Frank Ryan, "Cognitive Therapy for Addiction: Motivation and Change"
2013 | ISBN: 0470669950, 0470669969 | English | 230 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
2013 | ISBN: 0470669950, 0470669969 | English | 230 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
An innovative new approach to addiction treatment that pairs cognitive behavioural therapy with cognitive neuroscience, to directly target the core mechanisms of addiction.
Offers a focus on addiction that is lacking in existing cognitive therapy accounts
Utilizes various approaches, including mindfulness, 12-step facilitation, cognitive bias modification, motivational enhancement and goal-setting and, to combat common road blocks on the road to addiction recovery
Uses neuroscientific findings to explain how willpower becomes compromised-and how it can be effectively utilized in the clinical arena