2009.
“Nurturer, Deserter, or Enemy: The Importance of Mother Daughter Relationships in Adolescent Girls with
Substance Abuse Disorders,” Counselor, December 2008.
“Daddy’s Little Girl: Fatherlessness and Substance Abuse in Adolescent Girls,”
Counselor, Vol. 9, October 2008.
“Prevention Strategies for Young Male Violence,” Student Assistance Journal, Summer 2008.
“Can Adolescents Benefit from a Recovery Coach?” Counselor, June 2008.
“Recovery Management and People of Color,” Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Vol. 26(3), 2008.
“Counseling Difficult-to-reach Chemically Dependent Adolescent Males: A Strength-based Approach,”
Counselor, Vol. 8, June 2007. Coauthor Shannon Mayeda, PhD., MSW, CRADC.
Counseling Difficult-to-reach Chemically Dependent Adolescent Males.”
Counselor, Vol. 8, April 2007. Coauthor Shannon Mayeda, PhD., MSW, CRADC.
Sanders, T., Sanders, M. & White, W. (2006) “When I Get Low, I Get High: The Portrayal of Addiction and
Recovery in African American Music,” Counselor, 7 (6), 30-35
“Addiction in the African American Community: The Recovery Legacies of Frederick Douglass and
Malcolm X.” Counselor, Vol. 7, October 2006. Coauthors William White & Tanya Sanders.
“Recovery Management and People of Color: Redesigning Addiction Treatment for Historically
Disempowered Communities.” www.williamwhitepapers.com. Coauthor William White, 2004.
“Building Bridges Instead of Walls: Effective Cross-cultural Counseling”
Corrections Today, Vol. 65(1), February 2003.
Sanders, M (2002) “The response of African American Communities to Addictions: An Opportunity for
Treatment Providers.” Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 20 (3/4), 167-174.
“Addiction and Recovery among African Americans before 1900.”
Counselor, Vol. 2, December 2002, 64-66. Coauthor William White.
“Blending Grief Therapy and Addiction Treatment” Counselor, December 2002.
“Seven Steps to Developing a Comprehensive Dual Disorders Program” Professional Counselor, 1998.
“Getting Out of Gangs” Professional Counselor, October 1997.
Magazine Articles– appeared in Recovered
“So You Don’t Think You Deserve a Loving Relationship? Could Unresolved Toxic Shame Be the Culprit?”
“Love 101: The Basics of Improving Your Relationship Immediately!”
“The 8 Characteristics of Highly Effective Relationships in Recovery”
“So You Think You’re in Love with a Sex Addict? Well, There’s Hope!”
“Relationship Detox”
“Walking Out on Love: How You Leave Really Does Matter”
"How to Have Healthy Relationships in Recovery"
“How to Have Committed Relationships in Recovery”
Published Workbooks
Working with Men With Substance Use Disorders in Groups: Structured Exercises to Educate, Energize, Inspire, and Help Give Chemically Dependent Men Tools to Recover. An Illinois Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Publication, 2006.
Addiction Counselor Certification Exam Study Course, Winds of Change, 2003
Counseling Chemically Dependent African American Women, Winds of Change Publishing Company, 2001
Relationship Detox: How to Have Healthy Relationships in Recovery, 2001
Video Tapes
High Intensity Drugs, Copyright 2001, by AATP
Counseling Youth of Color, Copyright 2001, by AATP
Good Grief: Helping Chemically Dependent Clients Cope with Loss, 2004, by AATP
Counseling Clients with Antisocial Personality Disorder, 2008, by AATP
Published CD Series, Adolescent Services, Health Communications Services, Inc.
"I Don't Have A Problem": Strategies for Engaging Difficult-to-Reach Clients, October 2010.
15 Strategies for Building “Heart,” an Indomitable Spirit, and Resilience with At-risk Youth, April 2010
Double Trouble: Working with Adolescents and Young Adults with Co-occurring Disorders, April 2010
15 Strategies for Engaging Difficult-to-reach Adolescents and Young Adults in Counseling, April 2010
Counseling the Resistant Adolescent Male
Strength-based Counseling with Difficult-to-reach Adolescents
Abandonment: The #1 Cause of Self-destructive Behavior Among Adolescents
Father Hunger and Father Wounds: Intervention Strategies with Men Who Have Been Traumatized/Injured Due to the Absence or Toxic Presence of their Fathers
Managing Anger and conflict in Therapy Groups
Boys in Crisis: Intervention Strategies with Young Males Who Are at the Greatest Risk of Extreme Violence
The Therapeutic Benefits of Humor: A Workshop for Professionals Who Work with Difficult-to-reach Adolescents
Good Grief: Helping Adolescents Cope with Loss
The Counselor’s Tool Box: Helping Adolescents Cope with Symptoms Caused by Exposure to Traumatic Events
The Father Daughter Relationship
Unfinished Business
Let Them Eat Cake: The Impact of Poverty and Privilege on Adolescents and Implications for Counseling
Published DVDs ( Click
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Anti-Social Personality Disorder
Adolescent Girls in Crisis
Ethics in the Counselor/Client Relationship
Ethics: a closer look at the client/counselor relationship
Ethics of Diversity
Motivational Interviewing
The Ethics of Trauma-Informed Care
Blog Posts
• AATC/NIATX Blog
Hall of Fame – online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery
January 3, 2018
• ATTC/NIATX Blog
African American History Month and Addictions Recovery
February 2017 (Most viewed post)