Overview
*Clear, concise, and clinically relevant guide to treating substance use disorders in everyday practice. *Designed specifically for clinicians who are not addictions specialists. *Demonstrates assessment and treatment techniques and includes appendices with hands-on resources. *Theory-neutral stance will appeal to broad cross-section of therapists. *Both authors are nationally known and have published successful books.
Full Product Details
Author: Arnold M. Washton ,
Joan E. Zweben ,
Hal Arkowitz ,
G. Alan Marlatt
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Imprint: Guilford Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.582kg
ISBN: 9781572300774
ISBN 10: 1572300779
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 16 March 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This is the kind of book psychotherapists need. Washton and Zweben provide all the most important information available about alcohol and drug problems together with state-of-the-art intervention methods. Truly comprehensive, this volume contains detailed sections on a wide range of relevant topics, such as frequently abused drugs, typical comorbid disorders, the utilization of self-help groups, and relapse prevention. Anchored in the concept of adapting treatment to the client's stage of change, Washton and Zweben's approach to treatment is truly integrative and evidence based, and incorporates the most effective strategies for intervention. --Jay L. Lebow, PhD, ABPP, LMFT, The Family Institute at Northwestern University This comprehensive and highly-readable book provides thoughtful and thorough guidance on all aspects of alcohol and drug abuse treatment in an office-based practice. The integrated, multifaceted approach described by these experienced and respected clinicians covers screening, assessment, treatment planning, engagement, treatment, and relapse prevention. Each aspect of treatment is superbly addressed in a pragmatic, accessible, and flexible manner. This book will serve as an invaluable resource for all office-based practitioners, regardless of disciplinary background. --Gerard J. Connors, PhD, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Despite the prevalence of alcohol and other drug abuse, psychotherapists typically receive inadequate training in treating these problems and are reluctant to take on substance-abusing patients. This practical book promises to change all that. Washton and Zweben show clinicians how to assess the problem, engage the patient, develop a plan, carry out the treatment, deal with relapse, and more. This book will be enormously valuable for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and anyone else wishing to sharpen their skills in the treatment of the substance-abusing person, from graduate students to experienced clinicians. --Sigurd Ackerman, MD, President and Medical Director, Silver Hill Hospital I highly recommend this important resource. Of particular interest to psychotherapists in private practice, the book describes a variety of evidence-based approaches to working with clients who have addictive behavior problems, including those with concurrent disorders or dual diagnosis. The authors provide a 'how-to' treatment guide that will appeal to a wide range of readers, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and addiction counselors, as well as students in graduate training courses. --G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Addictive Behaviors Research Center and Department of Psychology, University of Washington Finally, office-based therapists do not have to avoid or refer clients with substance use disorders and can get the detailed, practical, and science-based information they need to work with them. Washton and Zweben offer a patient-oriented, integrative, sophisticated, and practical approach that can increase the competence and confidence of all therapists, even the most knowledgeable, in managing alcohol and drug problems in their offices. They are first and foremost clinicians, with years of clinical experience with and knowledge of alcohol and drugs and the patients who abuse them. Their guide presents wise advice for managing everything from appointments and billing, to dependence and medications, to patients who relapse and how to incorporate referral to self-help groups. This guide empowers therapists with a wealth of information, advice, understanding, and strategies to help their patients move through the entire process of change to sustained recovery from alcohol and drug problems. It is easy to read and eminently useable. Every mental health practitioner should read this guide and keep it at hand. Your practice and your patients will be better off for it. --Carlo C. DiClemente, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland-Baltimore County This book fills an important gap by showing how the treatment of substance dependence can and should be integrated into the broader practice of psychotherapy. Writing in a clear and engaging style, the authors provide information that psychotherapists need to know about the addictions and how to treat them. They do a terrific job of integrating concepts and techniques of psychotherapy with addictions treatment. This book is a gem that psychotherapists of every orientation will find extremely valuable. --Hal Arkowitz, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona Practical, clear, inexpensive, and theoretically sound. --Cynthia A. Briggs, PhD, Department of Counselor Education, Winona State University
