Clinical guide to alcohol treatment

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Neil Weiner, Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius

Using a holistic approach, this new guidebook is geared toward mental health professionals working with women who have been victims of sexual abuse, and the survivors themselves. It provides background necessary for understanding child abuse, and presents a four-stage theoretical model for therapeutic intervention. Information is given that will enable the therapist to accurately diagnose the occurrence of childhood sexual abuse and conceptualize the effects of family, stage of development, and spirituality on the victim. Ego splitting is examined in detail. Also included are comprehensive case studies on the topic. In addition, this book serves as a bridge between the popular and professional literature on treatment of sexual abuse survivors. By using fairy tales and mainstream literature - including Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, The Velveteen Rabbit, and current pop works such as Stephen King's It - the authors show how numerous metaphors for abuse are presented in our everyday life. Woven throughout the volume is a historical and sociocultural perspective of the treatment of women and children - and how society has ignored such abuse. Coupled with the four-step process, this supplies the practitioner with a comprehensive overview, numerous invaluable treatment techniques, and an opportunity to gain an empathic understanding of the victim's life and experiences. Essential reading for professionals and students of counseling, psychology, social work, and other helping professions, the format also makes it highly accessible to lay-persons - both clients and other concerned individuals.

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Sarah Allen Benton

"In this unprecedented book, mental health counselor Sarah Benton takes us into the worlds and minds of so-called high-functioning alcoholics, to understand how people so intelligent and achievement-oriented get drawn into states in which they secretly cannot control their liquor consumption but still manage to excel in their careers"--Page 2 of cover.

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Virginia S. Burlingame

This practical and readable text addresses counselors and caregivers who work with the large and ever-growing elder population. Drawing on years of clinical and teaching experience, the author walks the "gerocounselor" through the various steps that are essential to elder and family counseling. Using an interactive and eclectic approach, Dr. Burlingame illustrates helpful methods for meeting the needs of the elderly. Descriptive case studies and illustrations are included and discussion questions follow major points in each chapter. Counselors, counseling educators, nurses, and social service providers who work with the elderly, as well as students, will find this volume extremely useful.

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Michael J. Scott and Stephen G. Stradling

Counselling for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Third Edition addresses the specifics of counselling clients who have suffered major trauma, whether recently or in the past, and includes 18 detailed case examples together with transcripts of sessions. The authors' cognitive contextual approach translates the psychobiology of trauma responses into clinically useful analogies and simple drawings that guide the therapist and client. The book is unique in covering the diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of post-traumatic states. In this fully updated Third Edition the needs of special pop.