Essentials of Chemical Dependency Counseling, 4e - 14038

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The fourth edition of this well-known, evidenced-based text presents new ways of thinking about and addressing problems related to chemical dependency treatment and prevention. Essentials of Chemical Dependency Counseling explores the full range of issues that face today's counselors and counselors-in-training.
Three new chapters include help for aspiring counselors trying to negotiate the complex path of certification and licensure, an in-depth look at different types of psychopharmacology, and a review of evidenced-based practices for treating substance use disorders. Other updates include assessing readiness to change, couples counseling and chemical dependency, other addictions, uniting harm reduction and traditional treatment, and relapse prevention.
The use of chapter objectives and discussion questions and the availability of an e-book instructors manual make this an ideal textbook for use in chemical dependency counseling courses in programs of psychology, family therapy, and social work.
CONTENTS:
1 Becoming a Chemical Dependency Counselor
2 Ethical and Legal Issues in Chemical Dependency Counseling
3 Counselor Certification and Licensure
4 The Counseling Process
5 Characterizing Clients and Assessing Their Needs
6 Group Counseling in the Treatment of Chemical Dependency
7 Family Counseling: Seeing the Family as the Client
8 Dealing With Diversity
9 Psychopharmacology and the Chemical Dependency Counselor
10 Aftercare and Relapse Prevention
11 Counseling Those Reluctant to Recover
12 Harm Reduction: A (Relatively) New Concept of Care
13 Treatments That Work: Evidence-Based Therapies
14 How to Survive in a Chemical Dependency Agency
Instructor's Manual available.