Group psychotherapy and addiction / / edited by Bill Reading and Martin Weegmann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876550903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Whurr, 2004
• ISBN: 1-281-84080-7; 9786611840808; 0-470-71354-2; 0-470-71374-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ReadingBill; WeegmannMartin
• Disciplina: 616.86; 616.860651
• Soggetti: Substance abuse - Treatment; Group psychotherapy
• 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 (p. 225-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Group Psychotherapy and Addiction; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Addiction as an attachment disorder: implications for group psychotherapy; Attachment and group therapy; Group treatment of substance abuse; Attachment-oriented therapy; Addiction and the working alliance; Conclusions; Chapter 2 Group psychotherapy as a corrective for addictive vulnerability; An evolving perspective (1970-1980); Group therapy as a corrective (1980-2000); How do groups work?; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Alcoholics Anonymous: group therapy without the group therapist; AA: the historical matrixLeaderless groups: the fellowship concept; AA: corrective group dialogue?; Group climates; Resistance and reluctance to AA; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Matching group therapy to patients' needs; Group therapy in stepped care; Decision to change (step 2); Treatment conditions in relapse prevention (step 3); Group psychotherapy for demanding patients (step 4); Conclusions; Chapter 5 Motivational enhancement in group therapy; Motivational interviewing: a relational perspective; Motivational interviewing and enhanced role ; security; Group therapy: removing obstacles to engagementGroup therapy and enhancing motivation; The group as a motivational matrix; Articulating ambivalence; Process or content: doing or being; Concluding comments; Chapter 6 Interpersonal group therapy in intensive treatment; Cognitive analytic therapy as a unifying model; Addiction; Elements of the treatment programme; 12-step involvement and interpersonal group therapy; Coping skills training and interpersonal development; Managing anxiety; Voices in the treatment setting; Bakhtin and difference; Chapter 7 A relapse prevention group for problem drinkersThe context; The group programme; The group culture; Selection and preparation of clients; Structure of group sessions; The format of the group; Theme-centred interaction method; Individual vulnerability factors on the relapse prevention curriculum; A variety of approaches to implementation; The relapse prevention group programme; Life beyond the relapse prevention group; Return to Cognac; Chapter 8 One-off art therapy in in-patient detoxification; Client group; Psychodynamic approaches within multidisciplinary teams; A background to art therapy group work with addictionsTherapeutic framework; Theories of addictions; Brief encounters; Visual and verbal communications; 'Ships that pass in the night'; Interpretative approach; Themes; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Acting for Change: the evolution of a psychodrama group; Alcohol dependence - the condition or syndrome; Therapeutic context; Acting for Change within the new model; Conclusion; Chapter 10 The family as group; The case of the O'Neill family; Dynamic processes; Psychotherapeutic groups for relatives; Conclusion; Appendix; Chapter 11 Working with gay men in an alcohol support group
• Sommario/riassunto: Rich traditions of group therapy permeate the substance misuse field - from residential and day-centre group programmes and the fellowship group tradition to the panoply of support/education and relapse prevention groups offered by out-patient services. There are specialist groups - e.g. art therapy and psychodrama- and groups for special population- e.g. relatives, prisoners and adult children of alcoholics. This important collection is written by many well-known experts, several renowned on the international stage, with perspectives from the UK, USA and Scandinavia. They share their extens