Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change: Selecting and Planning Interventions (Guilford Substance Abuse Series) - Softcover

"The stages of change model has become enormously popular among treatment providers over the last decade.... There are many other books and articles in which the stages of change model has assumed a prominent place, but none has achieved what this book succeeds in doing. It presents in clear and accessible language a coherent integration of the model with the entire process of treatment for substance use disorders, from assessment and treatment planning to the management of relapse. Along the way, many key concerns in treatment are usefully reconceptualized and much of the accumulated wisdom in the field is viewed in a fresh and invigorating light." - Nick Heather, PhD, Newcastle City Health NHS Trust and University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK.

"Therapeutic strategies designed to increase motivation to change have gained a great deal of popularity in the substance abuse literature. However, few books have been able to combine academic rigor with practical strategies for frontline clinical work. This book accomplishes the task. From first-rate researchers, this is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the use of the stages of change model in alcohol and drug abuse treatment. One of the things that sets the book apart is its insightful coverage of couple and group approaches, along with individual treatment. For clinicians new to the stages of change model, as well as those experienced in the field, this is an invaluable contribution." - Roger D. Weiss, MD, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital

"The transtheoretical model is enormously popular with practitioners and researchers in the addictions field....Readers now have an authoritative source on the clinical application of the transtheoretical model." - Journal of Studies on Alcohol (review by Jon Morgenstern)