Treating Individuals with Addictive Disorders A Strengths-Based Workbook for Patients and Clinicians

Integrating client stories, research and evidence-based strategies, this Workbook offers educational information, clinical tools and coping techniques to assist addiction patients on the journey toward recovery. Chapters include psycho-educational information on the science behind addiction and examine how patients engaging in resilience behaviors can alter brain functions. A set of three appendices then evaluates what "works" for the treatment of individuals with addictive disorders including ways to engage patients in the treatment process and ways to assess residential treatment programs. Lastly, a glossary of the "language of recovery" terms provides patients and their family members with the guidelines to monitor treatment gains, support their journey of recovery and bolster their resilience. Healthcare providers and those suffering from addictive disorders alike will benefit from the approachable discussion of the science and history behind addiction, the personal case-studies and the patient-friendly set of coping toolbox-activities designed to develop lasting behavioral changes.

MODULE I. THE STORIES WE TELL MODULE II. PSYCHO-EDUCATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW MODULE III. COLLABORATIVE GOAL-SETTING: WAYS TO NURTURE HOPE MODULE IV. WAYS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR EMOTIONAL COPING TOOL BOX MODULE V. WAYS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR COGNITIVE COPING TOOL BOX MODULE VI. WAYS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR INTERPERSONAL COPING TOOLBOX MODULE VII. SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS MEANING-MAKING ACTIVITIES MODULE VIII. ATTENDING TO YOUR PERSONAL CLINICAL NEEDS: WAYS TO BOLSTER YOUR RESILIENCE MODULE IX. RELAPSE PREVENTION SKILLS MODULE X. ACTIVE AFTER CARE APPENDIX A: Treatment of Individuals with Substance Abuse Disorders: What Works? APPENDIX B: Taking Stock: An “Honest” Assessment of Your Motivation to Change APPENDIX C: How to Choose a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for Individuals with Substance Abuse Disorders

Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, is one of the founders of cognitive behavior therapy and was voted "one of the ten most influential psychotherapists of the 20th century." He has consulted at Addiction Treatment Centers for thirty years.