Treating Individuals with Addictive Disorders: A Strengths-Based Workbook for Patients and Clinicians - Softcover

Meichenbaum, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367440288 ISBN 13: 9780367440282

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Integrating client stories, research and evidence-based strategies, this Workbook offers educational information, clinical tools and coping techniques to assist addiction patients on the journey toward recovery.

Chapters include psycho-educational information on the science behind addiction and examine how patients engaging in resilience behaviors can alter brain functions. A set of three appendices then evaluates what "works" for the treatment of individuals with addictive disorders including ways to engage patients in the treatment process and ways to assess residential treatment programs. Lastly, a glossary of the "language of recovery" terms provides patients and their family members with the guidelines to monitor treatment gains, support their journey of recovery and bolster their resilience.

Healthcare providers and those suffering from addictive disorders alike will benefit from the approachable discussion of the science and history behind addiction, the personal case-studies and the patient-friendly set of coping toolbox-activities designed to develop lasting behavioral changes.

About this title

About the Author

Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, is one of the founders of cognitive behavior therapy and was voted "one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the 20th century." He has consulted at Addiction Treatment Centers for thirty years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367440288
• ISBN 13: 9780367440282
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226