Individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) face marginalization due to the historical othering of those who use substances. Despite the fact that SUD is a pervasive public health concern, gaps in mental health training and the perception of SUD treatment as specialized have contributed to this population being underserved (Martin et al., 2016). The present study was an adaptation of a study on language and stigma by Ashford, Brown, and Curtis (2018) and sought to explore the magnitude of negative automatic attitudes among trainees in counseling psychology towards stigmatizing terminology used to refer to individuals with SUD and to compare these to attitudes towards more progressive, humanizing terminology. The current study also collected information from trainees about clinical and educational experiences related to SUD. Results indicated the presence of negative automatic attitudes towards the “addict” category but not towards the “person with SUD” category. Significant differences were detected between the differences in attitudes across these categories.