Addictions Counseling: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide for Counseling People with Addictions

by Dianne Doyle Pita

This wholly revised and updated edition of Addictions Counseling is widely read by professional counselors as well as ministers, teachers, and nurses. Topics include the counselor's role in recovery, treatment approaches, and sample treatment plans.

Genres: Counselling, Addiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 25, 2004

Reviews

[Hailee · Rating 2 out of 5]

while this book has valuable insight to a fresh-to-the-field addiction counsellor, it is dated in some of its work and theoretical knowledge. i do recognize it was published in 2004. doyle comes from an AA perspective, which is at the forefront of this book.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in a weirdly conversational tone, and kind of disorganized, this book was nevertheless pretty helpful as an adjunct text for my addictions/compulsions class. It promotes CBT and motivational interviewing over other kinds of therapy, which is the norm these days, but the material will be dated by next year.

[Omega · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty A.A. heavy in it's approach from what I remember. I read this over two years ago. So, some of the details are fuzzy, I do remember for being a small book it was pretty hard to get through the content.