Narrative Means to Sober Ends: Treating Addiction and Its Aftermath

Working with clients who abuse drugs or alcohol poses formidable challenges to the clinician. Addicted persons are often confronting multiple, complex problems, from the denial of the addiction itself, to legacies of early trauma or abuse, to histories of broken relationships with parents, spouses, and children. Making matters more confusing, the treatment field is too often splintered into different approaches, each with its own competing claims. This eloquently written book proposes a narrative approach that builds a much-needed bridge between family therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and addictions counseling. Demonstrated are innovative, flexible ways to help clients form new understandings of what has happened in their lives, explore their relationships to drugs and alcohol, and develop new stories to guide and nourish their recovery.

Author: Jonathan Diamond
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 08/19/2002
Pages: 386
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.98w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9781572308350
ISBN10: 1572308354
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | General
- Psychology | Psychopathology | Addiction
- Psychology | Psychopathology | Compulsive Behavior

About the Author
Jonathan Diamond, PhD, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Northampton and Greenfield, Massachusetts.

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