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Harm reduction is a framework for helping drug and alcohol users who cannot or will not stop completely\_the majority of users\_reduce the harmful consequences of use. Harm reduction accepts that abstinence may be the best outcome for many but relaxes the emphasis on abstinence as the only acceptable goal and criterion of success. Instead, smaller incremental changes in the direction of reduced harmfulness of drug use are accepted. This book shows how these simple changes in emphasis and expectation have dramatic implications for improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy.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. Harm reduction is a framework for helping drug and alcohol users who cannot or will not stop completely\_the majority of users\_reduce the harmful consequences of use. Harm reduction accepts that abstinence may be the best outcome for many but relaxes the emphasis on abstinence as the only acceptable goal and criterion of success. Instead, smaller incremental changes in the di

Who reads Harm Reduction Psychotherapy : A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems?

Author

Andrew Tatarsky; Alan Marlatt

Publisher

Jason Aronson, Inc.

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781461628705

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Psychotherapy