Acknowledgements
Introduction
Foundations of drug and alcohol counseling
Drugs in society and addiction
Fundamental components of drug counseling
Transactional analysis and the theory of addiction
Why people use drugs and their treatment
Specific techniques in counseling the drug and alcohol user
The harm reduction contract and harm reduction counseling
Assessment of the drug and alcohol user
Drug use ambivalence
Relapse process work
Motivational interviewing
The teenage drug user
Epilogue
References
Further reading
Index.