Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use: A Guide for Beginning the Change Process

Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use is a workbook for use with clients in treatment, informed by the most current research and literature in the substance abuse field. The book introduces a six-session curriculum for treating persons with substance abuse issues and can be used as a self-help resource for persons with substance abuse issues, or as a practice guide for human service professionals. The book provides up-to-date information and interventions for treatment, as well as questions for thought, examples, and session assignments. Readers are encouraged to put the information they learn into active practice. The combination of research-based approaches makes this workbook unique and easily adaptable for individual use or as a curriculum for treatment.