Integrating 12-steps and psychotherapy : helping clients find sobriety and recovery / Kevin A. Osten, Robert Switzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osten, Kevin A., author.

Switzer, Robert, Dr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse--Treatment.

Substance abuse.

Twelve-step programs.

Psychotherapy.

Addicts--Rehabilitation.

Addicts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title presents a practical and applied approach to working with substance dependent clients. Designed to be accessible to a wide and multi-disciplinary audience of helpers at all skill levels, this text helps future practitioners fully understand the clinical challenges with substance dependence, adjust their thinking and technique in order to match their client's phase of recovery, and optimise client retention and treatment outcomes.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title; Copyright; Brief Contents; Detailed Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: An Integrated View: Comparing 12-Steps and Psychology; A Note on Language; A Note on the Process of Recovery; Purpose of This Book; A Blended Approach: Integrating 12-Steps and the Psychological Understanding of Substance Use; Context Is Everything: A Primer on the Etiology and Use of the DSM-IV; Defining Substance Dependence; Taking the Long View: Applying a Broad Lens to Exploring Treatment Options; Defining Substance Abuse; Summary

Chapter 2: Examining the Components of a 12-Step Program: The Benefits and CriticismsThe 12-Steps in Context; Is 12-Steps Effective?; Disclaimer: 12-Steps Is an Imperfect Program!; Program of Suggestions; Meetings Have the Potential to Be Triggering Events; The Real Threat of Being "13th Stepped"; The Challenge for Those of Non-Christian Faiths, Agnostics, and Atheists; Alternative Routes to Sobriety; The 12-Step Meeting; 12-Step Meeting Basics; Sponsorship; The 12-Steps; Summary

Chapter 3: A Clinical Perspective on Why 12-Steps Is a Useful Tool for Reversing the Damage Wrought by Substance DependenceThe First Area of Impairment: General Executive Functioning; The Second Area of Impairment: Judgment; The Third Area of Impairment: Emotional Regulation and Containment; The Fourth Area of Impairment: Memory and Learning; The Fifth Area of Impairment: Pro-Social Thinking and Behavior; Summary; Chapter 4: A Primer on Therapeutic Practice with Substance Abuse Clients; Introduction; Substance Dependence and the Therapeutic Frame; Fees and Payment Issues

Cancellations and Late ArrivalsConfidentiality and Legal Involvements; Client's Response to Ground Rules; Responding to an Intoxicated Client; Safety; Referral to a Higher Level of Care; Mental Record Keeping; Involving Family and Significant Others; Therapist as a Member or Non-Member of the Recovering Community; Non-Member of the Recovering Community; Member of the Recovering Community, but Not Participating in 12-Step; Member of the Recovering Community, and Participating in 12-Step; Newly Sober Therapists; Summary; Chapter 5: Assessment Considerations and Techniques

Assessment as a Therapeutic TechniqueHistory of Substance Use vs. Personal History; Mono- versus Poly-Substance Dependence versus Cross-Behavioral Addiction; Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders; Mental Status Changes with Intoxication and Withdrawal; Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (P.A.W.S. or PAWS); Preexisting Conditions or Disorders; Assessment Problems Associated with CODs; Synopsis of COD Assessment; Assessment of the Response to Antisocial Adaption; Assessment Techniques; Responding to Denial: Watch for Signs and Symptoms and Seek Out Details; "I drink from time to time"

"I smoked a little weed when I was a kid"

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483320618

1483320618

9781483310398

1483310396

9781483387611

1483387615

OCLC:

958502404