Treating the Alcoholic: A Developmental Model of Recovery (Wiley Series on Personality Processes) - Hardcover

Brown, Stephanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471817368 ISBN 13: 9780471817369

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 1985

Synopsis

The book that revolutionized the psychotherapist's approach to treating alcoholism

When it was first published in 1985, Treating the Alcoholic challenged traditional psychotherapeutic approaches to alcoholism treatment. Since then, thousands of mental health professionals, using Dr. Stephanie Brown's treatment model, have found renewed faith in their ability to help alcoholic patients achieve lasting recovery.

The book begins by studying the experiences of people who have stopped drinking and provides firsthand descriptions of the inevitable emotional, physical, and psychological problems that follow. Dr. Brown then offers a model for treatment that replaces the notion of abstinence as a static state with a dynamic, process-oriented "continuum of recovery" principle. She translates the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous into psychological terms, taking particular care to explain the crucial notion of "loss of control." Perhaps the most surprising element of Dr. Brown's model is her emphasis on the triadic therapeutic relationship in which therapist, patient, and AA counselor work in partnership to ensure ongoing recovery.

Once considered a radical departure from the conventional wisdom, Treating the Alcoholic offers a now-proven approach that enables psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, alcoholism counselors, and other mental health professionals to understand the dynamics of alcoholism and make profound contributions to the recovery process.

About this title

From the Publisher

This book challenges conventional psychotherapeutic approaches to offer a major re-examination of our beliefs, values, and theories about alcoholism. It offers a dynamic, process-oriented continuum of recovery principle. This developmental model translates the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous into psychological terminology and aids in the effective collaboration of therapist, patient, and alcoholism counselor. Offers first hand descriptions of the inevitable emotional, physical, and psychological problems accompanying treatment.

About the Author

STEPHANIE BROWN, PhD, is Director of Family Research at the Merritt Peralta Institute in Oakland, California. Founder and former director of the Stanford University Alcohol Clinic, she also serves as a private consultant and lecturer. She is the author of Treating Adult Children of Alcoholics: A Developmental Perspective, also available from Wiley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0471817368
• ISBN 13: 9780471817369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 376