The Alcoholic Family in Recovery

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A Developmental Model

by Stephanie Brown, Ph.D. and Virginia Lewis, Ph.D.

CE Credits: 14 CE Credit Hours

Book and Test: $135

Test Only: $110

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Describes the process of recovery, identifying key stages from drinking and transition to early ongoing recovery. Includes therapeutic tasks and pitfalls that characterize each stage. Provides a model of treatment which facilitates the restructuring of roles, interactions and beliefs (301 pp.)

Stephanie Brown, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with over 35 years of clinical experience, a researcher, consultant and lecturer in the field of addiction. An internationally recognized expert on the treatment of alcoholics, adult children of alcoholics and all addicts and their families, she is published author of ten academic and popular books on addiction and recovery. She was the founder and director of the Alcohol Clinic at Stanford University Medical Center and is a Research Associate at the Mental Research Institute, co-directing the Family Recovery Project. Currently, Dr. Brown is the director of the Addictions Institute, an outpatient counseling and therapy program in Menlo Park, California. She is also Consulting Director for the Family Treatment Program at the Mayflower Center in Marin County, California, and Consulting Director for the Institute on Addictions at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco.

Virginia Lewis, PhD, a licensed psychologist, educational psychologist and marriage, family and child counselor, has been in practice for over thirty years. She is a Senior Research Fellow at Mental Research Institute and the Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Family Recovery Project, an ongoing study of families in recovery. In addition, Dr. Lewis is the Co-Founder for the Center for Couples in Recovery and a founding member of the Recovery Forum. She has taught graduate courses in the field of clinical applications and assessments and co-authored articles, books, and chapters on the alcoholic family in recovery.

Contents Include:

What Happens When the Drinking Stops?
The Developmental Process of Recovery
Stories of Families in Recovery
Assessing Family Functioning: Domains of Experience
Stages of Recovery: Drinking, Transition, Early Recovery, and Ongoing Recovery
Factors That Influence Recovery
The Drinking Stage
Transition for Couples and Families
Early Recovery for Couples and Families
Ongoing Recovery for Couples and Families

Number of Test Questions:

80 objective, 1 discussion question

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

recognize what may occur when abstinence begins.
identify the key stages: from drinking and transition to early and ongoing recovery.
describe factors that influence recovery.
recognize the therapeutic tasks that characterize each stage.
recognize the pitfalls that characterize each stage.
implement interventions that help to restructure family members' roles, interactions and beliefs that have been shaped by addiction.
facilitate the family's use of outside sources of support.

Level:

This course is appropriate for all levels of experience, including beginning, intermediate and advanced practitioners.

Target Audience:

Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists who work with alcoholic families.

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The Alcoholic Family in Recovery