{"product_id":"9780826120182","title":"Sexual Health in Recovery: A Professional Counselor's Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eSubstance abuse treatment professionals often fail to adequately treat clients because they are unable or unwilling to address relevant sexual issues that negatively impact recovery. For many substance abusers, treatment failure is inextricably linked with sexual behavior. This groundbreaking volume is the first to address sexual issues in drug and alcohol treatment. It explains the origins of sex\/drug-linked behaviors, and offers a wealth of treatment techniques, exercises, and assessment tools counselors can use to help clients understand and change these behaviors in recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a curriculum that was successfully implemented and evaluated at Stepping Stone, a drug and alcohol treatment program in San Diego, \u003ci\u003eSexual Health in Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e offers counselors a chance to understand and integrate basic sexual health principles into their work. Addiction treatment professionals and their clients will then be able to comfortably and safely address sexual issues that may impede recovery-and thus have a greater chance at successful treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Topics:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssessing a client's sex\/drug-linked relapse risk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImproving counselor confidence in talking about sexual issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDealing with out-of-control sexual behavior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstanding how a client's sexual attitudes and values may help or impede recovery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscussing a client's sexual past when it impacts recovery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncouraging client's sexual health while in recovery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelping clients set expectations for sexual relationships while in recovery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOvercoming counselor ambivalence about addressing sexual issues in treatment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Springer Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130668073200,"sku":"9780826120182","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780826120182_p0.jpg?v=1763754669","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826120182","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}