Treating Addiction: A Guide for Professionals

by William R. Miller, Alyssa A Forcehimes, Allen Zweben

This widely respected text and practitioner guide, now revised and expanded, provides a roadmap for effective clinical practice with clients with substance use disorders. Specialists and nonspecialists alike benefit from the authors' expert guidance for planning treatment and selecting from a menu of evidence-based treatment methods. Assessment and intervention strategies are described in detail, and the importance of the therapeutic relationship is emphasized throughout. Lauded for its clarity and accessibility, the text includes engaging case examples, up-to-date knowledge about specific substances, personal reflections from the authors, application exercises, reflection questions, and end-of-chapter bulleted key points.
 
New to This Edition
*Chapters on additional treatment approaches: mindfulness, contingency management, and ways to work with concerned significant others.
*Chapters on overcoming treatment roadblocks and implementing evidence-based treatments with integrity.
*Covers the new four-process framework for motivational interviewing, diagnostic changes in DSM-5, and advances in pharmacotherapy.
*Updated throughout with current research and clinical recommendations.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, Nonfiction, Grad School, Textbooks, Mental Health

520 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

William Richard Miller is an American clinical psychologist, an emeritus distinguished professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Miller and Stephen Rollnick are the co-founders of motivational interviewing.

Reviews

[Taryn Hastie · Rating 4 out of 5]

You bet I’m counting this beast toward my reading goal for the year

[Bailey Cowen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid! Tons of information and very helpful views and thoughts of how to approach a complex counseling topic.

[Alayna Mendoza · Rating 5 out of 5]

I usually don't include my school textbooks unless I would have made an attempt to read them on my own time. Surprisingly, this one was one of those. I have a personal connection to addiction (as do many other people), and substance use disorders are common, so I found this to be a really interesting read. When I finish the Motivational Interviewing book by Miller & Rollnick, I will also probably add it to my Goodreads "read" collection because both of these books are honestly really good lol.

[Micheale · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is, perhaps, the best book on treating addictions I’ve read in my master’s class work. It is well written, organized, and easy to read. It also covers a myriad of topics related to many areas of concern when counseling an individual with a substance use disorder.

[Sally Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

will definitely be coming back to this if (Lord-willing) I ever make it out of school! So much good information but very hard to get through because it’s basically a text book (I can’t believe I read the whole thing 💀)

[Rebecca (booksandbreggs) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this for one of my classes. It was very informative, and I will use it again for college papers.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

While steeped in the disease model of addiction, this book is helpful, informative, and thorough.

[Severind Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful guide for clinicians. Read it for a class and found it to be very informative. Covered many different areas important to substance use. I'll be referring to this book often.

[Hallie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource for conceptualizing SUD treatment as well as understanding specific interventions.

[Caroline Abbott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book extremely helpful in my studies to become a licensed addiction counselor.

[Hannah Grace Cicciari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly this book is going to be taken every where with me now because it has given me the perfect base to start my own organization!

[Xandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is probably the best textbook I've read for a class. It was comprehensive and dense while staying relatively readable. I'm sure it's not everything, but I feel like it went over every aspect of treating addiction, leaving me feeling like any new information I need is either more specific or newer. The edition I read was already a bit out of date at times, but it was very explicit about dates and how some things are much more likely to change than others.

[Scarlett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read for clinicians. Simply expressed and easy to reference.

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of good information to use in counseling.