Addictions Counseling: A Practical Guide to Counseling People With Chemical and Other Addictions

by Dianne Doyle Pita, Pita

It is a wise, flexible, and openminded guide that pulls together the contemporary knowledge about substance abuse into one source. --Dr. William Van Ornum

Genres: Counselling, Addiction

127 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.