About the Book
An ideal resource, this volume is a practical guide to the most up-to-date marital and family therapy practices that have been shown to be effective in treating alcohol problems. Chapters by leading clinician/researchers present practical "how to" information on research-tested methods for use at different stages of the alcoholism recovery process.
Each chapter includes an overview of the specific method under consideration and detailed guidelines for implementation. Special clinical considerations are discussed, and summaries of current knowledge regarding efficacy as well as an extensive reference list are included. Illustrative case examples are provided throughout.
Perfect as a teaching text, this book provides carefully developed, well-conceived marital and family therapy methods that have been shown to be effective with this difficult clinical problem.
Table of Contents:
Miller, Foreward. O'Farrell, Preface. Part I: Initiating Change and Helping the Family when the Alcoholic is Unwilling to Seek Help.Thomas, Ager, Unilateral Family Therapy with Spouses of Uncooperative Alcohol Abusers. Sisson, Azrin, Community Reinforcement Training for Families: A Method to Get Alcoholics into Treatment. Liepman, Using Family Influence to Motivate Alcoholics to Enter Treatment: The Johnson Institute Intervention Approach. Dittrich, A Group Program for Wives of Treatment-Resistant Alcoholics. Part II: Stability Sobriety and Relationships when the Alcoholics seeks Help.Bale, Family Treatment in Short-Term Detoxification. Lundergan, Williams, The Hazelden Residential Family Program: A Combined Systems and Disease Model Approach. O'Farrell, A Behavioral Marital Therapy Couples Group Program for Alcoholics and Their Spouses. Noel, McCrady, Alcohol-Focused Spouse Involvement with Behavioral Marital Therapy. Wetchler, McCollum, Nelson, Trepper, Lewis, Systemic Couples Therapy for Alcohol-Abusing Women. Trepper, Piercy, Lewis, Volk, Sprenkle, Family Therapy for Adolescent Alcohol Abuse. Part III: Maintaining Long Term Recovery and Preventing Relapse. Ossip-Klein, Rychtarik, Behvioral Contracts Between Alcoholics and Family Members to Improve Aftercare Participation and Maintain Sobriety after Inpatient Alcoholism Treatment. O'Farrell, Couples Relapse Prevention Sessions After a Behavioral Marital Therapy Couples Group Program. McCrady, Relapse Prevention: A Couples-Therapy Perspective. Part IV. Future Directions and Concluding Comments. Zweben, Barrett, Brief Couples Treatment for Alcohol Problems. Gentilello, Duggan, Family Intervention with the Alcoholic After Major Injury in the Trauma Center Setting. O'Farrell, Conclusions and Future Directions in Practice and Research on Marital and Family Therapy in Alcoholism Treatment.
About the Author :
Timothy J. O'Farrell, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He also is Associate Chief of the Psychology Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Brockton and West Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he directs the Counseling for Alcoholics' Marriages (CALM) Project and the Alcohol and Family Studies Laboratory. He has published more than 100 articles, chapters, and papers, primarily on marital and family therapy in alcoholism treatment and various aspects of alcoholics' family relationships.
Review :
Miller, Foreward. O'Farrell, Preface. Part I: Initiating Change and Helping the Family when the Alcoholic is Unwilling to Seek Help.Thomas, Ager, Unilateral Family Therapy with Spouses of Uncooperative Alcohol Abusers. Sisson, Azrin, Community Reinforcement Training for Families: A Method to Get Alcoholics into Treatment. Liepman, Using Family Influence to Motivate Alcoholics to Enter Treatment: The Johnson Institute Intervention Approach. Dittrich, A Group Program for Wives of Treatment-Resistant Alcoholics. Part II: Stability Sobriety and Relationships when the Alcoholics seeks Help.Bale, Family Treatment in Short-Term Detoxification. Lundergan, Williams, The Hazelden Residential Family Program: A Combined Systems and Disease Model Approach. O'Farrell, A Behavioral Marital Therapy Couples Group Program for Alcoholics and Their Spouses. Noel, McCrady, Alcohol-Focused Spouse Involvement with Behavioral Marital Therapy. Wetchler, McCollum, Nelson, Trepper, Lewis, Systemic Couples Therapy for Alcohol-Abusing Women. Trepper, Piercy, Lewis, Volk, Sprenkle, Family Therapy for Adolescent Alcohol Abuse. Part III: Maintaining Long Term Recovery and Preventing Relapse. Ossip-Klein, Rychtarik, Behvioral Contracts Between Alcoholics and Family Members to Improve Aftercare Participation and Maintain Sobriety after Inpatient Alcoholism Treatment. O'Farrell, Couples Relapse Prevention Sessions After a Behavioral Marital Therapy Couples Group Program. McCrady, Relapse Prevention: A Couples-Therapy Perspective. Part IV. Future Directions and Concluding Comments. Zweben, Barrett, Brief Couples Treatment for Alcohol Problems. Gentilello, Duggan, Family Intervention with the Alcoholic After Major Injury in the Trauma Center Setting. O'Farrell, Conclusions and Future Directions in Practice and Research on Marital and Family Therapy in Alcoholism Treatment.
