Counseling the Alcohol and Drug Dependent Client: A Practical Approach, 1/e provides a practical approach for assessing and treating alcohol and patients. Providing state-of-the-art concepts and methods, Dr. Craig provides practical examples and suggestions for working with patients and their families to promote and maintain recovery. This text presents a variety of views, perspectives, philosophies, and intervention methodologies dealing with drug and alcohol abuse in an understandable language that can be quickly and clearly adapted to a practice setting. Special Features: Chapters 1-3 introduce and explore the consequences, costs and ideas for understanding substance abuse and addictive behavior, and include a detailed examination of the scope, risk factors, and etiology of substance abuse. A full chapter is dedicated to assessment methods and techniques. A thorough discussion of principles of treatment combines latest research on treatment cons...