Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; 1 Addiction and Gestalt Therapy; 2 The Process of Addiction: The Roots of Recovery; 3 The Challenge of Recovering Addicts as Clients; 4 The Developmental Stages and Tasks of Recovery; 5 Five Case Studies in Recovery; 6 Long-Term Recovery: The Expanding Horizon; 7 Relapse; 8 Individual Differences; 9 Working with the Body; 10 Further Applications of the Self-Modulation Model; About the Author; Index
Summary
In this ground-breaking book, Michael Clemmens offers a new model of treatment for long-term recovery which goes beyond the traditional ""disease"" paradigm. Working from the belief that a fuller life for the recovering addict is grounded on a foundation of abstinence, the author explores a ""self-modulation"" approach which leads to a change in the behavior from within the individual while developing and expanding connection with others
