Addictions Books
Psychotherapy, psychological treatments and the addictions
Treatment of an ever-increasing variety of addictive behaviours owes much to a wide range of psychotherapeutic approaches which have tended to roll continuously in and out of fashion. Over recent... (more)
Treatment Approaches for Alcohol and Drug Dependence: An Introductory Guide: Second Edition
The first edition of this book was based upon the recommendations of the Quality Assurance in the Treatment of Drug Dependence Project, and provided a step-by-step-guide for therapists working with... (more)
Treating Alcohol and Drug Problems in Psychotherapy Practice, Second Edition: Doing What Works
Providing a framework for treating substance use disorders (SUDs) in office-based psychotherapy, the second edition of this trusted work has been updated throughout and features two entirely new... (more)
Developing Competencies for Recovery: Mastering Addiction, Living Well, and Doing Good
Developing Competencies for Recovery aims to help people struggling with addiction realize recovery by developing core competencies that will equip, enable, and empower them to master addiction, live... (more)
The Recovery Cycle: A Practical Guide to Loving Your Sober Life
This book introduces the Recovery Cycle, the only relatable model for positive change in sobriety and a simple roadmap for sober living. The author, a clinician in recovery herself, demonstrates how... (more)
Addiction, Accommodation, and Vulnerability in Psychoanalysis: Circles without a Center
This book explores the compulsions and trauma that underlie addiction, using an intersubjective approach in seeking to understand the inspirations and challenges arising from the psychoanalytic... (more)
The DBT Workbook for Alcohol and Drug Addiction: Skills and Strategies for Emotional Regulation, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention
Written by clinical psychologist, Laura Petracek, this workbook applies the principles of DBT to the 12 Steps addiction recovery approach.
Ideal for those managing a mental illness alongside an... (more)
Practicing Prodependence: The Clinical Alternative to Codependency Treatment
In Practicing Prodependence: The Clinical Alternative to Codependency Treatment, Drs. Weiss and Buck present a new social and psychological model of human interdependence-focused treatment for... (more)
Grief Work in Addictions Counseling
Grief Work in Addictions Counseling is a book for practitioners and students in the field of substance abuse counseling who encounter grief and loss issues with clients recovering from addiction. ... (more)
Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
This ground-breaking book advances the fundamental debate about the nature of addiction. As well as presenting the case for seeing addiction as a brain disease, it brings together all the most cogent... (more)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Addictive Disorders
Grounded in decades of CBT research and clinical practice, as well as cutting-edge cognitive science, this book provides critical tools for understanding and treating the full range of addictive... (more)
Drug and Substance Abuse Among Older Adults: Identification, Analysis, and Synthesis
Drug and Substance Abuse Among Older Adults provides a timely, comprehensive overview and analysis of the silent epidemic of drug and substance abuse involving elderly Americans.
Combining... (more)
Integrated Care in Addiction Treatment
This book emphasizes the importance of integrative care among the health care professionals involved in addiction treatment and includes a plan for executing and assessing the success of the system. ... (more)
Relationships in Recovery: Repairing Damage and Building Healthy Connections While Overcoming Addiction
One of the most devastating aspects of addiction is the damage it causes to relationships--with intimate partners, family, friends, or colleagues. But recovery programs often recommend that you focus... (more)
Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model: A Bottom-Up Approach
In sharp contrast with the current top-down medicalized method to treating addiction, this book presents the felt sense polyvagal model (FSPM), a paradigm-shifting, bottom-up approach that considers... (more)
Understanding Forgiveness and Addiction: Theory, Research, and Clinical Application
This book integrates and synthesizes numerous empirically supported positive psychological constructs and psychotherapeutic theories to help understand addiction and facilitate recovery through the... (more)
Handbook of Addictive Disorders: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
The most comprehensive source for the latest research and practice techniques for diagnosing and treating addictive disorders "This book brings together an array of international experts on addictive... (more)
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors: A Clinician's Guide
This authoritative book--now revised and expanded with important clinical and research advances--presents a proven approach for helping people meet the day-to-day challenges of recovery from... (more)
Psychodynamic Approaches for Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction: Theory and Treatment
This book provides clinicians and students with insights on the use of psychodynamic therapy to treat drug abuse and addiction, combining theory with clinical case material.
The perspectives of... (more)
Grief and Addiction: Considering Loss in the Recovery Process
Grief and Addiction illuminates the role of grief work in addiction counseling, encouraging counselors to be more comprehensive in their treatment and to increase empathy for what the treatment... (more)
Treating Individuals with Addictive Disorders: A Strengths-Based Workbook for Patients and Clinicians
This workbook offers information, tools, and coping techniques to assist addiction patients through recovery. Chapters discuss the science behind addiction and examine how resilience behaviors can... (more)
Practicing Alcohol Moderation
Practicing Alcohol Moderation is designed to be used by clients of behavioral health care providers who have utilized The Clinician's Guide to Alcohol Moderation. (more)
A Comprehensive Guide to Addiction Theory and Counseling Techniques
A mix of theory and counseling techniques, this text gives readers an overview of major counseling theories and their application to substance use disorders and addiction counseling along with... (more)
Harm Reduction for Gambling: A Public Health Approach
This edited volume aims to facilitate the evolution of the new public health approach towards gambling. Bringing together the work of international experts, it gives a current overview of the field,... (more)
Clinical Management of Sex Addiction: Second edition
The newest edition Clinical Management of Sex Addiction updates many of the original chapters from 28 leaders in the field with new findings and treatment methods in the field of sex addiction. With... (more)
Paths to Recovery for Gay and Bisexual Drug Addicts: Healing Weary Hearts
Paths to Recovery for Gay and Bisexual Drug Addicts: Healing Weary Hearts reflects and provides practical advice on the problems that confront counselors, friends, and family members in their efforts... (more)
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs
A Why are we desperate for what we don't have, or can't have, often at great cost to what we do have? Why do we risk our peace and contentment, even our lives? Why are we so moved by our addictions,... (more)
Drug Dependence
Expounds the psychology of drug dependence, describing it as a manifestation of ego function and as a mode of adaptation. (more)