Creating Change: A Past-Focused Treatment for Trauma and Addiction

Creating Change is a flexible, evidence-based manual that offers counselors a gentle, compassionate approach to help people with trauma, addiction, or both explore their past. It has 23 topics that can be implemented in any order with individuals or groups and includes 70 reproducible handouts. It can be implemented with other treatments and is ideal for clients.

Format: Hardback
Length: 377 pages
Publication date: 18 September 2024
Publisher: Guilford Publications

This comprehensive and evidence-based manual provides counselors with a compassionate and gentle approach to assist individuals struggling with trauma, addiction, or both. Titled "Creating Change," the manual guides clients through a journey of self-discovery and healing, helping them to understand the origins of their trauma and addiction, process grief and regrets, reframe their life story, and ultimately celebrate their resilience. Comprising 23 topics, the manual can be implemented in any order with individuals or groups, making it highly flexible. Key topics include relationship patterns, breaking the silence, deepening one's story, exploring darkness and light, managing emotions and healing, and understanding the influence of family, community, and culture. Additionally, "Creating Change" can be seamlessly integrated with other treatment approaches, such as the authors' present-focused model, "Seeking Safety." The manual's large format and inclusion of 70 reproducible handouts, which can be easily downloaded and printed from the companion website, make it a valuable resource for practitioners. For those seeking additional guidance, the book also includes a client recommendation for "Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse" and the self-help guide "Finding Your Best Self, Revised Edition: Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both."

Weight: 1138g
Dimension: 224 x 287 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781462554638