Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (938 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765703734 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Andrew Tatarsky, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from City University of New York. His perspective on substance use problems has evolved over twenty years of experience working in the area as psychotherapist, supervisor, program director, teacher, writer, and public speaker. Mark Sehl, of the Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Training Associates, a treatment and training organization. . He is a founding member and Past Presiden
(Ethan Nadelman)Although this book is a good read for substance misuse specialists too, its readership should be predominantly out with the specialist field. This is a must-read for today's psychotherapists who want to practice state-of-the-art healing. Personal dignity and responsibility as well as compassion and the recognition that one's steps take place one day at a time are fundamental to both harm reduction and 12-step approaches to drug addiction. The cases are varied, the practitioners ha
"A More Humane Approach" according to A Customer. Those of us who struggle to control our own alcohol or drug use, or who live with someone who is trying to cut down or quit, may greet the harm reduction approach, persuasively presented by Dr. Andrew Tatarsky, as good news indeed. A practicing psychotherapist, Tatarsky is concerned with meeting clients "where they live": In the context of drug and alcohol abuse, this entails exploring the meanings these substances hold for. "One of the best books on harm reduction therapy" according to Manuela Mage. One of the best books on harm reduction therapy. The author is a phenomenal clinician and great writer as well as a fantastic teacher.. Easy to read and fascinating This book is wonderful. It gives me a new way to understand my clients struggling with abstinence from using substances. I love the case examples.
Tatarsky describes as the “basic principles of good clinical practice” into the treatment of addictive behaviors. From the Foreword by Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.: “This ground-breaking volume provides readers with both an overview of harm reduction therapy and a series of ten case studies, treated by different therapists, that vividly illustrate this treatment approach with a wide variety of clients. Some would say that harm reduction embraces a paradigm shift in addiction treatment, as it has moved the field beyond the traditional abstinence-only focus typically associated with the disease model and the ideology of the twelve-step approach. In his introduction, Andrew Tatarsky describes harm reduction as a new paradigm for treating drug and alcohol problems. What seems to work best is the development of a strong therapeutic alliance, the right fit between the client and treatment pro