Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling (PDF)

FULLY REVISED, COMPREHENSIVE, AND PRACTICAL

Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling, Fourth
Edition introduces counselors, social workers, and students to
the field of addiction counseling and helps them acquire the
knowledge and develop the skills needed to counsel individuals who
are caught in the destructive cycle of addiction.

Drawing from her years of experience working in the
addiction-counseling field, Geri Miller provides an engaging,
balanced overview of the major theoretical foundations and clinical
best practices in the field.

Fully updated, the Fourth Edition offers a positive,
practice-oriented counseling framework and features:

* A research-based, clinical application approach to addiction
counseling that practitioners can turn to for fundamental,
practical, clinical guidelines

* Revised chapters that reflect important changes in research and
practice, including new DSM-5 criteria, new assessment
instruments, and new and expanded treatments

* Case studies, interactive exercises, end-of-chapter questions,
and other resources that facilitate the integration of knowledge
into practice

* "Personal Reflections" sections at the beginning of
each chapter provide an invaluable, unique perspective on the
author's evolving views of addiction counseling

* Updated and expanded online Instructor's Manual that
includes brief video clips, PowerPoint¯® slides,
test bank questions for each chapter, and sample syllabi

From assessment and diagnosis of addiction to preparing for
certification and licensure as an addiction professional, this
comprehensive book covers all of the essentials.