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Bridges to Recovery: Addiction, Family Therapy, and Multicultural Treatment

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Practical, rich in clinical wisdom, chock full of fascinating case illustrations, Bridges to Recovery is a comprehensive and enlightening book -- an appropriate book to lead our addictions work into the twenty-first century. It transforms our understanding of addiction and offers us a clinical and theoretical head start for the complex cultural tasks ahead of us. This is the first book in our clinical literature to comprehensively address addiction treatment from a perspective of multicultural competence. It should be required reading for all those in the health care field who deal with substance abuse. Every physician, psychologist, social worker, nurse and counselor should become familiar with the ideas in this book.

The editor, Jo-Ann Krestan, one of the senior clinicians and thinkers in the family therapy field, and a seminal teacher and clinician on issues of addiction, has brought together a remarkable and diverse group of clinicians who have front line experience and knowledge of the struggles of those suffering from addiction. They have done a superb job of summarizing the research and articulating their own and their group's cultural wisdom for intervention. The chapters take account of each group's cultural and political history and the impact of oppression and marginalization within the dominant culture in the United States.

Monica McGoldrick, Director, The Multicultural Family Institute, Highland Park, N.J.(www.MulticulturalFamily.org), whose books include Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture and Gender in Clinical Practice, The Expanded Family Life Cycle and Genograms

The section from the Native counselor which includes the cultural belief systems of Natives is the best I have come across in the literature. Their version of the 12 Steps is included also. This extensive section is worthe the price of the book!
Katherine van Wormer,co-author of Addiction Treatment

"Bridges to Recovery" shows the greatness of diversity to enrich our recovery with other people's ideas. It embodies something new for each of us to learn about the spiritual aspects of personal growth and find comfort in the healing process. I found it full of information for newcomers to sobriety as well as for old-timers like myself. Where else could you find reflected the brillance of God as you understand him in its impetus to spiritual growth? This book urges you to begin your healing journey and creates and open atmosphere that just might save your life.

I received my M.S. degree in Education and Human Services with an emphasis on Substance Abuse Counseling. This book was extremely helpful as a reference book for one of my many required papers. Thank you Amazon!

This book is in good shape at a low cost. It was shipped promptly and I received it in good time.

I think this book is a must read for anyone working in the substance abuse field! I first thought it was about psychiatric residential alternatives because I know of a program called Bridges to Recovery here is their website http://www.bridgestorecovery.com . Anyways the importance of understanding working with minorities and also working with addicts and alcoholics is vital to substance abuse counseling! Family psychotherapy is an important part of any successful treatment. Thanks for an awesome book!!!!