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Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change de Jeffrey Foote

Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change

Autor Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke, Stephanie Higgs Cuvânt înainte de Holly Whitaker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iul 2025

Descoperim în această ediție aniversară a lucrării Beyond Addiction o schimbare radicală de paradigmă: puterea transformatoare a empatiei în fața dependenței. Rezultatul practic pentru cititor nu este doar o înțelegere teoretică, ci un set de instrumente concrete prin care poate deveni un agent al schimbării pentru cei dragi, fără a recurge la confruntări agresive sau la izolarea „pedagogică” a suferindului. Observăm cum autorii înlocuiesc vechile tactici de tip „tough love” cu strategii validate științific, axate pe întărirea pozitivă și pe menținerea unei conexiuni umane autentice.

Abordarea amintește de Helping the Addict You Love prin dorința de a oferi sprijin activ membrilor familiei, dar adaugă o bază clinică mult mai extinsă, extrasă din deceniile de practică la Center for Motivation and Change. În timp ce alte lucrări se concentrează pe intervenții dramatice, Beyond Addiction propune un ritm constant și blând, oferind exerciții ghidate care ajută nu doar la gestionarea comportamentelor compulsive ale celuilalt, ci și la propria reglare emoțională a celui care oferă ajutorul. Este o resursă care transformă disperarea în acțiune planificată.

Această ediție actualizată integrează cele mai noi cercetări din neuroștiințe și psihologie comportamentală, fiind strâns legată de The Beyond Addiction Workbook for Family and Friends, unde Carrie Wilkens și Jeffrey Foote detaliază partea practică a acestui proces de vindecare. Găsim aici un echilibru între rigoarea științifică și compasiunea necesară într-un context atât de fragil, oferind o hartă clară pentru oricine încearcă să navigheze sistemul complex al tratamentelor medicale.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781476709482
ISBN-10: 1476709483
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Scribner
Colecția Scribner

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este esențială pentru oricine are o persoană dragă care se luptă cu dependența și caută o alternativă la metodele punitive. Cititorul câștigă strategii de comunicare non-violentă și metode de motivare care funcționează pe termen lung. Este un ghid practic care demonstrează că bunătatea nu este o slăbiciune, ci cea mai eficientă metodă științifică pentru a încuraja schimbarea comportamentală.

Despre autor

Jeffrey Foote, PhD, este un lider recunoscut în psihologia schimbării, cu o experiență de peste 25 de ani în tratamentul dependențelor. Co-fondator și director executiv al Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), el îmbină expertiza clinică de înalt nivel cu psihologia performanței, fiind și psihologul echipei de baseball New York Mets. Alături de Carrie Wilkens și Nicole Kosanke, specialiști de renume în strategii motivaționale, Foote a creat un cadru de tratament care pune accent pe umanitate și pe rigoarea dovezilor științifice.

Descriere scurtă

A fully updated and expanded edition of the essential guide, with a new foreword by Quit Like a Woman author Holly Whitaker.

Revised and expanded, this tenth anniversary edition of Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones overcome addiction problems and compulsive behaviors. Drawing on decades of collective research and clinical experience at the most progressive addiction treatment center in the United States, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer—now updated with the latest research, case examples, and resources. Through guided exercises, examples, and tips for navigating the system, readers can tap the transformative power of relationships for positive change and discover the best treatment option for their loved one. And have hope: this seminal guide is designed not only to help someone change but also to help someone want to change.

Notă biografică

Jeffrey Foote, PhD, is cofounder and of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) and copresident of the CMC:Foundation for Change, a not-for-profit organization focused on helping families affected by substance use. He has been a leader in the science and humanity of change for thirty-five years.

Carrie Wilkens, PhD, is cofounder of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC) and copresident of the CMC:Foundation for Change, a not-for-profit organization focused on helping families affected by substance use. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in evidence-based treatments for substance use and post-traumatic stress. The media regularly seek out her expertise.

Nicole Kosanke, PhD, is clinical director of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), where she specialized in evidence-based treatments for substance use and co-occurring disorders. She is also a trainer at the CMC:Foundation for Change and has more than twenty years of experience supporting parents and other family members.

Stephanie Higgs is an editor, writer, and publisher dedicated to bridging the gap between helpful ideas and people who could use the help.

Recenzii

"This is the most important new resource for the millions of families struggling with drug and alcohol problems, and all the hopelessness and helplessness that goes with it. First, it provides reason for hope based on science, not conventional wisdom. Second, it provides a comprehensive, compassionate, and understandable plan, not a recipe for a quick fix. And third, it reaffirms that applying the family’s natural kindness and positive reinforcement, rather than withholding it, is what makes change possible."
"I am an expert in substance use disorders–quoted all the time. But I could never apply all that so-called expertise where it really counted–in my own family. I had scientific knowledge but no practical tools to use to help me and my affected family cope and return to sanity. This book would have saved my family and me a lot of time, money, and most importantly pain. I intended to read this book as a professional courtesy and to offer editorial and perhaps scientific comments. Instead I found myself taking notes on every chapter and Xeroxing some of the handy tables. Two weeks after reading the book both my son and I are using these basic lessons and specific techniques today with my grand-kids.”
"Beyond Addiction breaks out of the mold of traditional resources for families of people struggling with addiction. Unlike most popular self-help books in the field that suggest family members can only help themselves, Beyond Addiction empowers readers by (1) letting them know that they can help their loved one change and (2) showing them exactly how to do it. I started to put its invaluable suggestions into practice immediately in my personal and professional life. If you’re at the end of your rope, this book will provide hope, help you get your life back on track, and greatly improve the odds that your loved one will seek help."
“Finally there is a family-based treatment for addiction that works. Beyond Addiction is the first effective book addressed to families of those with substance abuse problems. Instead of the old bromides – detaching and boundary setting – that are based on assumptions of family helplessness, Beyond Addiction offers evidence-based methods for families to motivate and reinforce change for an addicted loved one. The focus here is on effectiveness training for families, using collaboration and kindness rather than confrontation to support behavior change. I highly recommend this book; it should be required reading if your loved one struggles with substance abuse.”
“Objectively written and conveyed with congenial authority, the book offers collective hope to families of substance abusers... Essential.”
"[Beyond Addiction's] gentle, optimistic and explanatory approach offers hope by giving family members outlets besides fighting, feeling stress, or idly waiting for motivation to happen. The Book helpfully offers reminders that although no one can make another person change, there is much that can be done to make change seem appealing and possible."
"Full of useful information and practical suggestions...an important resource for families affected by drug and alcohol problems."