Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1. Foundations of Drug and Alcohol Counseling. 1. Drugs in Society and Addiction. 2. Fundamental Components of Drug Counseling. 3. Transactional Analysis and the Theory of Addiction. 4. Why People Use Drugs and their Treatment. Part 2. Specific Techniques in Counseling the Drug and Alcohol User. 5. The Harm Reduction Contract and Harm Reduction Counseling. 6. Assessment of the Drug and Alcohol User. 7. Drug Use Ambivalence. 8. Relapse Process Work. 9. Motivational Interviewing. 10. The Teenage Drug User. 11. Epilogue. References. Further Reading. Index.
An accessible guide to working with substance users using transactional analysis
Tony White is a registered psychologist in private practice in Perth, Australia. He is also a teacher and supervisor of Transactional Analysis psychotherapists. He is author of Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
With this in mind, Tony White's book is a good, entry-level read
for anyone interested in this fascinating, labyrinthine
subject.
*Children and Young People Now*
Psychologist Tony White has used his extensive experience of
counselling addicts to write this guide to providing understanding,
assessment and support for all the various forms of addiction...
White provides facts about drugs and the very different categories
of users. His case studies illustrate the extensive and diverse
nature and consequences of drug use. Observed from the frontline,
this promotes understanding as well as providing practical
advice.
*The West Australian*
The book gives a clear overview of how over the years is looked
against addiction... . White also goes into detail on the
relationship between addiction and attachment issues... The book is
a beautiful work for those who want to know the personal view that
TA has on addiction and working with addicts.
*Dutch TA Academie*
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