Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling.

The intent of this book is to present information on various counseling approaches for drug abuse used in some of the best known and most respected treatment programs in the United States. In an effort to make the comparison of the various models less difficult and to clarify how the model is applied in practice, each chapter follows a specific format. The format includes the following information: overview, description, and rationale; contrast to other counseling approaches; format; counselor characteristics and training; client-counselor relationship; target populations; assessment; session format and content; and role of significant others in treatment. Chapters are: (1) "Dual Disorders Recovery Counseling" (Dennis C. Daley); (2) "The CENAPS Model of Relapse Prevention Therapy (CMRPT)" (Terence T. Gorski); (3) "The Living in Balance Counseling Approach" (Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ben Jones, Barry D. Caudill, Dale W. Mayo, and Kathleen A. Mack); (4) "Treatment of Dually Diagnosed Adolescents: The Individual Therapeutic Alliance within a Day Treatment Model" (Elizabeth D. Jorgensen and Richard Salwen); (5) "Description of an Addiction Counseling Approach" (Delinda Mercer); (6) "Description of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Approach to Problem Drinking" (Scott D. Miller); (7) "Motivational Enhancement Therapy: Description of Counseling Approach" (William R. Miller); (8) "Twelve-Step Facilitation" (Joseph Nowinski); (9)"Minnesota Model: Description of Counseling Approach" (Patricia Owen); (10) "A Counseling Approach" (Fred Sipe); and (11) "A Psychotherapeutic and Skills-Training Approach to the Treatment of Drug Addiction" (Arnold M. Washton). (MKA)