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ReviewsThe connection between mental health challenges and addiction is strong, complicates recovery, and is regrettably still associated with much stigma. In The DBT Workbook for Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Dr. Petracek helps readers to understand their struggles with mental illness and addiction, and to address those struggles through a combination of AA/NA and DBT skills. Drawing on her own personal experience, Petracek's warmth and compassion will make these ideas and skills more approachable for those in recovery and will remind people that they are not alone on their difficult journey.
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Foreword by Gillian Galen, PsyD Part 1: Introduction 1. Pain is Inevitable; Suffering is Optional.......................................... 2. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Explained ...................................... 3. Core Concepts of DBT and the Twelve Steps ................................. Part 2: The Twelve Steps and DBT 1. Step One: I Can't Stop Drinking............................................................ 2. Step Two: Hope ................................................................................. 3. Step Three: Surrender ........................................................................ 4. Step Four: Finding Courage ................................................................. 5. Step Five: Integrity ............................................................................ 6. Step Six: Becoming Ready .................................................................. 7. Step Seven: Humility ......................................................................... 8. Step Eight: Willingness ....................................................................... 9. Step Nine: Taking Responsibility and Making Amends .............................. 10. Step Ten: Taking Stock ...................................................................... 11. Step Eleven: Seeking Prayer and Meditation .......................................... 12. Step Twelve: Carry the Message and Practice the Principles ..................... Conclusion: A Life Worth Living Beyond Your Wildest Dreams ......................... Acknowledgements ...........................................................................
SynopsisClinical psychologist Laura J. Petracek draws on her clinical and lived experience of addiction recovery, bipolar disorder, and other mental health challenges in this groundbreaking workbook. Exploring skills and strategies from DBT that work in tandem with one's recovery program, it provides a new roadmap to reduce emotional distress symptoms and to support sobriety., When recovering from addiction and managing a mental illness, it can feel like both have the ability to take over your life. By applying the principles of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to the 12 Steps addiction recovery approach, this workbook equips you with the tools to regulate your emotions, develop self-management skills, reduce anxiety and stress, and feel yourself again. DBT is a combination of CBT, mindfulness, and distress tolerance skills tailored to those who feel emotions very intensely. Exploring skills and strategies drawn from DBT that work in tandem with your recovery program, this book provides a new roadmap to reduce symptoms of emotional distress and to support your sobriety and mental health. Written by clinical psychologist, Laura Petracek, this ground-breaking workbook draws on the author's clinical and lived experience of addiction recovery, bipolar disorder, and other mental health challenges., Written by clinical psychologist, Laura Petracek, this workbook applies the principles of DBT to the 12 Steps addiction recovery approach. Ideal for those managing a mental illness alongside an addiction, it equips you with the tools to regulate your emotions, reduce anxiety and stress, maintain sobriety, and feel yourself again., When recovering from addiction and managing a mental illness, it can feel like both have the ability to take over your life. Applying the principles of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to the 12 Steps addiction recovery approach, this workbook equips you with the tools to regulate your emotions, develop self-management skills, reduce anxiety and stress, and feel yourself again. DBT is a type of talking therapy tailored to those who feel emotions very intensely. Exploring skills and strategies drawn from DBT that correspond with each of the 12 Steps, this book provides a new roadmap to reduce symptoms of emotional distress and to support your sobriety and mental health. Written by clinical psychologist, Laura Petracek, this ground-breaking workbook draws on the author's clinical and lived experience of addiction recovery and bipolar disorder.