| Treating the Alcoholic: A Developmental Model of Recovery Revised Edition Contributor(s): Brown, Theodore E. (Author), Brown, Stephanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0471161632 ISBN-13: 9780471161639 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $117.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: The book that revolutionized the psychotherapist's approach to treating alcoholism When it was first published in 1985, Treating the Alcoholic challenged traditional psychotherapeutic approaches to alcoholism treatment. Since then, thousands of mental health professionals, using Dr. Stephanie Brown's treatment model, have found renewed faith in their ability to help alcoholic patients achieve lasting recovery. The book begins by studying the experiences of people who have stopped drinking and provides firsthand descriptions of the inevitable emotional, physical, and psychological problems that follow. Dr. Brown then offers a model for treatment that replaces the notion of abstinence as a static state with a dynamic, process-oriented "continuum of recovery" principle. She translates the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous into psychological terms, taking particular care to explain the crucial notion of "loss of control." Perhaps the most surprising element of Dr. Brown's model is her emphasis on the triadic therapeutic relationship in which therapist, patient, and AA counselor work in partnership to ensure ongoing recovery. Once considered a radical departure from the conventional wisdom, Treating the Alcoholic offers a now-proven approach that enables psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, alcoholism counselors, and other mental health professionals to understand the dynamics of alcoholism and make profound contributions to the recovery process. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcohol - Medical | Neurology - Psychology | Psychopathology - Addiction |
| Dewey: 616.861 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.98" W x 8.93" (1.12 lbs) 376 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The book that revolutionized the psychotherapist's approach totreating alcoholism When it was first published in 1985, Treating the Alcoholicchallenged traditional psychotherapeutic approaches to alcoholismtreatment. Since then, thousands of mental health professionals, using Dr. Stephanie Brown's treatment model, have found renewedfaith in their ability to help alcoholic patients achieve lastingrecovery. The book begins by studying the experiences of people who havestopped drinking and provides firsthand descriptions of theinevitable emotional, physical, and psychological problems thatfollow. Dr. Brown then offers a model for treatment that replacesthe notion of abstinence as a static state with a dynamic, process-oriented continuum of recovery principle. She translatesthe twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous into psychological terms, taking particular care to explain the crucial notion of loss ofcontrol. Perhaps the most surprising element of Dr. Brown's modelis her emphasis on the triadic therapeutic relationship in whichtherapist, patient, and AA counselor work in partnership to ensureongoing recovery. Once considered a radical departure from the conventional wisdom, Treating the Alcoholic offers a now-proven approach that enablespsychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, alcoholismcounselors, and other mental health professionals to understand thedynamics of alcoholism and make profound contributions to therecovery process. |