An Integral Foundation for Addiction Treatment

Guy Du Plessis

ISBN 10: 1495187780 / ISBN 13: 9781495187780

Verlag: Integral Publishers, 2018

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781495187780

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Currently there is such a cornucopia of conflicting theories in the field of addiction studies that it has become exceedingly difficult for treatment providers, therapists, and policymakers to integrate this vast field of knowledge into effective treatment. Many countries are on the brink of medical and economic crisis from struggling with the excessive burden of addiction treatment on health care.

Scholars have pinpointed two foremost problems in addiction treatment science: confusion over the treatment definition and treatment ineffectiveness. Since such a chaotic overabundance of treatment theories, styles, and definitions cloud the field of addictionology, many therapists claim their field is in need of a paradigm shift.

In the last 20 years an integrative and compound model has emerged known as the biopsychosocial model, but without a solid and comprehensive meta-framework, syncretistic confusion can result when therapists pick and choose techniques without direction or an overall rationale. To address this problem, Guy du Plessis applies integral theory as a conceptual framework for understanding addiction, as well as a meta-therapeutic framework for therapists. The Integral foundation of addiction outlined in this book provides researchers, academics, and therapists with a conceptual architectonic of addiction and its treatment that is integrative, inclusive, and practical. An Integral Foundation for Addiction Treatment belongs on the shelf of every addiction treatment therapist, and anyone else who is impacted or influenced by the topic.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Guy du Plessis has worked in the addiction treatment milieu for more than 15 years as a head of treatment, clinical director, program director, counselor, trainer, and program developer. In addition to his position as a faculty mentor at CalSouthern, he is the managing director and co-founder of the Integral Recovery Institute, and a researcher at Momentum Mental Healthcare South Africa. Guy has published several articles on the application of Integral Theory in addiction treatment and research, and is the author of the book An Integral Guide to Recovery: Twelve Steps and Beyond. Guy is the developer of the Integrated Recovery model and the Integrated Recovery therapy/coaching method. His main research interests are the application of Integral Theory in the fields of addiction treatment and research, existentialism, and Jan Smuts' theory of holism. Guy is a musician, avid reader and Zen student. His favorite activity is spending time with his beloved daughter Coco, who teachers him the joy and wonder of being in the world.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Integral Foundation for Addiction ...
Verlag: Integral Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New