Actualizing Therapy

Actualizing Therapy

Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse

A practical, easy-to-follow guide to diagnosing and treating teenage adolescent substance abusers. Packed with ideas, suggestions, and strategies, Ross details eight fundamental elements that make a treatment program successful. He presents a sound rationale for conceptualizing the problem of chemical dependency, includes an easy-to-follow framework for addressing it, and lists specifically defined goals and objectives for confronting the addiction. Fifteen treatment strategies for enhancing awareness, one full chapter that outlines a model treatment program that's ready to implement, nineteen questions for critiquing a group session, a set of 42 criteria for addressing the outcome of a program, suggestions for conducting a comprehensive evaluation with eight possible scenarios that could result from the evaluation, and ideas for helping parents respond emotionally and behaviorally to the situation. Clinical Psychologists , Social Workers and other professionals working with teenage substance abusers. A Longwood Professional Book.

Handbook of Innovative Therapy

Dr. Raymond J. Corsini is a recognized authority on new and innovative therapy techniques, and the first edition of the Handbook of Innovative Therapy is the leading manual in the field. Since its publication, many new and compelling techniques have been introduced.