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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819510903321

Autore

White Tony <1957->

Titolo

Working with drug and alcohol users : a guide to providing understanding, assessment and support / / Tony White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013

ISBN

1-283-75448-7

0-85700-618-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

362.29

362.29186

Soggetti

Counseling psychology

Drug abuse counseling

Alcoholism counseling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Foundations of drug and alcohol counseling -- Drugs in society and addiction -- Fundamental components of drug counseling -- Transactional analysis and the theory of addiction -- Why people use drugs and their treatment -- Specific techniques in counseling the drug and alcohol user -- The harm reduction contract and harm reduction counseling -- Assessment of the drug and alcohol user -- Drug use ambivalence -- Relapse process work -- Motivational interviewing -- The teenage drug user -- Epilogue -- References -- Further reading -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.