This book gathers addiction recovery tools (both Eastern and Western) into one single volume and provides practitioners with an easy to read, `how-to' book on when and how to use the different recovery tools available. For each given tool, the chapter will address the following questions:



* How does it work?


* Why does it work and with whom?


* What are the practical guidelines for success?


* What are the potential pitfalls?





Each chapter contains a brief history of each tool as well as a number of practical aids, including worksheets, lists, scales, guidelines, and interactive exercises to help the practitioner incorporate the tool into practice. The book also contains a number of instructional resources for the practitioner (for training, continuing education, and career enhancement).





Features/Benefits:





* A knowledgeable and experienced addiction specialist describes each recovery tool.


* Clinicians will learn which recovery tools will work best with each of their patients, and how to incorporate these tools into their practice.


* Discusses a wide variety of non-traditional approaches, such as acupuncture and spirituality enhancement.