Addiction Intervention
editors Robert K. White, MA, CEAP and Deborah George Wright, MA

This resource will complement your current knowledge of the problems leading to and the consequenses of chemical dependency by using the tools of intervention - the words, the steps, and the strategies.

Addiction Workbook
Patrick Fanning and John T. O'Neill, L.C.D.C.

At any given time there are 18 million adult alcoholics and drug addicts in America. Of the 17 percent who quit each year, most do so on there own, Now, this life-changing handbook helps addicts understand their addiction and the negative effect it has on their lives. Using questionnaires and other tools to guide readers toward self-discovery, it provides the steps addicts must take to become clean and sober.

Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Timothy J. O'Farrell and William Fals-Stewart

This eminently practical guide presents an empirically supported approach for treating people with substance abuse problems and their spouses or domestic partners. Behavioral couples therapy (BCT) explicitly focuses on both substance use and relationship issues, and is readily compatible with 12-step approaches.

Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS):
Linda A. Dimeff, John S. Baer, Daniel R. Kivlahan, and G. Alan Marlatt

This instructive manual presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse.

Dual Diagnosis: Counseling the Mentally Ill Substance Abuser
Katie Evans and J. Michael Sullivan

Dual Diagnosis offers an introduction to the issues surrounding this difficult-to-treat population and provides counselors and case managers with coherent and effective treatment techniques.

Dual Disorders: Essentials for Assessment and Treatment
David F. O'Connell, Ph.D.

This resource will help you become a better dianostician and develop better treatment plans. Along with increasing your understanding of psychopathology and psychotherpay and decrease the frustration that can arise from a lack of understanding and planning.

Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations
Philip J. Flores, PhD, ABPP

This updated book explores the latest in constructive benefits of group therapy to chemically dependent individuals, providing opportunities to share and identify with others who are going through similar problems, to understand their own attitudes about addiction by confronting similar attitudes in others, and to learn to communicate their needs and feelings more directly.

Group Treatment for Substance Abuse
Mary Marden Velasquez, Gaylyn Gaddy Maurer, Cathy Crouch, and Carlo C. DiClemente

This practical manual presents a 29-session treatment program designed to engage, motivate, and stimulate processes of change in clients at all stages of recovery.

Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders
Kim T. Mueser, Douglas L. Noordsy, Robert E. Drake, and Lindy Fox

This comprehensive clinical handbook provides virtually everything needed to plan, deliver, and evaluate effective treatment for persons with substance abuse problems and persistent mental illness.

Living Skills Recovery Workbook
Pat Precin, OTL/L, CRC

This workbook provides clinicians with the tools necessary to help patients with dual diagnoses acquire basic living skills.

Psychological Theories of Drinking and Alcoholism Second Edition
Edited by Kenneth E. Leonard and Howard T. Blane

The volume's multidisciplinary approach also takes into account biological, pharmacological, and social factors, offering important insights into the development and escalation of drinking problems and the various approaches to treatment.

Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change
Gerard J. Connors, Dennis M. Donovan, and Carlo C. DiClemente

This volume synthesizes the latest theory and research on the process of addictive behavior change, helping the clinician more effectively conceptualize and address the needs of particular clients.

Talking with College Students about Alcohol
Scott T. Walters and John S. Baer

This book offers flexible, readily applicable guidelines for assessing and working with college drinkers.

Think of Wind: A Child's View of Alcoholism
Catherine Mercury

This nonjudgemental observation of life in an alcoholic home is written for young children of alcoholics. Presented in a springboard format to discuss emotions resulting from addictive family dynamics.

Understanding Drug Issues 2nd edition
David Emmett & Graeme Nice

In this workbook, the exercises have been devised not to put people down by telling them that they are wrong, but to challenge them and inform them. The exercises are photocopiable as either worksheets or overhead projections and are accompanied by full instructions.

Understanding Drugs 2nd Edition
Ian Harvey

This resource raises awareness of the risks associated wwith drug misuse in the context of choice and personal decision-making.