Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice

by Patricia Stevens, Robert Leo Smith

Known for clarity, accessibility, and practicality, this widely-used book thoroughly examines substance abuse in the population, addressing both ways to measure the problem and how to treat individuals and families who seek assistance. It educates prospective clinicians and counselors by guiding them, step-by-step, through the process of working with substance-abuse clients. Chapter content builds in sequence; however, each chapter can be taken as a stand-alone source of valuable information. Individual chapters on special populations add substantial depth to the text's treatment of its subject.

Genres: Counselling, Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, School

433 pages, Paperback

First published May 8, 2000

Reviews

[Hannah]

Another book for school but I enjoyed it (as much as someone can enjoy a textbook 😂)

Very educational for those in the social work field and related fields! Also provides great viewpoints and information on addiction.

[Ashley Dufault]

Great book with a casual-informative tone. This is much appreciated by busy graduate students with little tolerance for academic posturing. Little fluff. My only disappointment was that little information about non-substance addiction disorders was included.

[holden]

This is easily one of the worst textbooks I've ever read. Poorly organized, repetitive and dull, which makes it very difficult to target which pieces of information are important. I feel like I got very little out of this.

[Rhonda]

It was a fine introduction to substance use and misuse basics.

[Susan]

What's with the giant pill on the cover? This has a pretty good overview of different treatment programs and methods, how to write a treatment plan, info on theories and assessment. It's a bit light on the theory side.

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus]

Love this book and will keep it forever. A must have if you will be working with those with substance abuse issues. Gives great guidance on theory of numerous techniques as well as great overviews of such things as genetics, moralistic. and behavioral workings of substance addiction.

[Marci Platt]

Good for a textbook!

[Rebecca]

This is a good introductory text for persons with no background in substance abuse counseling, but I found it a little too rudimentary for graduate-level work.

[Deborah Tanner]

It is a textbook, but not difficult to read