Download or read book Family Solutions for Substance Abuse written by Eric E. Mccollum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use goal-oriented techniques for successful family therapy with substance abusers! Family therapy is an essential core competency for substance-abuse counselors, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Family Solutions for Substance Abuse: Clinical and Counseling Approaches delivers the information and techniques you need to effectively treat addicts and their families. By understanding and changing the dynamics of the family system, you will be better able to guide your clients to adopt strategies and behaviors that sustain recovery and maintain healthy relationships. Family Solutions for Substance Abuse provides clear models of diagnosis and intervention for families, whether that means couples, teenagers and their parents, or Mom, Dad, and the kids. The theoretical background on family systems will help you understand the context of the client's addiction and the way it affects and is affected by other family members. Numerous case studies and figures bring the expert advice and theory into the practical realm so you can choose the best strategies for helping the shattered family heal. Family Solutions for Substance Abuse will teach you useful therapeutic skills and strategies, including: understanding interdependence joining with different family members negotiating goals and contracts dealing with family violence assessing motivation handling relapses ending treatment Treating addictions is notoriously difficult for even the most skilled therapist working with the most motivated client. Using the techniques in Family Solutions for Substance Abuse offers you and your clients a better chance at success, because addicts whose families share their treatment are much more likely to stay in counseling and remain clean and sober.

Download or read book A Carolina Cold Fury Hockey Series 4 Book Bundle written by Sawyer Bennett and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the series that led Violet Duke to rave, “Sawyer Bennett never fails to deliver heroes I fall hard for and heroines I adore.” Featuring the chiseled bad boys of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team, these electrifying romances are melting hearts, one reader at a time. And now the first four novels are available in one sizzling ebook bundle: ALEX GARRETT ZACK RYKER Also includes a preview of the highly anticipated fifth Cold Fury novel, Hawke! A league MVP refuses to be molded into the team’s poster boy—not even by a tempting redhead with killer curves. A hot-as-sin ladies’ man thinks he’s found his next fling when his winning ways lead him to a beautiful woman with a lot to lose. And a veteran goalie tries to prove he’s still at the top of his game while balancing life as a single dad with a tender new affair. But these rugged athletes are just the tip of the iceberg. Because the Carolina Cold Fury always play hard . . . and they never give up on love. Praise for Sawyer Bennett and the Cold Fury series “Wow. Just wow. Sawyer Bennett is my new favorite author.”—USA Today bestselling author Jami Davenport “Sawyer Bennett has scored again with Alex, the perfect combination of sexy and emotional. I can’t wait for the next Cold Fury story!”—Bestselling author Julie Cross “Sawyer Bennett has outdone herself with Garrett. If you like secrets, romance, hot sex, and an epically fantastic ending that leaves you totally satisfied, then this is your book.”—New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely “Emotional, intense, funny, and sexy, Zack has it all. I didn’t want this book to end.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover “A hot hockey player with a heart of gold . . . a smart, ballsy heroine . . . and enough heat between them to melt any hockey rink. Sawyer Bennett scores another solid hit with Ryker!”—Award-winning author Katie Rose

Download or read book Military Counselor s Manual written by Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Men s Health Equity written by Derek M. Griffith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldwide, men have more opportunities, privileges, and power, yet they also have shorter life expectancies than women. Why is this? Why are there stark differences in the burden of disease, quality of life, and length of life amongst men, by race, ethnicity, (dis)ability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, rurality, and national context? Why is this a largely unexplored area of research? Men’s Health Equity is the first volume to describe men’s health equity as a field of study that emerged from gaps in and between research on men’s health and health inequities. This handbook provides a comprehensive review of foundations of the field; summarizes the issues unique to different populations; discusses key frameworks for studying and exploring issues that cut across populations in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Central America, and South America; and offers strategies for improving the health of key population groups and achieving men’s health equity overall. This book systematically explores the underlying causes of these differences, describes the specific challenges faced by particular groups of men, and offers policy and programmatic strategies to improve the health and well-being of men and pursue men’s health equity. Men’s Health Equity will be the first collection to present the state of the science in this field, its progress, its breadth, and its future. This book is an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers, students, and professionals interested in men’s health equity, men’s health, psychology of men’s health, gender studies, public health, and global health.