Of particular interest to psychotherapists in private practice, the book describes a variety of evidence-based approaches to working with clients who have addictive behavior problems, including those with concurrent disorders or dual diagnosis. The authors provide a 'how-to' treatment guide that will appeal to a wide range of readers, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and addiction counselors, as well as students in graduate training courses. - G. Alan Marlatt, Addictive Behaviors Research Center and Department of Psychology, University of Washington, USA This guide empowers therapists with a wealth of information, advice, understanding, and strategies to help their patients move through the entire process of change to sustained recovery from alcohol and drug problems. It is easy to read and eminently useable. Every mental health practitioner should read this guide and keep it at hand. Your practice and your patients will be better off for it. - Carlo C. DiClemente, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, USA This is the kind of book psychotherapists need... Anchored in the concept of adapting treatment to the client's stage of change, Washton and Zweben's approach to treatment is truly integrative and evidence-based, and incorporates the most effective strategies for intervention. - Jay Lebow, The Family Institute at Northwestern University; past president, APA Division of Family Psychology, USA Each aspect of treatment is superbly addressed in a pragmatic, accessible, and flexible manner. - Gerard J. Connors, Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA Despite the prevalence of alcohol and other drug abuse, psychotherapists typically receive inadequate training in treating these problems and are reluctant to take on substance-abusing patients. This practical book promises to change all that. Washton and Zweben show clinicians how to assess the problem, engage the patient, develop a plan, carry out the treatment, deal with relapse, and more. - Sigurd Ackerman, President and Medical Director, Silver Hill Hospital, USA Writing in a clear and engaging style, the authors provide information that psychotherapists need to know about the addictions and how to treat them. They do a terrific job of integrating concepts and techniques of psychotherapy with addictions treatment. This book is a gem that psychotherapists of every orientation will find extremely valuable. - Hal Arkowitz, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, USA This text provides a sophisticated snapshot of substance-abuse treatment today, extending the provision of substance-abuse services by private practitioners. - APA PsycCRITIQUES Many people interested in clinical work with alcoholics and addicts will benefit from making this a centerpiece of their library. - Families in Society
'Of particular interest to psychotherapists in private practice, the book describes a variety of evidence-based approaches to working with clients who have addictive behavior problems, including those with concurrent disorders or dual diagnosis. The authors provide a 'how-to' treatment guide that will appeal to a wide range of readers, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and addiction counselors, as well as students in graduate training courses.' - G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Addictive Behaviors Research Center and Department of Psychology, University of Washington 'Finally, office-based therapists do not have to avoid or refer clients with substance use disorders and can get the detailed, practical, and science-based information they need to work with them. Washton and Zweben offer a patient-oriented, integrative, sophisticated, and practical approach that can increase the competence and confidence of all therapists, even the most knowledgeable, in managing alcohol and drug problems in their offices... Every mental health practitioner should read this guide and keep it at hand. Your practice and your patients will be better off for it.' - Carlo C. DiClemente, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Author Information
Arnold M. Washton, PhD, is an addiction psychologist in private practice in New York City (Recovery Options) and Princeton, New Jersey (The Washton Group). A specialist in the treatment of substance use and other behavioral health problems since 1975, Dr. Washton has served on the faculty in Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and on the voluntary staff of the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was the founding president of the Division on Addictions of the New York State Psychological Association and has served on advisory boards for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and special committees of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Washton's clinical work, teaching activities, and publications have often focused on integrating the principles and practices of client-centered psychotherapy into the treatment of addictions. Joan E. Zweben, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with over 35 years of experience in treating addiction and in training treatment practitioners. These practitioners include peer counselors, social workers, marriage and family counselors, psychologists, criminal justice personnel, nurses, and physicians. She has a broad-based background in treatment of both alcoholism and drug dependence and has experience with both residential and outpatient modalities. She has served on numerous work groups focused on policy issues. Dr. Zweben is the founder and Executive Director of the 14th Street Clinic (1979-2007) and the East Bay Community Recovery Project (1989-present). Through these organizations, she has collaborated with researchers locally and nationally since 1981. She is the author of 4 books and over 55 articles or book chapters and editor of 15 monographs on treating addiction.
