Tony White

Working with Drug and Alcohol Users

A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support

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Produktbeschreibung

An accessible guide to providing effective support to substance users. The book uses transactional analysis to provide models for understanding substance use, assessing clients, intervention and treatment. Counseling techniques such as motivational interviewing and relapse process work are included, and case studies feature throughout.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9781849052948
• ISBN-10: 1849052948
• Artikelnr.: 35578696

Autorenporträt

Tony White is a registered psychologist in private practice in Perth, Australia. He is also a teacher and supervisor of Transactional Analysis psychotherapists. He is author of Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1. Foundations of Drug and Alcohol
Counseling. 1. Drugs in Society and Addiction. 2. Fundamental Components of
Drug Counseling. 3. Transactional Analysis and the Theory of Addiction. 4.
Why People Use Drugs and their Treatment. Part 2. Specific Techniques in
Counseling the Drug and Alcohol User. 5. The Harm Reduction Contract and
Harm Reduction Counseling. 6. Assessment of the Drug and Alcohol User. 7.
Drug Use Ambivalence. 8. Relapse Process Work. 9. Motivational
Interviewing. 10. The Teenage Drug User. 11. Epilogue. References. Further
Reading. Index.