Beyond Addiction
How Science and Kindness Help People Change
1st Edition
Published on 18. February 2014
336 pages
978-1-4767-0949-9 (ISBN)
Description
A fully updated and expanded edition of the essential guide, with a new foreword by Quit Like a Woman author Holly Whitaker.
Revised and expanded, this tenth anniversary edition of Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. Drawing on decades of collective research and clinical experience at the most progressive addiction treatment center in the United States, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer?now updated with the latest research, case examples, and resources. Through guided exercises, examples, and tips for navigating the system, readers can tap the transformative power of relationships for positive change and discover the best treatment option for their loved one. And have hope: this seminal guide is designed not only to help someone change but also to help someone want to change.
Revised and expanded, this tenth anniversary edition of Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. Drawing on decades of collective research and clinical experience at the most progressive addiction treatment center in the United States, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer?now updated with the latest research, case examples, and resources. Through guided exercises, examples, and tips for navigating the system, readers can tap the transformative power of relationships for positive change and discover the best treatment option for their loved one. And have hope: this seminal guide is designed not only to help someone change but also to help someone want to change.
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Persons
Jeffrey Foote, PhD, is cofounder and of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) and copresident of the CMC:Foundation for Change, a not-for-profit organization focused on helping families affected by substance use. He has been a leader in the science and humanity of change for thirty-five years.
Carrie Wilkens, PhD, is cofounder of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) and copresident of the CMC:Foundation for Change, a not-for-profit organization focused on helping families affected by substance use. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in evidence-based treatments for substance use and post-traumatic stress. The media regularly seek out her expertise.
Nicole Kosanke, PhD, is clinical director of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), where she specialized in evidence-based treatments for substance use and co-occurring disorders. She is also a trainer at the CMC:Foundation for Change and has more than twenty years of experience supporting parents and other family members.
Stephanie Higgs is an editor, writer, and publisher dedicated to bridging the gap between helpful ideas and people who could use the help.
Carrie Wilkens, PhD, is cofounder of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) and copresident of the CMC:Foundation for Change, a not-for-profit organization focused on helping families affected by substance use. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in evidence-based treatments for substance use and post-traumatic stress. The media regularly seek out her expertise.
Nicole Kosanke, PhD, is clinical director of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), where she specialized in evidence-based treatments for substance use and co-occurring disorders. She is also a trainer at the CMC:Foundation for Change and has more than twenty years of experience supporting parents and other family members.
Stephanie Higgs is an editor, writer, and publisher dedicated to bridging the gap between helpful ideas and people who could use the help.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Foreword by Robert J. Meyers, PhD, and Jane Ellen Smith, PhD
- Where to Start
- Introduction: Hope in Hell
- Part One: What to Know
- 1. What Is Addiction?
- 2. Motivation: Why Do People Change?
- 3. Change: How Do People Change?
- Part Two: How to Cope
- 4. Start Where You Are
- 5. Self-Care I: Damage Control
- 6. Have Your Limits
- Part Three: How to Help
- 7. Start Where They Are
- 8. Goals (and Problems)
- 9. Positive Communication
- 10. Reinforcement: The Driver of Change
- 11. Consequences
- 12. Treatment Options
- 13. Suggesting Treatment
- 14. During Treatment
- Part Four: Live Your Life
- 15. Self-Care II: Building a Life
- Acknowledgments
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Appendix: When Is It an Emergency?
- Resources
- About About Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke and Stephanie Higgs
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
