Love First: A New Approach to Intervention (A Hazelden guidebook) - Softcover

Jay, Jeff; Jay, Debra

 
9781568385211: Love First: A New Approach to Intervention (A Hazelden guidebook)

Synopsis

A candid, practical family guide to overcoming substance abuse problems challenges prevailing myths about addiction and shows readers how to help addicts before they destroy their lives. Original.

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Review

"Building a team, choosing a chairperson, anticipating objections, using checklists, and rehearsing for the intervention itself. The reader will find it all here!"
--Robert M. Morse, MD, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, Mayo Medical School
"The most comprehensive book available on the technique of intervention, Love First will save lives!"
--Kathy Ketcham, coauthor, Beyond the Influence and The Spirituality of Imperfection
"A landmark book that gives families life-saving tools to help get a loved one into recovery. Bravo!"
--Jim Ramstad, United States Congressional Representative

About the Author

<p><p>Jeff Jay is a professional interventionist, educator and author. His work has appeared on CNN, <em>the Jane Pauley Show,</em> PBS, Forbes Online and in professional journals. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, and a certified addictions professional. He has served as president of the Terry McGovern Foundation in Washington, DC, and on the boards of directors for several professional organisations. </p><p> Jeff is the coauthor of <em>Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction </em>and <em>At Wit's End: What You Need to Know When a Loved One Is Diagnosed with Addiction and Mental Illness.</em> He and Debra Jay head a national private practice that provides intervention and crisis management services. He is a former clinician with the Hazelden Foundation and Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center. His personal recovery from addiction dates from October 4, 1981.</p> </p>||<p>Debra Jay is a noted columnist, lecturer, and nationally known interventionist. She is the author of <em>No More Letting Go</em> and has appeared frequently on the Oprah Winfrey Show. </p

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ISBN 10:  1592856616 ISBN 13:  9781592856619
Publisher: Hazelden Trade, 2008
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