ABSTRACT

The Clinician’s Guide to Alcohol Moderation examines alcohol use around the world and teaches a range of behavioral health care providers how to help clients practice alcohol moderation.

Excavating the current treatments available for alcohol moderation, the book offers step-by-step processes of engaging clients and their families, self-assessments, and alcohol moderation tools. In addition to using it in conjunction with Practicing Alcohol Moderation: A Comprehensive Workbook, readers would benefit from the Alcohol Moderation Assessment which predicts who may be able to successfully drink in moderation as well as developing and monitoring an Alcohol Moderation Plan. The text uses recognized alcohol moderation resources throughout the world as well as real-life case studies to address typical clinician, client, and family member questions. It challenges the traditional recommendation that drinkers experiencing problems are “alcoholics.”

This guide is a resource for all who overdrink or know people who struggle with their alcohol use. Through its medium, a broad range of health care providers receive a step-by-step process on how to practice alcohol moderation, how to put tools into practice, case examples, and answers to the most commonly asked questions.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|11 pages

Recovery

What’s Missing?

chapter 2|12 pages

What Is Alcohol Moderation?

chapter 3|9 pages

History of Alcohol Use and Treatment

chapter 4|12 pages

Harm Reduction Models

chapter 6|15 pages

Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Self-Assessment

chapter 7|11 pages

Engaging Your Client

chapter 8|15 pages

Alcohol Moderation Assessment

chapter 9|14 pages

Period of Abstinence

chapter 10|16 pages

Alcohol Moderation Tools

chapter 12|13 pages

Including the Family

chapter 14|13 pages

Typical Questions

chapter 15|7 pages

Alcohol Moderation Resources