Treating Alcohol Dependence: A Coping Skills Training Guide

Peter M. Monti

Guilford Press, Aug 12, 2002 - Psychology - 196 pages

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this book presents a straightforward, multi-session coping skills training program that has been proven effective in helping alcohol-dependent individuals. The volume provides everything needed to implement the program, including a clear theoretical and empirical rationale, step-by-step session guidelines, helpful clinical pointers, and over 40 reproducible client handouts, assessment instruments, and therapist forms. Sessions focus on developing key interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to help participants learn positive strategies for coping with the everyday demands of life and resisting the urge to drink. Updated throughout to reflect current ideas and research findings on addictive behavior change, the protocols in the second edition have been reorganized and streamlined for greater applicability in today's managed care settings. Two entirely new chapters provide guidelines for conducting cue exposure treatment and addressing dual diagnosis issues, with particular attention to tobacco dependence. Of special value for practitioners, the new 8.5" x 11" format makes it easier than ever to reproduce and use the practical materials in the book.

Contents

• Introduction Theoretical Rationale and Evidence Base: 1
• Historical Roots of the Coping Skills Approach to Alcoholism: 2
• Social Learning Theory of Alcohol Consumption: 3
• Rationale for Coping Skills Training and Cue Exposure Treatment: 8
• Evidence Base for Coping Skills Training Approaches: 10
• Evidence Base foe Cue Exposure Treatment Approaches: 14
• Implications of Recent Innovations: 16
• General Treatment Considerations Setting the Stage and Treatment Setting: 19
• Setting the Stage: 20
• Partial Hospital and Day Treatment Considerations: 30
• Outpatient and Aftercare Considerations: 31
• Individual Treatment Considerations: 39
• Coping Skills Training Part I Interpersonal Skills: 42
• Structure of the Sessions: 43
• Introducing Clients to This Approach: 44
• Nonverbal Communication: 45
• Introduction to Assertiveness: 48
• Conversation Skills: 50
• Giving and Receiving Positive Feedback: 53
• Listening Skills: 55
• Giving Constructive Criticism: 57
• Session Receiving Criticism About Drinking: 61
• Drink refusal Skills: 65
• Session Resolving Relationship Problems: 66
• Session Developing Social Support Networks: 70
• Nonverbal Communication: 73
• Nonverbal Communication: 74
• Introduction to Assertiveness: 75
• Assertiveness: 76
• Conversation Skills: 77
• Conversation Skills: 78
• Giving and Receiving Positive Feedback: 79
• Giving and Receiving Positive Feedback: 80
• Listening Skills: 81
• Listening Skills: 82
• Giving Constructive Criticism: 84
• Giving Constructive Criticism: 85
• Receiving Criticism about Drinking: 86
• Receiving Criticism about Drinking: 87
• Drink Refusal Skills: 88
• Drink Refusal Skills: 89
• Resolving Relationship Problems: 90
• Resolving Relationship Problems: 91
• Developing Social Support Networks: 92
• Developing Social Support Networks: 93
• Coping Skills Training Part II Intrapersonal Skills: 95
• Managing Urges to Drink: 96
• Problem Solving: 99
• Session Increasing Pleasant Activities: 102
• Anger Management: 104
• Managing Negative Thinking: 108
• Seemingly Irrelevent Decisions: 113
• Planning for Emergencies: 115
• Managing Urges to Drink: 117
• Managing Urges: 118
• Problem Solving: 119
• Problem Solving: 120
• Increasing Pleasant Activities: 121
• Increasing Pleasant Activities: 122
• Anger Management: 123
• Anger Management: 124
• Managing Negative Thinking: 126
• Managing Negative Thinking: 127
• Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions: 128
• Seemingly Irrelevant Decisions: 129
• Planning for Emergencies: 130
• Planning for Emergencies: 131
• Cue Exposure Treatment with Urge Coping Training: 132
• Methodological issues in Conducting Cue Exposure: 133
• Assessments: 138
• Conducting CET with UrgeSpecific Coping Skills Training: 140
• Individual Differences in Cue Reactivity: 148
• Cue Exposure Treatment Rationale: 155
• GET Individual Session 1: 156
• GET Individual Sessions after First Session: 159
• _______s Toolbox for Reducing Urges: 162
• Dual Diagnosis Issues: 163
• Depression: 166
• Anxiety Disorders: 168
• Psychotic Disorders: 169
• Personality Disorders: 171
• Tobacco Dependence Issues: 173
• References: 180
• Index: 192

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About the author

Peter M. Monti, PhD, is Professor of Medical Science and Director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies and the Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He is coeditor of Adolescents, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse and coauthor (with David B. Abrams et al.) of a forthcoming book on nicotine dependence.

Ronald M. Kadden, PhD, is currently Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is an attending psychologist in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Psychiatric Day Hospital Program at the UConn Health Center.

Damaris J. Rohsenow, PhD, is Professor (Research) of Community Health and Research Director at the Addictive Behaviors Lab, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University. She is also a Research Career Scientist at the Providence VA Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Ned L. Cooney, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs at the Newington Campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System.

David B. Abrams, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School/The Miriam Hospital, where he is also Director of the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Treating Alcohol Dependence: A Coping Skills Training Guide
• Editor: Peter M. Monti
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Guilford Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1572307935, 9781572307933
• Length: 196 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Psychopathology / Addiction; Psychology / Psychotherapy / General; Self-Help / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol