Help clients pivot away from the question “Am I an alcoholic?” and consider instead “Would my life be better without alcohol?”
Amanda E. White, mental health clinician, creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen, and author of the best-selling book Not Drinking Tonight, is back with this must-have resource for her professional Not Drinking The Workbook. Having been sober for 8+ years herself, Amanda tackles therapists’ most pressing How can I help clients whose alcohol use has become problematic but who don’t identify as “alcoholics” or have no interest in traditional abstinence-based methods like rehab or 12-step groups?
Using a harm reduction approach, each chapter contains worksheets and exercises that will help clients examine why they drink and allow them to change their relationship with alcohol as they learn
Regulate their emotions without alcoholSet and maintain healthy boundariesRedefine what authentic self-care looks likeNavigate sober socializing, dating, and sexCreate a relapse prevention planBuild a sober life they loveAnd more!