Addictions: Treatment & Prevention

Distinguished by its grounding in the holistic, wellness orientation of the counseling profession and a segment dedicated to specific populations such as military, LGBTQ+, multicultural, and those that are gender- or age-related

It provides a clear, comprehensive review of ethical standards and guidelines by the ACA and APA , clarifies legal requirements at state federal levels, and facilitates critical thinking regarding the complex intersections of legal requirements and ethics codes in a way that is easily understandable. Focusing on key issues such as confidentiality, professional boundaries, professional and multicultural competence, social media, and more.

Introduces counseling students to the profession by centering the principles of advocacy, social justice, and intersectionality.

Provides a glimpse into the lives of various women with addictions, the challenges they bring to music therapy, the strengths and resilience demonstrated, the resources they build and access during the treatment process, and the transformations they undergo, and more.

Introduces positive counseling methods; providing a balanced assessment model to consider the four positive dimensions in a client's life: cultural context; life phase; cognitive stage; and personality style. Discusses ways to determine the positive and wellness dimensions of an individual's life, positive intervention, and more.

Examines several specific facets of therapeutic alliance related to outcomes, patient retention, and exposure to interventions, actions, and ingredients that facilitate patient engagement and recovery. Major topics include: psychotherapy relationships that heal; the therapeutic alliance; alliance ingredients in effective psychotherapy and counseling relationships, and much more.

Introduces a wellness-based conceptualization of addiction and recovery including the wellness model. Grounded in developmental, culturally responsive, and strength-based perspectives

Focusing on addiction-specific grief work integrating concepts like complicated grief, nonfinite loss, trauma, family grief responses, and treatment suggestions in one place. It provides treatment strategies drawn from both the addiction and grief world for professionals and counselor educators.

Provides an overview of the different aspects involved with substance use disorders from a psychological perspective, from prevention to recovery. Covers how psychological assessment tools can be used to diagnose substance use disorders, the different kinds of psychotherapy used in treatments, clinical and social interventions designed for both prevention and treatment of substance use disorders, and much more.

Examines various forms of addiction, its physical and mental complexities, and effective evidence-based interventions that promote a healthy recovery. Focuses on the nature of addiction, including environmental, genetic, and developmental factors and the short- and long-term effects.

Illustrates domain-specific and holistic wellness as a significant variable in addiction and recovery outcomes, presents a wellness-based model of addiction and recovery, and highlights the skills for unlocking the motivational, relapse prevention, and strength-based aspects of the WBAC therapeutic style.