The Harm Reduction Workbook for Addiction: Motivational Interviewing Skills to Create a Personalized Recovery Plan and Make Lasting Change

Do you feel like you're drinking too much or using too much, but you don't necessarily want to give it up for good? A powerful alternative to "abstinence-only" approaches, the "harm reduction" model outlined in this evidence-based workbook draws on practices from motivational interviewing (MI) to help you explore your relationship with substance abuse, and find the motivation needed to create an individualized recovery plan. In The Harm Reduction Workbook for Addiction, you'll find skills-based exercises to help you focus on self-reflection; identify your strengths; discover common "life themes," values, and goals; and explore different reasons you may have for change. Most importantly, you'll find the tools needed to create your own "action plan" for moving forward and changing your relationship to substances. This workbook will help you: ● Explore your relationship to substance abuse ● Identify your strengths, values, and goals ● Find your own motivations to change Change doesn't have to happen overnight.If you're ready to transform your relationship with addictive substances and change your life for the better, this workbook can help you get started now.

About the Author :
Kristin L. Dempsey, EdD, LMFT, LPCC, is a psychotherapist, counselor educator, and trainer. For thirty years, she has supported individuals with exploring their own relationships to substances. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), and has been privileged to provide motivational interviewing (MI) training to thousands of people in behavioral health, primary care, public health, school, corrections, and human services organizations. Candace Joice has been devoted to storytelling since she was a child-first as an avid reader, next as a movie watcher, and finally in her first stage role as a duckling. Today, whether on a stage, in front of a camera, or behind a microphone, she relishes the singular experience of collaborating with a writer's words. With a master's degree in theater and ten years of regional theater credits as an actor and director, Candace draws from a wealth of experience to immerse listeners in compelling storytelling. Onstage, she has played characters as diverse as Elizabeth Bennett and Eddie Van Halen. She's just as versatile in her booth, jumping smoothly from the depth and vulnerability of literary fiction to the many character voices of genre novels, to the focus and authority of nonfiction. And when she's not in her booth or on stage? You'll probably find her playing with her dog or baking bread, macarons, pies, and cakes! Candace Joice has been devoted to storytelling since she was a child-first as an avid reader, next as a movie watcher, and finally in her first stage role as a duckling. Today, whether on a stage, in front of a camera, or behind a microphone, she relishes the singular experience of collaborating with a writer's words. With a master's degree in theater and ten years of regional theater credits as an actor and director, Candace draws from a wealth of experience to immerse listeners in compelling storytelling. Onstage, she has played characters as diverse as Elizabeth Bennett and Eddie Van Halen. She's just as versatile in her booth, jumping smoothly from the depth and vulnerability of literary fiction to the many character voices of genre novels, to the focus and authority of nonfiction. And when she's not in her booth or on stage? You'll probably find her playing with her dog or baking bread, macarons, pies, and cakes!