Treatment Manual for Smoking Cessation Groups: A Guide for Therapists

Treatment Manual for Smoking Cessation Groups guides the reader through step-by-step instructions on how to implement treatments to help smokers give up their habit in a group environment. The manual describes how to successfully deliver group interventions through an evidence-based, modular approach designed to suit a wide range of service settings. Each module contains therapist guidelines, client handouts and worksheets, designed with the busy clinician in mind. The treatment modules are structured in two parts: part one contains the therapist guidelines explaining the rationale behind the strategies and how to deliver the treatments effectively; part two contains the client materials supporting the program and providing self-help tools. Appealing to anyone involved in the provision of smoking cessation services; this manual is an essential tool for clinical psychologists, health psychologists, addiction counselors, mental health workers, health promotion officers and smoking cessation nurses and GPs.

Werner G. K. Stritzke is Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

Joyce L. Y. Chong is Clinical Psychologist at Dr Lissa Johnson and Associates and Counsellor/Psychologist at the Counselling Service, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Diane Ferguson is Clinical Psychologist at Hillarys Child and Adolescent Centre, Western Australia. She is the recipient of the West Australian 2006 Mental Health Practitioner of the Year Award.