This book uses composite clinical examples and the authors' own practical experience to demonstrate how to treat addicted survivors of trauma and abuse.

This volume provides the tools professionals need to help adult and adolescent survivors of childhood abuse and other traumas who struggle with addictive disorders. Systematically integrating mental health paradigms with disease models of addiction, this easy-to-implement model combines psychotherapeutic techniques with 12-step recovery practices for effective assessment and treatment.

'This book has vitality and clinical savvy. It is rich in examples with many pearls of wisdom sprinkled throughout. I think it will appeal to both clinicians with a general practice and specialists in trauma and/or substance abuse.' - Joan Ellen Zweben, Ph.D.'Can't speak highly enough of this book. Reading it will benefit anyone who works with addicted and/or traumatized people.' - The Post-Traumatic Gazette 1:3'This book fills an important gap in the existing literature on how to treat clients who present wi th these co-existing issues. It also presents a philosophy of treatment which is egalitarian, feminist, victim-sensitive and non-blaming. Though written for clinicians, the book contains information which may be helpful for survivors struggling with issues of alcohol and/or drug issues.' - Coalition Commentary, Spring 1996'Incisive and sensitive... The best clinical guide of its kind.' - James Fine, MD