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

• Autore: White Tony <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.29; 362.29186
• Soggetto topico: Counseling psychology; Drug abuse counseling; Alcoholism counseling
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Working with drug and alcohol users
• ISBN: 1-283-75448-7; 0-85700-618-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785732703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II