{"product_id":"9781556202827","title":"A Contemporary Approach to Substance Abuse and Addiction Counseling: A Counselor's Guide to Application and Understanding","description":"\u003cp\u003eStraightforward and reader-friendly, A Contemporary Approach to Substance Abuse and Addiction Counseling provides a basic understanding of the nature of substance abuse and addiction, its progression, and clinical interventions for college\/university, school, and community\/mental health agency settings. Focusing on clinical applications and how-tos, this book will help counselors and counselors-in-training more fully engage in the helping process, find creative approaches for working with struggling clients, and embrace a holistic approach to assisting clients on their journey toward healing and recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics covered include drug classifications; assessment; working with ethnically diverse clients, the GLBT population, and women; the continuum from nonuse to addiction; developmental approaches in treating addiction; relapse prevention; grief and loss in addiction; group counseling; working with families; spirituality; addictions training and ethical issues; understanding and applying the 2009 CACREP Standards for Addiction Counseling; and counselor self-care. Real-life case examples throughout the text and exploration questions at the end of each chapter will captivate students and facilitate discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Counseling Association","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055575417072,"sku":"9781556202827","price":60.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781556202827_p0.jpg?v=1763757595","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781556202827","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}