Becoming an Addictions Counselor: A Comprehensive Text - BOOK ONLY: .: . - Softcover

Myers, Peter L.; Salt, Norman R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449632130 ISBN 13: 9781449632137

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Becoming an Addictions Counselor, Third Edition provides evidence-based findings, cutting-edge treatment techniques, and a focus on critical thinking to show future counselors how to respond to clients' needs rather than impose "cookie-cutter" routines. Topics explored in depth include: * Mentally ill chemical abusers * Individual, group, and family counseling skills * Clinical treatment issues Each chapter takes an experiential learning approach to these topics and encourages readers to practice individual and group counseling skills through structured activities and exercises. With thorough discussions on ethics, treatment planning, and case management, this text prepares readers to become ethical, competent counselors.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Peter Myers is past President of the International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education, Emeritus at National Addictions Studies Education Commission, Retired from directing an addictions curriculum and Student/Employee Assistance Program at Essex County College in NJ (1981-2008), Emeritus Editor in Chief of the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, Editorial Board of Substance Abuse and author/editor of six texts in the field of drugs and alcohol. He is on the Board of Directors of Columbia Pathways to Recovery, a recovery community organization in upstate New York.'

Norman R. Salt MA, CPS (Certified Prevention Specialist), has over 45 years of experience in the field of alcohol- and drug-abuse treatment and prevention. He has been a counselor, supervisor, substance abuse and mental-health trainer and prevention specialist. He has a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. He was the Director of Training for the New Jersey Division of Addiction Services, Department of Health. Mr. Salt is presently retired and has continued as a freelance consultant trainer for the New Jersey Prevention Network; Organization for Recovery; Mental Health Association in New Jersey; and Stockton State College, Galloway Township, New Jersey. He has taught as an adjunct at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey; Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey; and Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey.

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• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1449632130
• ISBN 13: 9781449632137
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 364
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