Download or read book Under the Devil s Grip written by Tony Munden and published by Page Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2020-03-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up a spoiled athletic kid in the Pacific Northwest, Tony thought he had everything he ever wanted. He lived the good life—until one day his life was turned upside down. Everything crumbled around him, including divorce and death. Traumatized and depressed, Tony went on a journey to try to find happiness to help ease the pain he was feeling. He would do whatever it took to numb himself and forget. Then his journey turned into self-medicating, starting with alcohol and marijuana, and eventually finding what he thought was the miracle drug, crystal methamphetamines. It turned out that miracle drug took everything from him. It dragged him into the pits of hell where he was introduced to the devil, where it turned him into someone that he did not even know. Tony will lead you on his journey and struggles battling addiction. From hitting rock bottom and losing everything including the ones that truly loved him, Tony will take you on his personal journey through his battle with the disease they call addiction, his fight to conquer the devil's drug they call meth.

Download or read book The Compassion Antidote written by Catherine Taughinbaugh and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are struggling with your teen's or young adult's substance use issues, "The Compassion Antidote" offers a proven framework for creating change. Catherine Taughinbaugh, Certified Parent Coach, reveals evidence-based strategies for more productive conversations with your child. She explains how positive reinforcement, allowing for negative consequences, setting clear boundaries, and taking care of yourself will give you the best chance to help your child with recovery. This easy-to-understand guide will help parents and other family members stay positive, and continue to help their child change. Along the way, readers will be inspired by stories from families who have the same struggles, fears, hopes, and dreams for their young adults and teens. You don't have to let go and detach from your child--you can lean in and stay close. Catherine draws on proven ideas from the Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) approach to explain the necessary steps to better communicate with empathy and understanding. These strategies were developed by psychologists who have been studying addiction for years. "The Compassion Antidote" will change the way you think about your role in family addiction. It will give you the tools and strategies you need to help your struggling young adult or teen transform their life--from being tethered to their drug or alcohol use to reaching their potential and thriving.

Download or read book Drop the Rock The Ripple Effect written by Fred H. and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drop the Rock—The Ripple Effect provides multiple perspectives from people successfully working a Twelve Step Program, showing Step 10 as a key to a sober life free of fear and resentment and filled with serenity and gratitude. When Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects was first published in 1999, it quickly became the standard resource for working Steps 6 and 7, two of the most challenging of the Twelve Steps for many people in recovery. Learning what it means to fully surrender character defects frees you to make amends with Steps 8 and 9, realize the Big Book’s “Promises,” and move on to Step 10. In this new follow-up resource, Fred H. explores what he calls “the ripple effect” that can be created by using Step 10 to practice Steps 6 and 7 every day and avoid picking up “the rock” again. Drawing on his years of lecturing on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, he reveals Step 10 as the natural culmination of working the previous Steps.

Download or read book High written by David Sheff and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on drug and alcohol use, shares the stories of families who have lived through addiction, and teaches readers how to navigate peer pressure and stress.

Download or read book Grade D But Edible a Surgeon s Journey Through Alcohol Dependence Rehabilitation and Recovery written by Tomczak and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of a surgeon who tragically loses his career after 25 years in the operating room. He is not the victim of a stroke or stray bullet, but a simple pair of common surgical latex gloves. Dr. Rod Tomczak, a talented and passionate surgeon, develops a severe allergy to latex, forcing him into early retirement. Depression sets in and Dr. Tomczak falls into a downward spiral of alcoholism and suicidal thoughts, spending nearly half of the next three years in and out of rehabilitation facilities. In this painfully honest, frank, and often pathetically humorous story, Dr. Tomczak shares the trials and tribulations of his never-ending battle to escape the unrelenting forces of clinical depression. Rod Tomczak, MD, EdD., has worked as a surgeon at Mercy Hospital in Monroe, Michigan, Des Moines University, and The Ohio State University Hospitals in Columbus. He is currently working on his next book, Pirate Doctors of the Caribbean. Dr. Tomczak lives with his wife, Gretchen, and a serenity Shitz Tzu named Simon, in Columbus, Ohio. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/GradeDButEdible.htm

Download or read book Introduction to Chemical Dependency Counseling written by Jerome David Levin and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for use by students preparing to take the Certified Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) exams, this text provides and introduction to alcoholism and drug addiction.

