Request for consultation

Thanks for your request. You’ll soon be chatting with a consultant to get the answers you need.
Your form is submitting...
{{formPostErrorMessage.message}} [{{formPostErrorMessage.code}}]
First Name is required. 'First Name' must contain at least 0 characters 'First Name' cannot exceed 0 characters Please enter a valid First Name
Last Name is required. 'Last Name' must contain at least 0 characters 'Last Name' cannot exceed 0 characters Please enter a valid Last Name
Email Address is required. 'Email Address' must contain at least 0 characters 'Email Address' cannot exceed 0 characters Please enter a valid Email Address
Institution is required.
Discipline is required.
Country is required.
State is required.
Cengage, at your service! How can we best meet your needs? is required.
Why are you contacting us today? is required. 'Why are you contacting us today?' must contain at least 0 characters 'Why are you contacting us today?' cannot exceed 0 characters Please enter a valid Why are you contacting us today?

Chemical Dependency: A Family Affair, 1st Edition

Olivia Curtis

  • Copyright 1999
  • {{checkPublicationMessage('Published', '1998-05-29T00:00:00+0000')}}
Starting At $67.95 See pricing and ISBN options
Instructor Next Steps
Students: Buy now
Chemical Dependency: A Family Affair 1st Edition by Olivia Curtis
Quick Navigation

Overview

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience as an active clinician and instructor specializing in treating the chemically dependent and their families, Olivia Curtis presents an engaging and practical book on the nuts and bolts of counseling drug affected families. Unique and timely, Chemical Dependency: A Family Affair looks at family dynamics from a family systems perspective and examines how those dynamics are affected by chemical dependency. Through her insightful and friendly writing style, Curtis gives a comprehensive summary of the development of family theories, the structure of a family system, and the interplay between chemical dependency and the family system.

{{readMore['overview'] ? 'Read More' : 'Read Less'}}

Meet the Authors

{{collapseContainerClosed['meet-the-author'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}

Olivia Curtis

Features

{{collapseContainerClosed['features'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}
  • Examples and exercises help students learn how to work with chemically dependent individuals, using a family systems approach.
  • Drawing from many sources, the author includes the most up-to-date information on chemical dependency and family systems.

Table of Contents

{{collapseContainerClosed['table-of-contents'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}
1. The Development of Family Therapy.
2. Theoretical Approaches to Family Treatment.
3. Family Therapeutic Theories.
4. The Family as a System.
5. Elements of the Emotional Systems.
6. Family Organizational Structure and Development.
7. Chemical Dependency''''s Disruption of Organization.
8. Critical Issues in Chemically Dependent Families.
9. Family Assessment.
10. Working with Chemically Dependent Families.
11. The Family Recovery Process.
12. Family Intervention.
Conclusion. Glossary. Works Cited. Index.

Compare Buying Options

{{collapseContainerClosed['compare-buying-options'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}

Textbook Only Options

Traditional eBook and Print Options

{{collapseContainerClosed['detail_0'] ? 'Show More' : 'Show Less'}}

  • ISBN-10: 0357228251
  • ISBN-13: 9780357228258
  • RETAIL $67.95

  • ISBN-10: 0534355838
  • ISBN-13: 9780534355838
  • RETAIL $134.95
Instructor Next Steps
Students: Buy now