Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective (Substance Abuse Counseling) Paperback
Author: Katherine van Wormer - ISBN: 0840029160 - Language: English - Format: PDF, EPUB
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Introduction. 1. The Nature of Addiction. 2. Historical Perspectives. Part 2: BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. 3. Misuse/Dependence, and the Body. 4. Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences. 5. Gambling, Eating Disorders, Shopping, and Other Behavioral Addictions. Part 3: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION. 6. Addiction Across the Life Span. 7. Assessments: Strengths-and Solutions-Based. 8. Strengths- and Evidence Based Interventions. 9. Addiction With a Co-Occurring Mental Disorder or Disability. Part 4: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF ADDICTION. 10. Family Risks and Resiliencies. 11. Mutual Help Groups: A Strengths Perspective. 12. Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Issues. 13. Addiction and Public Policy. Epilogue: Providing Options. Appendix.
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About the Author
Dr. Katherine van Wormer has taught in departments of social work and criminal justice at the University of Northern Iowa and has over twenty years of experience in teaching and public service. Dr. van Wormer was actively involved in civil rights movements in North Carolina and Northern Ireland. She has practiced substance abuse counseling for four and a half years, including two in Norway. Dr. van Wormer has been publishing texts, book chapters, and articles for over twenty years. In addition to ADDICTION TREATMENT: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE, she has published INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL WORK: THE U.S. IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE and seven other books, including two on female offenders and victims and one on the nature of oppression. She has received several honors, including the McKay Faculty Research Award from the University of Northern Iowa.
Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at Eastern Washington University. She teaches a variety of substance misuse and practice courses in the MSW program and has researched and written extensively on addiction and the recovery process. Current research includes an online survey for women in recovery from compulsive gambling.
Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at Eastern Washington University. She teaches a variety of substance misuse and practice courses in the MSW program and has researched and written extensively on addiction and the recovery process. Current research includes an online survey for women in recovery from compulsive gambling.
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- Series: Substance Abuse Counseling
- Paperback: 704 pages
- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 3 edition (February 13, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0840029160
- ISBN-13: 978-0840029164
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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van Wormer & Davis's book on Addiction Treatment is as excellent a book on this subject as I have ever read. They carefully look at the long history of addiction treatment, noting the strengths and contributions of each approach and then integrate them all into several chosen models. In a field where change is difficult, for those with addictions & for those employed to help them, the models used are critical to success. van Wormer and Davis not only thoroughly understand addiction, they understand the basic paradigms (values) behind each method, its history, and what are each models best points, called strengths, can lead to in the way of change.
In counseling of any kind, too many people spend too much time detailing, listing, analyzing and feeling about the bad situation that exists for so many addicted persons. Such listing and analysis as a first step is helpful but not required. When that all is done, what do you have but a list of what is wrong? You have taken no or a few steps towards change. Many models and counselors stop there because they have not really mastered the change process. People change best from work with their strengths, taking into account deficiencies and lack of resources. A strength's perspective, offered by van Wormer and Davis, offers hope to begin with and then seeks change and steps forward. They empathize looking intently on what is desired, a critical step, not at hanging on to what is wrong. The latter really is of little use to actual change.
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