Chemical Dependency Counseling : A Practical Guide

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Summary: This is the best book in the business.
Review: I checked the most prominent treatment centers, and every one of them use this book to train their staff. At the American Society of Addiction Medicine this is the treatment they recommend and it's the one the doctors went through themselves. No question, this is the best book on chemical dependency counseling in the world today.

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Summary: The Best in the Business
Review: I teach this college course to new counselors. By the time they are through with this treatment manual they really know what they are doing. Everything a counselor needs to know is covered. The book is informative, meticulously researched and fun. It makes students feel good about themselves. It is the simply best text in the business. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: The Nuts and Bolts of Mainline Treatment
Review: No bones about it, this book is the real deal. I have been a counselor a long time and this is exactly what we do. No complex theories to bore you, no useless jarjon, just the facts. It is what the field has needed a long time. Most books are boring but this one is fun. It made me feel good about myself.

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Summary: Nice but old
Review: Perkinson is competent and caring, structured and paced. But it's a bit old, as if all CD treatment was unadulterated Minnesota Model, 28 day inpatient care. Now , in fact, more than 1/2 of those facilities have died on the vine due to managed care, and outpatient rules. Plus we've got patient placement criteria, all kinds of research from Project MATCH and etc., and new techniques like motivational enhancement, stages of change. Maybe if Perkinson put out a second edition and updated it, we'd find it more useful

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Summary: The Best I Have Ever Read!
Review: This book is a must for every clinician working in the field. I use the material working with both adult and adolescent clients. The concepts are written in a manner which make it appropriate for any group/individual regardless of age, sex, education level, or ethnic background. The Spirituality exercises are the best I have ever seen.

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Summary: The Best I Have Ever Read!
Review: This book is a must for every clinician working in the field. I use the material working with both adult and adolescent clients. The concepts are written in a manner which make it appropriate for any group/individual regardless of age, sex, education level, or ethnic background. The Spirituality exercises are the best I have ever seen.

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Summary: The Nuts and Bolts of Mainline Treatment
Review: This book teaches addiction counselors exactly what to do in treatment. It leaves no stone unturned and covers everything a counselor needs to know to offer the best treatment in the world. Besides the book makes you feel good about yourself. All of the major treatment centers in the US had a part in making this book great. At every center this book is within arms reach of every good counselor in the building. All counselors should have this book and use it often. I am a clinical director and I give it to all of my new counselors--they love it.