Download or read book Young Offenders written by M. Halsey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Offenders provides one of the most in-depth studies of young males seeking, if often failing, to find a life beyond crime and punishment. Through rich interview data of young offenders over a ten year period, this book explores the complex personal and situational factors that promote and derail the desistance process.

Download or read book Women Ask Me All the Time written by G.G. Kalfas and published by VERNAL FIRE PRESS. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From author G.G. Kalfas; Women Ask Me All the Time: Sex, Drugs, Rock n' Roll, and Hair; is the true story of Konstantine, a musician hairstylist. Follow Konstantine as he takes you through the arduous circumstances of his life that led him into alcoholism and drug addiction. From an early age the author had only one passion, one dream; to become a professional musician. Circumstances on the other hand, chose a different path for him to walk down. Walk with Konstantine down the path which led him astray.

Download or read book Twisted written by Carl Adam Richmond and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Twisted, Carl Adam Richmond chronicles fifteen years as a dopefiend from grade school through college and beyond. He shares the grisly details of a sordid existence that witnessed his trade-off of everything sacred to his middle-class roots in pursuit of marijuana and alcohol, then prescription narcotics, finally heroin and cocaine - shooting up in gas station bathroom stalls, tormenting himself and his family and friends who want more than anything to believe that an addict can kick his habit.

Download or read book The Scream That No One Heard written by Johnny Watson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells about in how I had to survive in the Inner City as a child.

Download or read book Flashback written by Daniel Fehr and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written in prison at one of the lowest times of my life. It is a book of sorrow triumphs and tragedies from the depths of my heart and the recesses of my soul. The majority are in poems that came to mind at that time.The beginning of the story is about the fragment of a man who threw his life away hiding in the confines of his mind under the tragedies of addictions.

Download or read book Tiny Beautiful Things written by Cheryl Strayed and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

Download or read book Talking Trauma written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Man, I've seen, believe it or not, a head-on accident in the parking lot of a Macy's sale. What do they have, those white sales, is that what they have? The parking lot was completely barren except these two cars that hit each other head on. This little old lady and some other idiot. How do you do that?! A barren parking lot! Completely empty, morning, nobody there, and somehow they managed to hit each other head on. Well, it was just enough trauma to kill her, you know? Barely any damage but, you know, a little old lady driving a big car, a big old gnarly steering wheel and that's enough to kill an elderly person and stuff ." As they race to and from emergency calls, as they wait and watch, and as they administer aid to the traumatized, paramedics tell stories. Their tales disclose much about how they view their own profession. Their duties are much more complex than the dramatic portrayals that reach the living room via the television screen. This book reports what really goes on behind the scenes. The reader of Talking Trauma has a virtual front seat in the ambulance. Here the focus is not on the mechanics of the job but rather on paramedics' work culture and their well-established storytelling tradition. The stories they tell are cynical, flip, and profane--the very antithesis of "heroic" in the romantic sense. Their narratives evince an "anti-epic" quality that intentionally trivializes the conventional immensities of pain and horror. Paramedics present the gothic as "business as usual," and mainly their stories are intended only for the ears of other paramedics. Their stories afford a shocking glimpse into a chaotic urban underworld where prostitution, drug abuse, assault, and murder are daily fare. Outsiders may expect their tales to be only about horrific mutilation and death. However compelling such topics may be to the layperson, the actual repertory is most often commentary on personal experience and revelation of the "why" behind the stories paramedics tell. Talking Trauma provides an intimate look into a work culture deliberately kept hidden from public view. It is not centered on individuals the public may stereotype as streetwise, hardened caregivers but upon the stories of self-presentation by which paramedics structure past events to fit into their identity. This fascinating book reveals how storytelling equips these professionals to exert control over chaos and to withstand encounters with suffering, death, and mayhem on a daily basis. At the University of California, Los Angeles, Timothy R. Tangherlini is an assistant professor in the Scandinavian Section and affiliated with the Folklore and Mythology Program.