Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents: A 12-Session Curriculum
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138812544 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents is a group-based curriculum incorporating mindfulness, self-awareness, and substance-abuse treatment strategies for use with adolescents dealing with substance use. Sections cover the major principles of working with adolescentsrelationship building, working with resistance, and morealong with a full curriculum. Each session comes equipped with clear session agendas, example scripts and talking points, what-if scenarios that address common forms of resistance, and optional handouts for each session. The evidence-based, how-to format provides a curriculum for professionals to implement either partially, by picking and choosing sections that seem relevant, or in full over a number of weeks. The book is a natural fit for psychotherapists, but addiction counselors, school counselors, researchers, mentors, and even teachers will find that Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents changes the way they work with young people.
"What is most impressive about this book is that the evidence-based, how-to format provides a flexible curriculum for professionals. In the spirit of the best pedagogy, the authors are able to train the trainers with the skill and finesse grounded in the solid foundation of their own clinical, teaching, and mindfulness practice and experience." – Larry Yang, Buddhist meditation teacher. Read this book, be mindful, and serve the truth." – Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx and Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction "A truly authentic, sensitive, savvy, and invaluable curriculum for transforming young lives and the lives of those who are drawn to offer it to them." – Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living: Usin
STIC Most comprehensive content in a curriculum design that facilitates program integrationprovides necessary components for guiding recoveryand will enhance your existing program.
He focuses primarily on serving incarcerated and underprivileged adolescents and young adults in San Mateo County, California.. Sam Himelstein, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in the state of California and a Behavioral Health Clinician at the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center. He is also the author of A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents.Stephen Saul, MS, is a mental health clinician who works with a