Addiction & Ethics Committee
Mission: Promoting education, guidance, and insight regarding ongoing ethics concerns and considerations in substance use counseling care.
Through collective research, community education, and collegial support for both emerging and seasoned addictions professionals alike, this committee holds strong resolve to help develop and protect the ethics of addictions counselors throughout the United States.
Committee Chair:
Frank Gorritz, Ph.D., LPC, LMHC, NCC, ACS, QS, SCP, OTCP, LCP
Assistant Professor, Barry University
Dr. Frank Gorritz received his Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision with a cognate in expressive arts in counseling from the University of Georgia, along with certificates in diversity, equity, and inclusion and in interdisciplinary qualitative studies. Over eight years, his clinical experiences include being a clinic coordinator and therapist across outpatient psychiatric settings, community mental health settings, and private practice, especially when working with minority stress, substance use, and pornography addiction. He has presented nationally on topics including affirmative counseling care to queer and transgender communities of color in substance use counseling settings, providing multicultural supervision, utilizing diverse approaches to counseling, and addressing and disrupting white supremacy in counselor education. He has received the Counselors for Social Justice ‘Ohana Award in 2022, the Humanistic Dissertation Award in 2023, as well as AAJIC's Outstanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholar Award and ACA’s S. Kent Butler Transformative Impact Award in 2025 for his dedication to social justice across communities in counseling, research, and advocacy.