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My book has been well received as an authoratitive work on the subject of Harm Reduction and Psychotherapy.
Currently in the Second Edition, Harm Reduction Psychotherapy has been used by both professionals and students as an introduction to this growing field.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy:
A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems
(Now available in Softcover from Amazon.com)
By Andrew Tatarsky
From the Foreword by Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.: "This ground-breaking volume provides readers with both an overview of harm reduction therapy and a series of ten case studies, treated by different therapists, that vividly illustrate this treatment approach with a wide variety of clients."
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Some Selections from Harm Reduction Psychotherapy:
The Introduction and three sample Chapters are available for viewing
Introduction: Harm Reduction Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: The Current Context: What is Wrong with this Picture?-by Andrew Tatarsky The Psychoanalytic Contribution: Mrs. G: One Woman's Struggle for Dignity - by Mark Sehl The Value of Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies: Archie: When the Client says "No" to Abstinence-by Gary Dayton and Frederick Rogers
Other chapters in Harm Reduction Psychotherapy:
Trust and Relationship as Cornerstonesof Successful Psychotherapy - by Gail Hammer Complex Problesm Require Complex Solutions- by Valerie Frankfeldt Drug Use as an Attempt to Cope- by Edward Khantzian The Impact of Trauma- by Jerome David Levin Drug Use as Rebellion Against the Inner Critical Voice - by Pat Denning The Healing Power of Groups and the Residential Therapeutic Community - by Barbara Wallace Harm Reduction Group Therapy - by Jeannie Little
Douglas CameronDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Leicester, Leicester, U.K.
Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., and John H. Halpern, M.D.
Additional Reviews of this work can be found online at:
A collegue, Patt Denning has recently written "Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy" that I believe is a valuable companion volume to my original book.
Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: An Alternative Approach to Addictions
by Patt Denning
