Group therapy : an addictions perspective

"Integrating emotional awareness, correction of cognitive distortions and enhanced interpersonal functioning is essential to recovery from addiction. Dr. Berger and fellow experts in this presentation will show you how to incorporate elements of the Johari Window, a technique that uses a grid to help individuals understand their relationship with themselves and with others, with components of Gestalt and cognitive therapy. As a result, your clients will more adaptively process their feelings, battle irrational thoughts, change maladaptive addictive behaviors and strengthen healthy relationships. Your clinical impact will be deepened and be further enhanced as you watch clinicians in action: Dan, who has shunned contact and been self-reliant since leaving an abusive childhood home, opens up to others for the first time. Ginger unburdens herself of a lifetime of shame by sharing the painful effects that drinking has had on her children. Liz shares a tragic event in the safe atmosphere provided by the group. Instructive and engaging, this video will be a welcome, but more importantly useful, addition in your toolbox of treatment options for addictions."

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