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Family Solutions for Substance Abuse Clinical and Counseling Approaches

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ISBN-10: 0789006235

ISBN-13: 9780789006233

Edition: 2001

Authors: Terry S. Trepper, Eric E. Mccollum

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Description:

Written for substance abuse counselors, this book provides information and techniques to assist with treatment. It describes the changing dynamics of the family system and provides models for diagnosis and intervention. Theoretical background on family systems is presented, and case studies illustrate the ways addiction affects and is affected by other family members. Specific attention is also given to topics like interdependence, negotiating goals, domestic violence, assessing motivation, relapses, and ending treatment. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
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Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 7.80" wide x 8.62" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.858

Why Work with Families in Substance Abuse Treatment?
"Like a Zoom Lens ..."
What This Book Is About
Understanding the Family in Context: Family Systems Theory and Practice
Interdependence: The Family and Individual Development
Systems Theory: The Basis for Understanding Interdependence
Human Systems in Perspective: Family, Culture, and Society As Context
Major Schools of Family Therapy
Goals and Techniques: What and How Family Therapists Help People Change
Family Therapy Misunderstood: The Issues of Parent Blame, Biologically Based Disorders, and the Disease Model of Addiction
Family-Centered Treatment in a Variety of Settings
What Makes a Difference in Treatment?
Client Contributions
The Therapeutic Relationship
Hope and Expectancy
Therapy Models
A Final Word
Working with Families: Basic Skills
Power Dynamics in Family Therapy
Emotional Intensity in Family Therapy
Learning to Join with Families
Moderating Intensity
The REM Approach to Working with Conflict
Domestic Violence and Safety
Using Goals to Frame Counseling
Attending to Process
Summary
Assessing Motivation
What Is Motivation?
Visitors
Complainants
Customers
Working with Visitors and Complainants in the Same Family
Summary
Negotiating a Contract for Therapy
A Vision of the Future
Making Goals Measurable
Resolving Conflicting Goals
Contract Problems
Problem and Solution Sequences
Defining Problem Sequences
Solution Sequences
Summary
The Ups and Downs of Change
Making Change Bigger
When Change Gets Derailed
Troubleshooting Relapse Work
Summary
Ending Treatment
Structure of the Sessions
Difference Punctuating Interventions
Strategies to Maintain Change
Plan for Posttreatment Challenges
Termination Interventions
Booster Sessions
Termination
References
Index