“Get Your Loved One Sober” is a self-help book based on Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) – a cognitive-behavioral approach proven to help family members of alcoholics improve their quality of life and increase the chances that their loved ones will reduce or quit drinking. As the authors note, this book is designed for people who feel they have “tried it all.” The “Alternatives” of the title offer a constructive way for people to attempt to influence their loved one’s drinking behavior. Unlike approaches that rely on confrontational intervention on one hand, or detachment on the other, CRAFT teaches nonconfrontational engagement with the drinker, guided by empirically supported behavioral principles.
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Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy presents an alternative to the dominant “abstinence only” approach to addictions. The author’s eclectic model of treatment draws on MI, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and cognitive-behavior therapy among others. This book is primarily geared toward therapists in general practice and assumes relatively little background in substance abuse treatment, but it can also serve as an introduction to a more “psychotherapeutic” approach for counselors with backgrounds in more traditional substance abuse treatment.
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Building Strengths and Skills outlines an integrative strengths-based approach, incorporating Motivational Interviewing, solution-focused therapy, and cognitive-behavior therapy.
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Combines 2 sessions of individual Motivational Enhancement Therapy with 3 sessions of group Cognitive Behavior Therapy. While developed for a very specific population, this manual provides a useful example of how MET may be combined with skills-based approaches.
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This section of the NIDA Cognitive-Behavior Therapy manual illustrates how motivational enhancment concepts and techniques may be integrated into skills-based approaches. You will see that the emphasis remains on therapist-directed skill-building, in contrast to the more “pure” motivation-oriented approach described in the Project MATCH MET manuals and the MI books.
NIDA – Publications – A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction.
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