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The mother wracked with anxiety for her once loving son who is now transformed beyond recognition; the silent father who cannot articulate his fear or despair for a lost daughter; husbands and wives struggling to reconcile the destruction reaped upon them by the person they vowed to spend their life with - the concerned other is desperate for change in the user, but often ends up feeling helpless and frustrated - let down by his or her own inability to help and by a lack of professional support. Professional helpers, on the other hand, may find that their training, geared to the individualistic theories that require the user to make the change, find they are unable to employ effectively the concerned other and his or her willingness to help. In this book, Phil Harris sees the concerned other as the person most able to effect change in the user's life. He presents a thoroughly researched and carefully argued theoretical underpinning of his work, and offers practitioners a clear and comprehensive, intervention-based programme to help the concerned other bring about the change that he or she most wants to see. For drug and alcohol workers, youth workers, criminal justice workers, social workers, housing officers, family workers, counsellors, families, The Concerned Other provides a complete treatment manual for working with those affected by a family member's drug and alcohol use. It explores the extensive research that demonstrates why and how families can effect change and offers comprehensive assessment and outcomes tools. It provides a complete worksheet-based programme that will help the 'concerned other': get their loved ones into treatment; reduce the stress and pressure they are under; improve the quality of their own life; and, support their loved one in treatment. This book will help practitioners support the concerned others in effecting change in the user, and will increase the provision of high quality and effective services they can offer to those who suffer intolerably from those that they also love the most. The 68 pages of copiable material to be found in this manual are also available as a free PDF to customers who subsequently register their purchase with RHP.

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Author:   Phil Harris
Publisher:   Russell House Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Russell House Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.879kg
ISBN:  

9781905541485

ISBN 10:   1905541481
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 January 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Spiral bound
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Using the manual. Working with individuals and groups. Who is this book for? The context. Social context. What is problematic use? Social consequences of use. Family hardships. Family coping. Family contact with the problem user. Family pressure and treatment entry. Therapeutic context. Self-help: Al Anon and Ala Teen. Co-dependency movement. The intervention. Recent approaches for concerned others. Approaches facilitating treatment entry only. Dual approach models. Parent and Carers' Training Programme (PACT). PACT: programme aims and structure. PACT: assessment. PACT: a behavioural ethos. Reinforcement and substance misuse. Reinforcement and change. Principles of treatment entry. Functional analysis logs. Extinction burst. Bringing up the subject of treatment. Selecting treatment options. Supporting the loved one in treatment. Treatment outcomes and relapse. Carefrontation and termination. Improving the concerned other's life. Reducing pressure of the concerned other. Closing treatment. Using the manual. Outcomes and measures. Conclusion. The Programme. Induction and assessment for the PACT programme. Induction. What have you tried so far? How PACT changes your loved one's use. Temptations and threats. Assessment. Comprehensive assessment. Mood screener. (CES-D) Depression scale. Life satisfaction audit. My better life. How to get the loved one into treatment. Rapid entry procedure. Readiness assessment. Readiness approach. Treatment entry. Rewards for the loved one. Problem solving. Flashpoints. Reducing conflict. The 'I' message. Assessing enabling. Others enabling. Preparing to withdraw. Functional analysis logs. Intervention plan. Barriers and hooks to treatment. What help is out there? Bringing up the subject of treatment. How to reduce pressures on the concerned other. Domestic violence assessment. Emergency plan. Domestic violence functional analysis. Domestic violence intervention plan. How to improve the quality of life for the concerned other. Identifying social support. Building social support. Improving coping. My strengths. How to support the loved one in treatment. Understanding slips. Risk factors. Strengthening attendance. Dealing with setbacks. Setback plan. Ending. The carefrontation. When is it time to quit? Closure and review.

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Phil Harris is an independent writer who has worked in direct access drug services for over sixteen years. He has designed and delivered internationally recognised treatment programmes and accredited training courses throughout the UK & Europe. Having worked as a drugs treatment advisor to DST's, Criminal Justice Services and Youth Services, he has also managed several organisations and implemented innovative, practical and effective approaches to addressing people's problems with misuse of drugs and alcohol. He continues to practice in the south west of England.

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